Farmers and community members are invited to attend a public field day in southwestern Wisconsin. Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance, a farmer-led conservation group, will be meeting in Cuba City to demonstrate the importance of soil health.
Wilson Organic Farms, a LASA member, will host a field day featuring a soil pit and rain simulator demonstration and talk about other soil conservation topics from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 24.
Attendees will explore topics through presentations from:
Josh Kamps is the regional crops and soils educator for Grant, Green, Iowa and Lafayette counties with the Division of Extension. His educational programming is focused on implementation of soil health practices and utilization of diverse IPM tools for field cropping systems. He promotes farm decision making based on farm profitability, natural resource conservation, and enhancement of rural communities. He assists farmers with developing on-farm research projects designed to answer local questions through the development of innovative solutions. Come take a look under the soil surface, in the soil pit, at Wilson Organic Farms.
Kory Stalsberg is a farm business and production management instructor at Southwestern Wisconsin Technical College. Stalsberg grew up on a small dairy and beef farm. In 2006, he received a Bachelor’s in agriculture education from UW-Platteville and in 2011, he received a master’s from UW-La Crosse in education.
Stalsberg will have a rainfall simulator on display. The simulator is used to measure the impact of water on crop management.
Details
Who: Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance
What: Soil health in organic farming field day
When: 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Aug. 24
Where: 10950 S Galena Rd, Cuba City, WI 53807
A lunch will be served. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_7gUcvjZVjUYJDAJwfS6uPdOcV7fQ8FwTS_l05jOd37O_hg/viewform
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