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Intermediate Wheatgrass- The Crop that is ALSO a Cover Crop Two great field days to choose. We will put the cows on the pasture of intermediate grass to see their reaction to grazing on this multi-purpose crop. Join us as we jump in the pit at Randy’s to check out the roots of this awesome crop/cover crop! Field Day 1. October 9, 2018 in Kingston, MI at Hampshire Farms, 7300 Leggs Rd, Kingston, MI. We will host a field day of the Intermediate wheat grass and Kernza, the flour made from the grain of this crop. Cows will be eating the grass while we eat delicious cookies made from the flour! It is a perennial plant that has roots as deep at 25 feet after it is established in a field. Randy Hampshire will have a pit dug for us to see the roots in action! Come and join us for this educational fun! Questions call Vicki 517-282-3557 or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. All are welcome!! [Jerry Glover holding a perennial wheatgrass plant-roots and all. This crop is related to intermediate wheatgrass. Join us to see if the roots are as tall as you!][[log in to unmask]] So if you can’t make tomorrow please join us at Kellogg Biological Station Field Day 2. Intermediate wheatgrass and Cover Crop Fall Field Day Kellogg Biological Station-Hickory Corners 3700 E Gull Lake Dr, Hickory Corners, MI 49060 (look for Field Day signs when you get close) November 1, 10-2 pm Event is FREE and lunch is included!! The annual KBS Cover Crop Field day offers a chance to see the crops in the field and talk to the researchers about this research. NOTE: For those interested in the Intermediate wheatgrass! We will be taking the cows to pasture to see how they like the intermediate wheatgrass to graze. Kernza cookies will be served. See how the crops is valuable to 1. Feed cows. 2. Provide great flour 3. Holds soil in place The field day will be from 10-12 with lunch following, and is free to attend. Optional tours to other fields / plots will be available after lunch. Here is the plan for the Field Crop Field Day… * Inter-seeded Cover Crops in Grain Corn – Karen Renner / Sasha Kravchenko / Aaron Brooker * Cereal Rye and Hairy Vetch cover crops prior to organic vegetable crops – Dan Brainard * Intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza) as a grain and forage crop – Vicki Morrone * Red clover frost seeded into wheat - Dean Baas / Brook Wilke * Cover crop species demonstration plot – Dean Baas * Winter cereal forages following corn silage - Brook Wilke * Winter Barley trials including double crop system with winter barley and soybeans – Manni Singh / Dean Baas / Brook Wilke * MSU cover crop variety trial – Kim Cassida * Walking tour of annual forage crops being grown to complement a rotational grazing system based on perennial forages, and field scale cover crop ************************ Vicki Morrone Organic Farming Specialist Center for Regional Food Systems at Michigan State University 480 Wilson Rd East Lansing, MI 48824 517-282-3557 (cell) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu<http://www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu> sorrone11 (skype) If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html