Event Details

Date

March 27, 2018

Time

9:30am - 3:30pm

Location

Horseheads American Legion
71 Old Ithaca Road
Horseheads, NY 14845

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program


Soil Health & Pest Management Workshop

March 27, 2018


DEC Pesticide Applicator Credits & CCA Credits will be available.
Pre-registration is REQUIRED by March 19th for lunch headcount. 
Contact Tom at Schuyler County Soil and Water at 607.535.0878, or email tomeskildsen1@gmail.com.
Event is FREE of charge, lunch included. 

Schedule:

9:30 Registration and coffee
9:50 Welcome - Tom Eskildsen, Schuyler County SWCD
10:00 Weed Control Topics - Janice Degni, Field Crop Specialist, Cornell
Cooperative Extension South Central NY Field Crop Specialist
11:00 Bradford, PA Cover Crop Interseeding Program - Nathan Dewing,
Bradford County Pennsylvania SWCD
11:30 Growing Healthy Soils: The relationship between plant biomass,
residue, organic matter, and soil biology - Paul Salon, USDA NRCS
Regional Soil Health Specialist
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Pasture Management Do's & Don'ts - John Wickham, Grazing
Specialist, Schuyler County SWCD
1:30 Agricultural Water Management in Today's Climate - Tom
Eskildsen, Senior District Technician, Schuyler County SWCD
2:15 Pesticide Record Keeping & Worker Protection Standards - Chris
Wainwright, NYS DEC Pesticide Control Specialist
3:15 Questions & Wrap Up





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