Event Details

Date

August 14, 2019

Time

10am - 2pm

Location

Twin Oaks Dairy
3185 NY-13
Truxton, NY 13158

Cost

This event is free.

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program


Building Resilience into Organic Forage Production

August 14, 2019


Join Kirk and Kathie Arnold and learn about mixed intercropping, interseeding into corn, and double cropping with triticale and sorghum sudangrass. Cornell researchers will discuss improving soil health and other ways farmers can increase resilience to extreme weather events.

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