"Grow Your Own Nitrogen" Workshop Utilizing Cover Crops
For CCA Credit

January 12, 2008 - Hardin Hall Auditorium
UNL East Campus - Lincoln
Corner of 33rd Street and Holdrege Street
Time: 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Presenters:
Jeremy W. Singer, Ph.D. - USDA-ARS, National Soil Tilth Laboratory, Ames, IA
Santiago Ulloa, UNL graduate student
John Quinn, UNL graduate student
This is an opportunity to reduce costly inputs and learn how to "Grow Your Own Nitrogen," produce organic matter and build your farm's soil health. This workshop discusses sustainable agriculture with application for organic systems. Learn about the effects of flaming on weeds and crops. Find out how the Healthy Farm Index will help you evaluate your farm's economic and ecological health. Singer will focus on the use of annual and perennial cover crops for nutrient cycling, biological control, and weed suppression. Current use of cover crops in the Corn Belt and factors associated with their use. USDA-ARS work on annual winter cover crops, self-seeding annual winter cover crops, and perennial cover crops. View complete program.


"Grow Your Own Nitrogen" Workshop Registration Form -- Please print and attach check

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*Total Amount Enclosed: $  ($15 per person - Certified Crop Advisory (CCA) applied for.)
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Sponsored by Nebraska Organic Crop Improvement Association and UNL - Organic Farming Systems.

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Return this form and a check to:
Pat Bathke
Haskell Ag. Lab
57905 866 Road
Concord, NE  68728
Fax: 402-584-3859
  Phone: 402-584-3837
  Email: pbathke1@unl.edu
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