Field Day on June 22nd
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 -- 8:02 AM
-Please join the Clark County UW-Extension for a June field day.The first is June 22nd from 12:30pm-3:00pm on the Ralph Smrecek Jr. farm, located at W5979 Kington Road in Greenwood. Ralph has 20 plus years’ experience in no-till farming. Ralph will share his experiences of implementing no-tilling of crops on their dairy operation. Richard Halopka, Clark County UW-Extension Crops & Soils Agent will discuss and demonstrate how a corn plant develops and timing of applying nitrogen to the growing crop. Jason Cavadini, Assistant Agriculture Research Superintendent at the Marshfield station will discuss some of the no-till practices implemented on Ralph’s farm. These included cover crops after corn silage harvest.
In addition, this will be a post planting discussion of the central WI no-tillers group. There is no cost for this field day. Field days are rain or shine events, so please come dressed accordingly. CEU’s are applied for both field days. If you are interested in attending please call the Clark County UW-Extension Office (715-743-5121) or email [email protected] no later than twenty-four hours before the event. Registration not required, but appreciated.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.