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Conferences Will Help Farmers Use No-Till Successfully
Published Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 05:24 AM
The conference is from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Feb. 10 at UNL's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead or on Feb. 11 at the Ag Center in Holdrege. Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Conference organizers, UNL Extension educators Keith Glewen and Chuck Burr, and Paul Jasa, UNL extension engineer, said producers will learn the benefits of no-till and how it can work for them.
Speakers include no-till farmers, university specialists and industry representatives.
Topics at both locations include: Making Cover Crops Work in No-Till and Using Farm Machinery Technology in No-Till.
Other topics at the ARDC include: Cost Share for Erosion Repair, Evaluating the Corn/Soybean System, Gully Management in Western Iowa Hills, and Healing Gullies.
Other topics at the Holdrege location include: Irrigation Strategies in No-Till, No-Till Fertilizer Strategies for This Year and a panel discussion will feature three local no-till producers.
Pre-registration is due Feb 4. For more information or to register at the ARDC location, call (402) 624-8030 or (800) 529-8030 or e-mail kglewen1@unl.edu. For more information or to register at the Holdrege location, call (308) 995-4222 or e-mail cburr1@unl.edu. Online registration is available at http://ardc.unl.edu/no-till.shtml.
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