Events / 8/19, 8/20 | Summer Cover Crops on Long Island

8/19, 8/20 | Summer Cover Crops on Long Island

08/19/2024 and 08/20/2024
4:00 pm

field of yellow mustard cover crop

 

Join us for a Soil Health Field Day in Suffolk County/ Long Island, focusing on summer cover crops. This event is part of the 2024 Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Field Days, offering valuable insights and hands-on demonstrations to enhance soil health.

Location: 

Suffolk County| Long Island Hort. Research & Ext. Center

Hands-on learning opportunities and expert insights will be at the forefront, ensuring participants have the tools to enact positive change on their farms and communities. Attendees can network with peers, exchange ideas, and explore innovative solutions to pressing agricultural challenges.

 

This soil health field day will include demonstrations of summer cover crops, including annual ryegrass, sunn hemp, cowpea, berseem clover, teff, sorghum sudangrass, pearl millet, mustard, and buckwheat. It will also include information about planting dates, rates, and how to incorporate summer cover crops into your system.

 

AUGUST 19 (ENGLISH) | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

::REGISTER:: | Registration for August 19 only

 

AUGUST 20 (Español) | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

 

Organizado por el Programa de Administración Agrícola de CCE Suffolk en coordinación con Cornell Small Farms y Cornell NY Soil Health

 

Este día de campo sobre la salud del suelo incluirá demostraciones de cultivos de cobertura de verano, incluidos raigrás anual, cáñamo sunn, caupí, trébol berseem, teff, sorgo sudangrass, mijo perla, mostaza y trigo sarraceno, así como información sobre fechas de siembra, tasas y cómo incorporar. cultivos de cobertura de verano en su sistema.

 

Fecha:

 

20 de agosto, 4:00-5:30 pm en español

Seguirán bebidas y refrigerios ligeros.

Fee
GRATIS

Para registrarse para el 20 de agosto: 

correo electrónico:
María José Oviedo (mo488@cornell.edu)

llamar/enviar mensaje de texto: +1 (607) 793-4969

 

Hosted by CCE Suffolk Agricultural Stewardship Program in coordination with Cornell Small Farms and Cornell NY Soil Health

 

small green graphic depicting scholarship moneyCornell University’s veteran project, Farm Ops, provides scholarships for veterans residing in New York State to attend a field day of their choice. Farm Ops will reimburse the registration fee, mileage to and from the event, and a $100 stipend to offset additional costs. Learn more and apply for the scholarship.