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Cover Crop & Equipment Demonstration Field Day – May 15 in Marshfield

About the Cover Crop & Equipment Demonstration Field Day

UW–Madison Extension is hosting a free cover crop and equipment demonstration field day in Marshfield on May 15.

This field day is designed for farmers, conservation staff, agronomists, crop advisors, and more to:

  • See demonstrations of termination of cereal rye cover crop using a roller crimper and planting into rolled cover crops
  • Learn how to set up a planter to establish row crops into cover cropping systems
  • Learn how cover crops affect the management of nutrients 
  • Learn how farmers from across the state participating in the Wisconsin Cover Crop Data Network incorporate cover crops into their cropping systems

Agenda

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Source : wisc.edu

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