August 22, 2017
Location
Bucklin, Kansas Americal Legion Hall 101 S Nebraska Ave
FREE WITH LUNCH PROVIDED
8:00 Welcome and Registration
8:30 a.m. Leave for Field Tour of Feikert Farms
- Cover Crops
- Cover Crops for Grazing (Colorado State/Kansas State Study)
- Pollinator Planting for Sugar Cane Aphids in Sorghum
- Water Infiltration Demonstration
- Soil Pit Demonstration
11:45 a.m. Return to American Legion Hall
12:00 p.m. Rainfall Simulator Demonstration
12:30 p.m. Lunch provided
1:10 p.m. Grazing Cover Crops, CSU/KSU Study Results, Meagan Schipanski, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
1:30 p.m. Building Soil Health with Cover Crops and No-till, Jimmy Emmons, continuous no-till producer/stockman, Leedey, OK
2:45 p.m. Grazing Cover Crop to Improve Soil Health, Michael Thompson, continuous no-till producer/stockman, Almena, KS
4:00 Q & A