Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day
Event Details
Date
April 24, 2025
Time
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location
Thompson Research Farm
133 Fall Creek Road
Freeville, NY 13068
Host
Cover Crop Breeding Network
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Join us for a field day featuring cutting edge cover crop and soil health research and resources:
- New cover crop breeding material from the Cover Crop Breeding Network
- National Cover Crop Variety Trials, a new program from the National Cover Crop Variety Project
- Cover crop decision support tools from the Northeast Cover Crop Council
- Cover crop root research demonstrations
- Soil health trailer for demonstrations of cover crop impacts on soil from NY Soil Health
Free and open to the public!
RSVP at www.covercropbreeding.com/events to help us plan...but walk-ins are welcome!
Contact ccbn@cornell.edu with questions.
This field day will be held rain or shine!
April 24, 2025 | 2-5pm
Thompson Research Farm
133 Fall Creek Rd. Freeville, NY 13068
Sponsored by:
Center for Regenerative Agriculture at University of Missouri
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