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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

Details

Date:
March 5, 2020
Time:
9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Venue

Lockeford Plant Materials Center
21001 N. Elliott Rd.
Lockeford, CA 95237 United States
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Phone
209.727.5319