Cover Crops: Good, Great, or Ho-hum?

Published on by ASHLEY A ROLPH

October 4, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, Fifield Farms, 7488 Red Bank Road, Gillett   Free to attend. Pre-registration requested (but not required) to assist with food planning. Call/text Scott Reuss at 715-701-0966 or email to scott.reuss@wisc.edu

Discussion Topics and Plot Tours:

  • 10 a.m.     Registration/discussion/plot viewing
  • 10:15 a.m.  Cover Crops in Action – benefits they provide, how they work, when they may not meet expectations
  • 10:45 a.m.  Cost share opportunities, using cover crops in NE WI to meet NRCS specifications
  • 11:10 a.m.  Possible Issues when utilizing Cover Crops
  • 11:30 a.m.  Cover crops’ role within conservation and nutrient mgmt. plans
  • Noon         Lunch/ Plot viewing/ Q & A

Fifield’s are on of five farms in Northeast WI hosting a clover cover crop research project aimed at improving understanding N credits and yield impacts following cover crops.