August 22, 2017

Location

Bucklin, Kansas Americal Legion Hall 101 S Nebraska Ave

FREE WITH LUNCH PROVIDED

8:00 Welcome and Registration

8:30 a.m.   Leave for Field Tour of Feikert Farms

  • Cover Crops
  • Cover Crops for Grazing (Colorado State/Kansas State Study)
  • Pollinator Planting for Sugar Cane Aphids in Sorghum
  • Water Infiltration Demonstration
  • Soil Pit Demonstration

11:45 a.m.    Return to American Legion Hall

12:00 p.m.  Rainfall Simulator Demonstration

12:30 p.m. Lunch provided

1:10 p.m.   Grazing Cover Crops, CSU/KSU Study Results, Meagan Schipanski, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University

1:30 p.m.   Building Soil Health with Cover Crops and No-till, Jimmy Emmons, continuous no-till producer/stockman, Leedey, OK

2:45 p.m.  Grazing Cover Crop to Improve Soil Health, Michael Thompson, continuous no-till producer/stockman, Almena, KS

4:00 Q & A

AGENDA