January 2019 - OGRAIN Winter Conference

In this session we will cover the types of cover crops and cash crops most appropriate for the organic no-till system, as well as specific management considerations such as seeding rates, planting dates, termination timing and strategy, and in season management issues.

Jeff Moyer, executive director of the Rodale Institute is a world-renowned authority in organic agriculture. His expertise focuses on organic crop production systems with emphasis on weed management, cover crops, crop rotations, equipment modification and use, and facilities design. Dr. Erin Silva is an assistant professor in the plant pathology department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research and extension program focuses on sustainable and organic cropping systems, including cover crops no-till production, the impact of organic management on soil biological and physical properties. Léa Vereecke is a research associate at UW-Madison, Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension, where she manages trials at Arlington Research Station, including no-till.

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