Change in Location – Cover Crop Tour and Open House

Thursday, 30th October 2014

No cost. Join part or all of tour. No pre-registration required.

Schedule:

9:00 am

• 9545 Cedar Hedge Line, Co-operator – Joseph Tomecek

St. Clair Region S&CIA project Cover crop mixtures after wheat (late August planting)

9:50 a.m

• 13495 Jane Street, near Thamesville. Co-operator – Dave Sherman

St Clair Region S&CIA project Cover crop mixtures trial after wheat (early August planted)

10:45 a.m.   Please Note:  Change in meeting location

• Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph – Gosnell Line gate; off of Hwy 21/Victoria Road
• Darren Robinson – herbicide carryover/cover crop research
• David Hooker – long term crop rotations with red clover cover crops
• Laura Van Eerd
• dos and DON’Ts for crimson clover
• long(er) term cover crop plots
• straw and stover removal – can cover crops help?
• soil health in Ontario’s long- term tillage and crop rotation experiments.
• cover crop planting date and next year’s yield

1 p.m. – Lunch provided at the University of Guelph – Ridgetown Campus, Willson Hall

CCA credits requested.

For more information, contact Anne Verhallen, OMAFRA
Ridgetown 519-674-1614 or anne.verhallen@ontario.ca

Funding provided by OSCIA Regional Project Grant and