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Date/Time
Date(s) - June 7, 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Location
Rick Rottinghaus Farm
8734 Independence Ave
Waterloo, Iowa 50703

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Come out on June 7th to learn about perennial groundcover, a new approach to cover crops, in our first field day of the 2024 season, sponsored by the Black Hawk Soil and Water Conservation District.* We will meet at the Rick Rottinghaus Farm from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided.

Our ag research project, “Regenerating America’s Working Landscapes to Enhance Nature Resources and Public Goods through Perennial Groundcover” (RegenPGC)*, looks at ways to make year-round groundcover on cropland commonplace and compatible with existing cropping systems.

Agenda

  • Pros & Cons of Perennial Groundcover, Brent Wilson, CORTEVA
  • Perennial Groundcover Establishment, Rick Rottinghaus, Farmer
  • PGC Experiences, Landon Brown, Farmer
  • PGC and Farm Policy, Cyndi Bartel (RegenPGC)
  • Research Farm Findings, Dan Andersen, (RegenPGC)

Please RSVP to JENNA.CURRAN@IA.NACDNET.NET or by calling 319-296-3262 ext 3.

* This Field Day is part of an NRCS grant GR-027049-00001 McDaniel-Perennial Groundcover: A Scalable Systems Approach to Achieving Soil and Water Conservation with High-Yield, Row Crop Production in Iowa (NRCS ID : NR216114XXXXG004).