Event Details

Date

December 9, 2015

Time

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Location

American Legion
8083 State Route 20
Sangerfield, NY 13455

Cost

$13.00
(additional attendee $13.00 ea.)

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program


315-866-7920

Pre-Registration Deadline: December 1, 2015

EVENT HAS PASSED

Tile Drainage Workshop

December 9, 2015


Agenda:

9:30 Registration

10:00 Tile Drainage Economics & Agronomic Benefits Eric Young

10:45 Conservation Compliance Tony Capraro, Mary Snider

11:30 Using Aerial Photos and GIS to site Drainage Bill Verbeten

12:10 Lunch

12:55 Installing Drainage Systems Troy Finn, Finndale Farm

1:40 Maintenance, Operation, and Fixing Problems in Existing Systems Pat VanLieshout, Brabant Farm

2:05 Minimizing Environmental Risks of the Drainage Water Larry Goerhing

2:45 Panel discussion Q/A

Speakers:
Larry Geohring: Cornell University's Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering

Anthony Capraro: District Conservationist, Otsego, Delaware, Sullivan Team, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Mary Snider: Herkimer and Otsego County Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency

Pat VanLieshout: Brabant Farm , Verona, NY

Troy Finn: Finndale Farms, Holland Patent, NY

Bill Verbeten: Empire Ag Imagery LLC

Eric Young: Research agronomist, W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute

Cost is $13.00 per person.
Registration is required by December 2, 2015.  Registration has reached its max and is now closed.
5 Soil & Water CCA Credits will be available

Call us with your questions:

Kevin Ganoe
315-866-7920
Khg2@cornell.edu

Jeff Miller
315-736-3394 x 120
Jjm14@cornell.edu



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