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)

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www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu

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