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2nd Annual Cover Crop Roundtable
March 26, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
Please join us for the 2nd Annual Cover Crop Roundtable! This is an annual gathering to network regional growers and researchers, share information on local cover crop successes and coordinate research interests and needs. See below for this year’s roundtable agenda, and join us to share, learn, and find inspiration for using cover crops for the 2020 season! Can’t make it to Puyallup? Join the roundtable remotely via Zoom. Complete the registration process, and then email alisonn@piercecd.org to receive the remote meeting address for the roundtable. Refreshments and lunch will be served!
ARRIVAL AND SIGN-IN:
9:00-9:30 am
PRESENTATION PORTION:
Regional research reports
9:30-11:00 am
Nick Andrews from OSU will discuss OSU’s work on the economics of cover crops and plant-available nitrogen. He will also give a Western Cover Crop Council update.
Cover Crop Variety Trials
Doug Collins from WSU Puyallup will discuss the fall and summer cover crop variety trials work he is completing. Nick Andrews has also been doing variety trials in Oregon and will be sharing highlights.
Q&A with coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 am
Regional farmer presentation – April Thatcher, April Joy Farm
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
April Thatcher has been farming since 2009 at April Joy Farm in Ridgefield, WA. In 2017 she received a multi-year grant to study soil health in the context of her operation, and serves on the board of the Organic Farming Research Foundation. April will explain the role cover crops have played on her diversified farm as part of her soil health plan.
LUNCH will be served!
12:30-1:00 pm
ROUNDTABLE PORTION:
Roundtable focus: Farmer input for on-farm research opportunities
1:00-2:30 pm