Cover Crop Workshop and Field Day

September 1, 2016

Cover Crops in Concords Workshop Agenda

“Using Cover Crops to Improve Soil Health and Vine Productivity in Intensively Managed ‘Concord’ Vineyards”


8:30 - 9:00 Registration and Refreshments

9:00 - 9:45 Soil Health: The components that make soil “Healthy”
Kirsten Kurtz, Cornell Soil Health Laboratory, Lab Operations Manager

9:45-10:15 Growing Cover Crops to Fit Your Needs
Dr. Paul Salon, Northeast Soil Health Specialist, USDA-NRCS Soil Health Division
  
10:15 10:45 Break

10:45-11:30 Principles of Herbicide Management of Cover Crop Establishment and Termination Dr. John Wallace, Penn State, Postdoctoral Scholar

11:30-12:00 Coast and Goals of Cover Crops
Kevin Martin, LERGP, Penn State

12:00 1:00 Lunch
  
1:00-1:45 NYFVI Cover Crops in Concords project and Grower round table
Luke Haggerty, LERGP
Grape Growers: Bob Betts, Dave Mobilia, Andy Knight, and Bill Beckman
Field Tour and Demonstrations

2:00-2:30 Soil Pit: A look at the vineyard floor below the surface
Dr. Bates, Lake Erie Regional Grape Program, Senior Research Associate, Cornell University
  
2:30 3:00 Tour of cover crop demonstration plots
Dr. Paul Salon
  
3:00 4:00 Demo: Crimper roller, Seeder, cover crop weed suppression 


Flyer (PDF; 525KB)

Printable Registration form (PDF; 37KB)