Join Penn State researchers for a free field day at the Russell E. Larson Research and Education Center to hear about cutting-edge research findings.
Curious to know what can be learned by more than a dozen cropping systems faculty and staff, more than half a dozen graduate students, and dozens of undergraduates in 4 years? Find out by joining Penn State cropping systems researchers and extension educators for a morning-long field day on Tuesday July 1, 2014. At the tour stops you will see and hear about results from the first four years of a sustainable dairy cropping systems project. Lunch will be included, on-stie registration opens at 9:00 am and wagons will depart for the tour at 9:30 am.
Attendee parking and on-site registration will take place at the PA Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Evaluation Center, which is located approximately 1 mile east of the Ag Progress Days site at on the Russell E. Larson Ag Research Farm at Rock Springs. Walk-in registrations will be accepted but to help us plan for lunch, please register online or by calling the registration staff at: 877-489-1398.
Interested in obtaining recertification credits? The following recertification credits will be available:
Pesticide Applicator: 2 category (categories 01, 18, and private applicator)
Certified Crop Advisor (CCA-CEU’s): 2.5 credits
Manure Hauler/Broker: 2 credits
Nutrient Management Plan Writer: 2 credits
Grains and forages typical for mid-Atlantic dairy farms were produced with conservation cropping practices including: comparisons of crops planted after cover crops vs. no cover; injected manure vs. broadcasted manure; typical herbicide programs vs. reduced-herbicide inputs; and integrated pest management vs. pre-emptive insect management. Yields and quality of all harvested crops were measured and the data were used to “feed” a virtual herd of 65 milking Holsteins and their replacements.
Research team members will highlight findings from the USDA-NE-SARE-funded study and answer questions at four stations adjacent to the research plots. The stations will include:
- corn and soybean insect and weed management
- nutrient conservation and water quality
- cover crops and soil health management
- forage management, quality, and feeding economics of dairy cows and replacements.
As noted above, registration includes lunch, which will be served at the Livestock Evaluation Center after the tour. Attendees should expect to be headed for home before 1:30 PM. More details about recertification credit offerings and registration can be found on the website.
Source:psu.edu