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Lockeford Plant Materials Center – Cover Crop Field Day
March 5, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Date: Thursday, March 5th, 2020
Time: 9:30am – 12:00pm
Venue: 21001 N. Elliott Road, Lockeford, CA 95237
Description:
9:30 Margaret Smither-Kopperl, PMC Manager—Welcome
9:40 Alyssa DeVicentis UCANR – Economic Analysis of Cover Crop Use
10:05 Trina Walley, ESRCD Implementing Cover Crops in the San Joaquin Valley
10:30 Break and Proceed to Field
10:50 Tom Johnson, Kamprath Seed—Cover Crop Selection for the Central Valley
11:10 Valerie Bullard, PMC Agronomist—Performance of Cover Crop Cultivars- ARS Trials
11:30 Kyle Brasier, CSU Chico—Fava Beans as Cover and Food crops, Nitrogen Contribution
11:55 Wrap up and directions for NRCS Assistance
For more information: Please contact shawn.vue@ca.usda.gov or margaret.smither-kopperl@ca.usda.gov