Cover Crop Field Day
Cover Crop Field Day - Tuesday, September 17, 11:00am to 2:00pm. Sponsored by EPPIC and Wood County Land & Water Conservation Department.
**RSVP REQUIRED** RSVP by Thursday, Sept. 12th at https://forms.gle/r65YDZmWTi2Air5G8 or by calling our office at (715) 421-8475. (link to RSVP form on attached flyer)
11:00-11:45 - LUNCH & NETWORKING - lunch provided by Wood Co. Land & Water Dept. RSVP required as noted above. Opportunity to talk cover cropping strategies. Bring a lawn chair!
11:45-12:15 - EQUIPMENT SHOW & TELL - see where Albert Acres started their cover cropping experience from a modified four wheeler seeder to a high-boy aerial seeder.
12:15-12:45 - INTERSEEDING DEMO - Dustin will show us in-use aerial seeding rye onto standing soybeans before leaf drop.
12:45-1:15 - COVER CROP ROOT GROWTH - Demo pit has been dug to look at the root growth below ground compared to the growth above ground.
1:15 - 2:00 - EARLY CORN COVER CROP TRIAL - Cereal rye applied at shoulder-height corn on July 21st. Applying cereal rye on tasseled corn, side-by-side trials.
EVENT ADDRESS: 1/4 mile past 3088 Circle Road, Junction City, WI (take highway 34 north, turn right onto Circle Road, event will be 1/4 mile past 3088 Circle Road on the left side - watch for signs!) See attached flyer for map.