Iowa Learning Farms to host cover crops field day in Washington County

Iowa Learning Farms, along with the Iowa Cover Crop Working Group and Washington County Farm Bureau, will host a field day Wednesday, March 25, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Steve and Dennis Berger farm in rural Wellman.

Speaking at the field day is host farmer Steve Berger, who will talk about his experiences using cereal rye cover crop with his no-till system. Also speaking are Iowa State University Extension and Outreach agricultural engineers Mark Hanna and Greg Brenneman. Hanna will review equipment needs for using cover crops with no-till. Brenneman will discuss manure management for this system. Following the speakers, attendees can view the equipment on display, enjoy a complimentary meal, and go to the fields to see the cover crops, weather permitting.

The field day will be at the machine shed on the Bergers? farm: 1267 Elm Ave., rural Wellman. From Wellman, take Highway 22 west for one mile, turn north onto 128th Place. Follow for a quarter-mile and turn north onto Elm Ave. The machine shed will be immediately on the right side of the road.

The field day is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is requested. Contact Iowa Learning Farms to reserve a place for the meal: phone 515-294-8912, or email: ilf@iastate.edu.