608-325-4195
When:
March 5, 2019 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm America/Chicago Timezone
2019-03-05T10:00:00-06:00
2019-03-05T15:30:00-06:00
Where:
Albany Lions Club
402 Cincinnati Street
Albany
WI 53502
Cost:
$10.00 at the door
Contact:
Tonya Gratz
608-325-4195 ext: 121
Improving Your Soil To Improve Your Bottom Line @ Albany Lions Club

Farmers of the Sugar River Watershed present:

Learn how cover crops and no-till make your soil more durable and boost your bottom line. Keith Berns, Nebraska Farmer and owner of Green Cover Seed, will share what he’s learned about cover crops and why they’re important in cropping systems. Ted Bay, retired UWEX ag agent, will help you pencil out costs – comparing costs of tillage versus no till – to keep more money in your pockect. 

Seating is restricted to 250. Registration is required. Please register by 2/26/2019 with Tonya Gratz, Green County LWCD by calling 608-325-4195 ext 121.   

WIN A SUBSCRIPTION TO NO-TILL FARMER MAGAZINE & 20 AC SOIL SAMPLING!!!

Topics include, but not limited to: Cover crops, soil resiliency, no-till, economics of tillage vs no-till

Thank you to our sponsors:

  • Stine Seed
  • Pleasant Grain LLC
  • Alpine Auto Electric
  • Compeer Financial
  • Badger State Ethanol
  • L & S Truck Service
  • Helena Chemical
  • Kaderly Crop Con-sulting
  • MP Services
  • New Glarus Brewing
  • Baker Precision Planting Works
  • Schwartzlow Fertilizer
  • Sugar River Bank/ Bank of New Glarus
  • Kuhn
  • Super Soy
  • Insight FS
  • Colony Brands
  • Jerry & Barb Daniels
  • Albany Lions Club
  • Al McGuire
  • UB & T
  • Landmark Coop

Speakers:

  • Keith Berns, Green Cover Seed, Nebraska
  • Ted Bay, retired UWEX Ag Agent
  • You! Bring your questions to ask other farmers!

10AM :  Registration & Donuts

10:30AM – Noon: 7 Things I Learned From Cover Crops  – Keith Berns – Green Cover Seed, NE

Noon:  Lunch by Albany Lions ( Hot Roast Beef)

12:45 – 1:00PM:  Lower Sugar River Watershed Association – Monitoring Changes in the Watershed

1:00-2:30PM: Save Money, Time, and Soil: The Economics of No-Till-Ted Bay, retired UWEX ag agent

2:30-2:40PM: Milk & Cookie Break

2:40-3:30PM: Farmers to Farmer Q&A – moderated by Dan Truttmann, New Glarus Dairy Farmer 

 

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