A combined 150 and 64 years of research demonstrate the value of cutting-edge practices for soil health. Walk into the historic OSU-OARDC no-till research plots at Wooster and see the difference. Learn about cover crops, planting green and effective communication.

Registration:  $20 - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Program

9:00 Welcome, Opening remarks
Randall Reeder, Ohio No-till Council

9:10: Historic Morrow Plots, U. of Illinois (Since 1876. Celebrating 150 years)
 Dr. Andrew Margenot, Assoc. Prof, Crop Sciences, University of Illinois

10:00: Visit historic Triplett-Van Doren No-tillage Experimental plots (since 1962), 2601 Oil City Road.Warren Dick and Manbir Rakkar will lead In-field talks and demonstrations

12:00: LunchInclude an opportunity for farmers to text “problem” crops, discuss solutions

1:00 Planting Green: Lessons learned and Results
Tim Norris, Knox County

1:30 Communicating with Clarity: Stop using agriculture words that don’t have a clear meaning.
Melanie Wilt, Shift-ology, Springfield, OH

2:00   Farmer panel
Matt Burkholder, Matt Falb, Fred Yoder

3:00: Tentative, Warren Dick and Andrew Margenot discuss the ins and outs of long-term ag experiments

3:30  Wrap up

Event originally posted at ohionotillcouncil.com.