ohio farm bureau federation

How to cut no-till costs and using cover crops in no-till production will be the featured themes at this year’s conference.

Registration is $20 before Dec. 2 and $25 at the door. It includes refreshments, lunch and conference materials. Participants can receive Certified Crop Advisor credits. The conference is sponsored by the Ohio No-Till Council in cooperation with Ohio State University Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service.Topics and speakers:• New and Emerging Cover Crops, Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm, Holtwood, PA.• Nutrient Management with Cover Crops, Ed Winkle, Hymark Consulting, Martinsville.• Cover Crops Research Results, Alan Sundermeier, OSU Extension educator, Wood County; Rafiq Islam, OSU soil scientist; David Brandt, no-till farmer, Carroll.• Cover Crops: Farmer Panel, Steve Groff, Ed Winkle and Dave Brandt.• Controlling Weeds in No-Till, Mark Loux, OSU Extension weed management specialist.• Manure Management on No-Till, Bob Slicker, no-till farmer, Canal Fulton; Bob Featheringill, no-till farmer, Attica; Mark Wilson, Land Stewards, Marion.The conference will also include the No-Till Awards, presented this year to Rafiq Islam, Educator/Researcher Award; Nester Ag Management, Business/Industry Award; and Bob Slicker, Outstanding No-Till Farmer Award.For more information on the Ohio No-Till Conference, lvisit http://fabe.osu.edu/notill or contact Randall Reeder at 614- 292-6648 or reeder.1@osu.edu. Mail registration to Mark Wilson, Land Stewards, 1122 Somerlot Hoffman Road East, Marion, OH 43302. Make checks payable to “Ohio No-Till Council.”