Crops and Soils Field Day

The University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program will host its annual Crops and Soils Field Day in Alburgh on July 24. The theme for this year’s event is “Feeding the Soils, the Plants and the Community.”

The field day provides an opportunity for farmers to learn about the latest UVM Extension research and developments involving perennial grass varieties, pod-irrigation systems, cover crop mixtures and interseeding, winter forages, best grass varieties for feeding livestock, no-till cropping and manure injection, alternative fertilizers, oilseed varieties and flax weed control.

For additional information, a more detailed schedule and to register (by July 21 please), click here, or email Susan Brouillette or Heather Darby.

Dr. Heather Darby, UVM Extension agronomist, heads up the UVM Extension Northwest Crops and Soils program, which conducts crop and soil experiments on small grains, corn, wheat, soybeans, sunflowers, canola, perennial grasses and other crops at Borderview Research Farm. The farm is owned by Roger Rainville, who assists with the research projects including site preparation and seeding and harvesting of the plots, among other tasks.