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Crops Conference 2015 - Lancaster County

Online Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 14, 2015

When

Thursday, January 15, 2015
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Where

Lancaster Farm & Home Center
1383 Arcadia Road
Lancaster, PA 17601

 

The 2015 Penn State Extension Crops Conferences are located in four counties around the state - Lancaster, Bradford, Union, and Lehigh. Each conference offers a day-long program with at least two concurrent breakout sessions, giving attendees the opportunity to select topics that are relevant to them and their agricultural operations.

In addition to hearing valuable cropping information from Penn State Field and Forage Crop Specialists, participants will also earn a minimum of 2 Category and 2 Core pesticide education credits.

Statewide Topics

  • Update on the New Farm Bill
  • Soil Testing - What Do the Number Mean?
  • Grain Crop Management: 204 and Beyond
  • Is Battling Pigweed and Other Resistant Weeds Your Future?
  • Insect Issues from 2014, Including Bt Rootworm
  • Crop Budgeting: Tools to Calculate Your Production Costs
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A chain harrow is a game changer

Video: A chain harrow is a game changer

Utilizing a rotational grazing method on our farmstead with our sheep helps to let the pasture/paddocks rest. We also just invested in a chain harrow to allow us to drag the paddocks our sheep just left to break up and spread their manure around, dethatch thicker grass areas, and to rough up bare dirt areas to all for a better seed to soil contact if we overseed that paddock. This was our first time really using the chain harrow besides initially testing it out. We are very impressed with the work it did and how and area that was majority dirt, could be roughed up before reseeding.

Did you know we also operate a small business on the homestead. We make homemade, handcrafted soaps, shampoo bars, hair and beard products in addition to offering our pasture raised pork, lamb, and 100% raw honey. You can find out more about our products and ingredients by visiting our website at www.mimiandpoppysplace.com. There you can shop our products and sign up for our monthly newsletter that highlights a soap or ingredient, gives monthly updates about the homestead, and also lists the markets, festivals, and events we’ll be attending that month.