2024 Aurora Farm Field Day
Event Details
Date
August 1, 2024
Time
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Musgrave Research Farm
1256 Poplar Ridge Rd
Aurora, NY 13026
Host
Cornell CALS
Louis Longchamps
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The tour stops include:
- Vipan Kumar: Herbicide programs for weed control in corn and soybean
- Mike Hunter & Lynn Sosnoskie: Weed seed movement and the importance of cleaning equipment
- Louis Longchamps: On-farm experimentation, robotic interseeding
- Ginny Moore and Erika Everest: Dry-bean presentation and tasting (tasting over lunch)
- Quirine Ketterings and Kirsten Workman: Value of manure and SSEA approach
- Lilly Elliott & Katja Poveda: Seedcorn maggot: predicting damage risk in New York
- Kristen Loria and Matt Ryan: Balancing trade offs when no-till planting into cover crops
- Joseph Amsili: Soil health benchmarks, carbon stocks, and solar farms
DEC and CCA credits have been requested.
The program is free and open to the public. A light breakfast and free lunch will be provided.
Schedule at a glance:
- 9:00-9:45 am - Registration & light refreshments outside Field House
- 9:45-9:50 am - Welcome & instructions
- 10-11:55 am - Morning tours
- 12-12:55 pm - Lunch
- 1-2:55 pm - Afternoon tours
- 3:00 pm - Opportunity for discussion with presenters
Please pre-register by July 24th to plan for refreshments and lunch: https://cals.cornell.edu/field...
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