Organic Cover Crop & Soil Health Field Day
Event Details
Date
September 11, 2025
Time
10am - 12pm
Location
Hinz-Sight Dairy Farm Camp
10400 County Rd 23
Fillmore, NY 14735
Host
CCE Allegany County
Lynn Bliven
585-268-7644 ext. 18

Please join us for a morning of hands-on learning with expert insights from local farmers, industry representatives, and extension. We will have some demonstration plots in action along with discussion about how cover crops influence soils and demonstration showing impacts on farm resiliency. Free lunch provided following field walk.
Free to attend, however, pre-registration requested by September 5th to assist with planning.
Register Online: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/SoilHealth_Allegany_County-2_202
This field day will be held rain or shine!
Questions, please contact Lynn Bliven (585) 268-7644 ext. 18 or email lao3@cornell.edu.
Hosted by Hinz-Sight Dairy Farm
Presenters: Rod Porter, King's AgriSeeds
Jerry Stewart is from Balanced Biologics and will be talking about Soil Health, Crop Health and Animal Health.
Dale Bartholomew is from Rovensa will be talking about the Soil Health benefits of ORO- RZ (Reducing compaction, Water moving laterally, increasing the soils water holding capacity and increasing microbial activity.)
NRCS Soil Scientist - Soil Health Demonstrations: Rainfall simulator, slake test, soil infiltration, tighty whities test.
Andrea Martinez, PhD Student Cornell University - Cover crops influence on soil organic matter and rhizosphere.
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