Meeting Agenda:

8:00am: Registration, Refreshments & District info

8:30am – 9:30am: Local Cover Crop Management & Economics

                Clint Nester Consultant- Nester AG LLC, Bryan, OH

9:45am – 11:45am: Keynote Session: Soil Health Agronomy, No-till, & Cover Crops

Hans Kok – Ph.D., CCA, Indianapolis, IN

12:00-12:45pm: Lunch

Updates – Hillsdale (MAEAP), Fulton (H2O grant) regulations, Williams County (H2O Grant), Cost Share

12:45-1:45pm: Climate Change & Agriculture

Dr. Jeff Andersen – State Climatologist, Asst. Professor Meteorology & Climatology at MSU, Lansing, MI

2:00pm: Farmer Panel: No-till & Implementing Cover Crops for Beginners

                Denny Person, Hillsdale County

                TBD, Fulton County

                TBD, Williams County

                TBD, Lenawee County/Defiance/Henry County

3:00pm Discussion, Door Prizes, Credits, Adjourn.

 

For more information contact,  Allison Grimm, allison.grimm@mi.nacdnet.net  or check out: http://www.hillsdalecd.org/