The Western NY Soil Health Field Day will be held Wednesday, September 2, from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at the Duppengiesser Dairy, 7835 Butler Road, Perry. Nationally recognized soil health experts including Ray Archuleta, “Ray the Soils Guy,” NRCS, Greensboro, NC, and Frank Gibbs, known for his “tile line smoke machine,” Professional Soil Scientist, farmer, and formerly NRCS, Rawson, OH, will be speaking on the importance of good soil health, and demonstrating how to evaluate the health of your soil. Planting equipment will be displayed and discussed. There will be a Cover Crop Walk through plots established on the farm. WNY Crop Management, NRCS and Cornell staff will be presenters. DEC pesticide credits are pending, and CCA credits will be available, according to a press release.
An Advanced Soil Health Morning Session will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, limited to 50 preregistered people. Participants can bring a root ball, soil health test results, and questions for discussion with the experts.
Cost for the afternoon session and dinner is $10 for those preregistered by August 19; $15 at the door. Cost for the Advanced Morning Session, lunch, afternoon session and dinner is $50 and participants must be preregistered. To preregister or for other information, contact Wyoming Co. SWCD at: wcswcd@frontiernet.net or 585-786-5070.
The workshop is sponsored by WNY Crop Management Association, USDA, and American Farmland Trust.
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