Cover Crop and Soil Health Workshop
April 8, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:45 am
Join CEFS to learn about the basics of cover crops, termination methods and equipment, and managing cover crops profitably. Participants will observe our cover crop and soil health field study. There will also be a soil health demo including rainfall simulator, soil monoliths, soil fertility testing, soil respiration and biology testing, interactive soil mapping station, and cover crop biomass estimation.
Event Details:
When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 9:00am-11:45am
Where: Small Farm Unit at Cherry Research Farm, 400 Old Smithfield Road (NC-581), Goldsboro, NC, 27530 (driving directions)
Registration:
Speakers:
Melissa Bell, CEFS Field Research, Education and Outreach Liaison
Heather Berger, Research Technician at CEFS Small Farm Unit
Biswanath Dari, Assistant Professor and Natural Resource Extension Specialist, Southern SARE State Co-coordinator, Cooperative Extension, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Austin Menker, Conservation Agriculture Extension Associate, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University
Praneswar Ghosh, Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University
Srinivas Rao
Debjani Sihi, Assistant Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University
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Programmatic contact persons for this event:
Biswanath Dari, Ph.D. (E:bdari@ncat.edu; P: 352-222-9565) and Melissa Bell (E: mcbell@ncsu.edu; P:919-271-7557)
