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Dig into Your Day with

Cover Crops & Conservation The University of Vermont Extension is offering a FREE Webinar Series!

This webinar series will discuss current research on cover crops and conservation in various cropping systems, interesting findings, and common obstacles to implementing a successful cover crop and no-till program. Each

webinar will be 30 minutes and will end with a 15 minute Q&A session.

Webinar Dates Webinar Topics and Speakers

Monday 3/23/20 9 AM to 9:45 AM

Precision Sustainable Agriculture Steve Mirsky, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Thursday 3/26/20 9 AM to 9:45 AM

Cover Crops in the Corn/Soybean Rotation Peter Tomlinson, Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy

Monday 3/30/20 *9 AM to 9:45 AM

Cover Crop Profitability Rob Myers, University of Missouri Extension, Agricultural Engineering

Thursday 4/2/20 *9 AM to 9:45 AM

No-Till and Cover Crops in Organic Systems Joel Gruver, Western Illinois University, School of Agriculture

Monday 4/6/20 *9 AM to 9:45 AM

No-Till and Cover Crops in Vegetable Systems (Organic Focus) Natalie Lounsbury, University of New Hampshire, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Thursday 4/9/20 *9 AM to 9:45 AM

Stewarding the Birthplace of No-Till John Young, Young Family Farm, Innovative No-Till Farmer from Herndon, Kentucky

Monday 4/13/20 9 AM to 9:45 AM

Cover Crop and Soybean Research in Vermont Heather Darby, University of Vermont Extension, Northwest Crops and Soils Program

Thursday 4/16/20 9 AM to 9:45 AM

Cover Crops and No-Till in Soybeans Cara Peterson, University of Maryland, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab

*If you participated in the SARE Professional Development No-Till Training Program and have additional questions/comments, please

stay on the webinar for virtual office hours with the advisory board from 9:45 AM to 10:15 AM.

Interested in Enrolling?

Pre-register online at: https://digintoyourday.eventbrite.com

Access webinars at: https://uvmextension.zoom.us/j/391767169

Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) credits are available through online registration or by emailing your CCA number and/or farm name to catherine.davidson@uvm.edu.

If you have questions, please contact: Heather Darby (heather.darby@uvm.edu) 802-524-6501

Jeff Sanders (jeffrey.sanders@uvm.edu) 802-524-6501

Catherine Davidson (catherine.davidson@uvm.edu) 802-524-6501

Susan Brouillette (susan.brouillette@uvm.edu) 802-524-6501 This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under sub-award number LNE18-361. This material is based upon work supported by the United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Sustainable Agricultural Systems federal award number 2019-68012-29818.