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Winter Crop Meeting 2023 - Dryden Event



Event Details

Winter Crop Meeting 2023 - Dryden Event
Event Offers DEC Credits

Date

January 27, 2023

Time

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location

Dryden VFW
2272 Dryden Road (Rte 13)
Dryden, NY 13053

Cost

Dryden WCM Pre-Registration : $25.00

(addl attendee $25.00 ea.)

At The Door Price
Dryden WCM At-the-door Registration : $30.00

Host

South Central New York Dairy & Field Crops

Janice Degni
(607) 391-2672


Winter Crop Meeting 2023 - Dryden Event



Winter Crop Meeting 2023 - Dryden Event

Attend this year's Winter Crop Meeting 2023 - Dryden location on Friday, January 27th

Location:  2272 Dryden Road (Rte 13) in Dryden, NY

9:00 am: Registration 
10:00 am  - 3:00pm: Speakers Program  

Topics:

  1. Foster Farm—Overview of Their No-Till Cropping System
  2. Soil Compaction
  3. Impacts of Neonics and Nematodes on Corn Insect Management 
  4. Corn Diseases- Identification and Options for Management
  5. Biochar for NYS Agriculture: an Introduction and Application to Soils 

$25—Pre-registration /  $30—At door Includes Lunch

CCA & 2.0 DEC Credits Approved

These meetings have been generously co-sponsored and supported by the Tompkins and Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation Districts with Grant Funding from NYS Ag Nonpoint Round 26. 



WCM Program Flyer (PDF; 890KB)


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