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Please register so we have enough lunch but event is FREE! Friday, September 27, 2019--8:00am-1:00pm 1:00-2:30pm optional tours At: Kellogg Biological Station- Farming Systems Center Look for Signs!! 9702 North 40th Street, Corners, MI 49060 This event is FREE. Free lunch provided, sponsored by Cushman Creek Supply. Please do REGISTER AT. https://events.anr.msu.edu/KBSFieldDay2019/ Program Plan for the Day 8 – 8:30 a.m. – Registration and doughnuts/coffee/cider - Farming Systems Center, 9702 North 40th Street, Hickory Corners, MI 49060 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Tour of projects. Experts will be available at each stop to talk about each particular project. Topics that will be covered include: * Cover crop interseeding in corn * Strip-till and cover crops with organic winter squash * Double crop soybeans after Barley * Cover crop species demonstration and research * Alfalfa/grass mixtures * 30” vs. 60” corn row production with cover crop interseeding * Organic transition with different cover crop mixtures * Organic soybean trials * Intermediate wheatgrass (a.k.a. Kernza) 12 – 1 p.m. – Networking lunch, sponsored by Cushman Creek Supply - Kellogg Farm Classroom, 10461 N 40th St, Hickory Corners, MI, United States 1 – 2:30 p.m. – Optional discussion/tours * Barley, cereal rye and organic oats variety trials * Soybean agronomy (planting date, seeding rate, seed treatment) * Prairie strips in row crop fields * Alfalfa/corn silage co-planting Hope to see you there😊 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