Oneida County Crop Congress January 6 – AG Matters

The President has the 'State of the Union," the Governor has the "State of the State" and Cornell Cooperative Extension's Jeff Miller has the "Crop Congress." Find out the state of Oneida County Farming January 6.

This year’s Oneida County Crop Congress will be held at Whites Farm Supply in Waterville on January 6th with registration starting at 9:30am. I will talk about pests I found in local fields this past season and how you can use that information to make adjustments for the 2016 growing season. Jerry Cherney will explain his first year’s results looking at yield and quality comparisons of grass and low lignin alfalfa with conventional alfalfa. Growers are seeing more white mold in soybean fields in the past two years- Keith Waldron NYS IPM will discuss this disease and management options. Keith will also talk about common diseases found in alfalfa fields and their management. Many growers are considering cover crops but have limited windows for planting after crop harvest. Chris Pelzer, Cornell will explain current research results from inter cropping studies they have conducted.

We have experienced contamination of a local well from manure this past year. Karl Czymmek will talk about sensitive soils in our area and manure management recommendations for those soils. A number of dairy farmers have installed solar thermal panels with very positive results. Mary Wrege will end the program with a discussion of farm applications of solar technology. There is 2.25 NYSDEC credits and 5 CCA credits.

To preregister call 315-841-4181, by Dec 31st.
SOURCE: Cornell Cooperative Extension - Jeff Miller