Successful Cover Cropping on

Organic Farms

 

Thursday, November 15th, 2018

3-5 pm  Followed by a potluck

Norton Hall  70 Cottonwood St.

Woodland, CA

No charge, but please RSVP here

 

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Join Jim Durst (Durst Organic Growers) and Eric Brennan (USDA) for an afternoon of conversation on the ins and  outs of successful on-farm production and management of cover crops.

 

Bringing decades of science and experience to the table, we will explore a range of topics including:

 

•The benefits

•Impacts on soil health

•Scheduling

•Yield effects

•Weed management

•Economics

•Selecting seed

•Irrigation

•Microbes

•Challenges

 

 

The learning lab will be discussion-based  and potluck style, and will be facilitated by Margaret Lloyd (UCCE Small Farms Advisor). Please bring a dish to share or simply join us.

 

about the farmer spotlight series

This is the first of four learning labs that will explore a variety of farm management topics related to soil health through conversation with a farmer and a researcher. Future topics: Soil organic matter; reducing tillage, beneficial soil microbes, and water. Stay tuned for the next spotlight series in January 2019.

 

Contact Margaret with question: mglloyd@ucanr.edu 530-564-8642

2 hours CCA, Crop Management

1 hours DPR credits requested

2 hours CEU for CURES 

(Nitrogen management plan self certification)

 

 

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