Cover Crops Workshop September 4, 2019

Daniel H. Smith University of Wisconsin-Madison Nutrient and Pest Management Program, Josh Kamps Lafayette County Agriculture Educator, Gene Schriefer Iowa County Agriculture Educator, Rodrigo Werle University of Wisconsin-Madison Cropping Systems Weed Scientist and Extension Specialist

We like to invite educators, conservation professionals, farmers, agronomists, and industry representatives, attend the 2019 “Cover Crop Workshop” on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at the Lancaster Agricultural Research Station (7396 State Rd 35 & 81, Lancaster, WI 53813).

We will provide educational outreach on:

  • Cover cropping in the Driftless region
  • the value of no-till and cover crops for waterhemp suppression
  • Planting green
  • waterhemp management in corn and soybean through the use of residual herbicide, no-till, and cover crops
  • Plot tour of research plots planted green and comparing cover crops with no-till and conventional till systems for waterhemp suppression

Registration starts at 9:00 AM and the field day concludes by noon.

Please RSVP by September 3, 2019 with Dan Smith (NPM Southwest Regional Specialist) via email: dhsmith@wisc.edu or 608-219-5170