WWCC Field day – June 11

 11:30 AM – 12: 30 PM | Opening remarks, Buffet lunch

 12:30 P.M.   | Attendees split into four groups and proceed through four designated stations:

Stations shift at 1:00, 1:30 and 2:00.

 Field day stations:

• Impact of cover crops and no-till on soil structure
  • Field: Third year corn, no till planted into rye cover
  • Visual: Soil pit and soil aggregation demonstration
  • Presenters: Keith Zygowicz, USDA- NRCS + Pete Arcand (farmer)

• Water infiltration and cover crop comparison
  • Field: No till beans planted into both rye cover and no cover. Beans planted into medium till rye cover and no cover
  • Visual: Rainfall simulator and other infiltration demo
  • Presenters: Jason Barrick, USDA-NRCS + Jerry Emmert and Andy Bensend (farmers)

• Manure injection logistics in a conservation farming system
  • Field: First year no-till corn into terminated alfalfa with manure injected
  • Visual: Recently applied manure and manure injection equipment/toolbars on display
  • Presenters:Ernie Sundstrom, Sundstrom Pit Pumping LLC + Tom Zwald (farmer)

• WWCC information – membership, benefits, cost share programs and research
  • In the tent where lunch was held
  • Presenters:
    • WWCC: Todd Doornink, Chris van Someren + others
    • UW-River Falls: Jill Coleman Wasik, Heather Sumner Davis + student researchers (well testing team)

 2:30 PM  |  Wrap-up and Field Day concludes