Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is offering a day-long workshop on the impact and benefits of cover crops during this year’s Conservation Tillage Conference March 4-5.
The conference is at the McIntosh Center of Ohio Northern University in Ada. The full schedule and registration information can be found at http://ctc.osu.edu. Registration for the full conference is $85 (or $65 for one day) if received by Feb. 21.
Certified Crop Adviser continuing education credits are available, with an emphasis on soil and water and nutrient management hours. About 400 certified crop advisers are expected to attend the conference.
The use of cover crops is just one of many topics farmers can expect to learn more about during the two-day conference. More than 900 participants are expected to attend the conference, which is offered by OSU Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.
The annual conference will offer the latest research, insight, tips and techniques on conservation tillage including cover crops, no-till, soil quality, seeding technology, water quality and nutrient management. The conference also will have information on nutrient management, water quality, advanced scouting and machinery, precision farming, a “Corn University” and a “Soybean School”.
Other conference topics will include:
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in agriculture
Healthy soil
Planter performance
Earthworms and cover crops
Corn seeding rates
Soybean fertility needs
Soybean growth limits
Phosphorus from agriculture watersheds
Reducing phosphorus in swine and dairy manure
Adaptive management to reduce phosphorus and nitrogen
Disease management
Conservation practices and crop insurance
New technologies for viewing and analyzing crop growth
Reducing phosphorus in surface water
Two-stage ditches