Liz Stahl, Extension Educator - Crops and Axel Garcia y Garcia, Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist
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"Cover Crop Field Day: Setting up for Success" at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center by Lamberton on Thursday, June 25. Check-in will start at 8:30 a.m., and the field day will run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (lunch included). The field tour will start promptly at 9:00, weather permitting, and the event will be held rain or shine.
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| Cover crop research trial at Lamberton, 2025. Photo: Liz Stahl |
This program is for farmers and those who work with farmers, with or without cover crop experience, and anyone else who would like to learn more about cover crops.
For more details and to pre-register (please do so by June 19 to ensure yourself a meal), go to https://z.umn.edu/covercropfieldday. You can also go directly to the registration link at: https://z.umn.edu/ccfielddayregis. Later registrations and walk-ins are still welcome but timely registration is required to ensure yourself a meal.
Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). The Trust Fund is a permanent fund constitutionally established by the citizens of Minnesota to assist in the protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state’s air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources.
For more details and to pre-register (please do so by June 19 to ensure yourself a meal), go to https://z.umn.edu/covercropfieldday. You can also go directly to the registration link at: https://z.umn.edu/ccfielddayregis. Later registrations and walk-ins are still welcome but timely registration is required to ensure yourself a meal.
Tour stops and indoor topics include:
- Finding the sweet spot for cereal rye seeding rate and termination timing
- Cereal rye interactions with soybean and pathogens
- Measuring the impacts of cover crops on soil erosion
- Comparing camelina planting strategies
- Interseeding into short-stature corn
- Demonstration of cover crops often used for grazing
- Planting cover crops with pollinators in mind
- Cover crops and landscape implications
Presenters include:
- Axel Garcia y Garcia, Assoc. Professor / Sustainable Crop Systems Specialist, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, SWROC, Lamberton
- Gregg Johnson, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, SROC, Waseca
- Claire LaCanne, Extension Educator – Crops, Andover Regional Extension Office
- Sara Gall, MS Student, Applied Plant Science, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
- Bob Fowler, MS Student, Land and Atmospheric Science, Dept. of Soil, Water and Climate
- Liz Stahl, Extension Educator - Crops, Worthington Regional Extension Office
Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). The Trust Fund is a permanent fund constitutionally established by the citizens of Minnesota to assist in the protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of the state’s air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources.
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