Registration Now Open for University of Minnesota’s “Cover Crop Field Day: Setting up for Success” on June 26th
Register now for the 2025 University of Minnesota “Cover Crop Field Day: Setting up for Success” at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center by Lamberton on Thursday, June 26. Check-in will start at 8:30 a.m., and the field day will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (lunch included). The field tour will start promptly at 9 a.m., weather permitting, and the event will be held rain or shine.
This program is for farmers and those who work with farmers, with or without cover crop experience, and anyone else who would like to learn more about cover crops.
Pre-register by June 20 to ensure yourself a meal at z.umn.edu/CoverCropFieldDay. Later registrations and walk-ins are still welcome but timely registration is required to ensure yourself a meal.
Tour stops and indoor topics include:
- Cereal rye seeding rates – how much is enough?
- Termination timing – when to say when
- Water use of cereal rye – what to expect
- Cover crop impacts in long-term crop rotations
- Interseeding into short-stature corn
- Takeaways from on-farm planting green trials in Northern MN
- Multi-state cover crop modeling trial in soybean
- Midwest Cover Crop Decision Tool updates
Presenters include:
- Axel Garcia y Garcia, assoc. professor/sustainable crop systems specialist, Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, SWROC, Lamberton
- Angie Peltier, Extension educator – crops, NWROC, Crookston
- Liz Stahl, Extension educator – crops, Worthington Regional Extension Office
There is no cost to attend. Questions? Contact Liz Stahl at stah0012@umn.edu.
Funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). The Trust Fund is a permanent fund constitutionally established by the citizens of Minnesota to assist in the protection, conservation, preservation and enhancement of the state’s air, water, land, fish, wildlife and other natural resources.
