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Date:
July 18, 2022
Time:
9:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Wooden Wheel Vineyard
Keota, IA 52248
Contact:
Olga Reding
(olga@iowaorganic.org)
One of the great questions in farming is whether or not to till the soil. Though progress has been made on organic no-till systems, most organic field crop farmers rely on tillage to control weeds and to prepare a good seedbed. At this field day, ag professionals and anyone interested will take a look into how much tillage is used on organic farms and how to protect and enhance the soil on their client’s organic field crop farms.
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. -- WELCOME
9:15 a.m. -- Tillage in organic field Crop Production
(Mallory Krieger, OATS)
9:40 a.m. -- National Organic Program 101
(Mallory Krieger, OATS)
10:00 a.m. -- Implementing tillage judiciously on working farms
(Joel Gruver, Ph.D., Wester Illinois University)
11:00 a.m. -- Farmer Panel: Tillage in organic and strategies to protect the soil
(Matt Leavitt, Albert Lea Seed-moderator, Doug Alert, and Eric Madsen)
12:00 p.m. -- LUNCH
1:30 p.m. -- Tour of Levi Lyle’s farm and Iowa State University’s on-farm research
(Levi Lyle, Kathleen Delate, Ph.D, Iowa State University)
3:30 p.m. -- Post-tour Discussion
4:00 p.m. -- ADJOURN
COST: $50 for non-IOA members; $25 for IOA members (includes lunch)
See more information here.
Register here.