Join us for Cover Crops, Forages, and Intercropping Field Day!
Location: NDSU Research Plots | West of Intersection of 15th Ave N and 18th St N on NDSU Main Campus
This educational event will focus on the benefits of cover crops, perennial forages and grain, and establishing alfalfa and other perennials in an intercrop system.
Opportunities to incorporate winter cover crops, forages, and perennials into various cropping systems will be the focus of a North Dakota State University field day Tuesday, Sept. 16 led by Marisol Berti and Clair Keene. Presenters will demonstrate and discuss the benefits of cover crops and perennials and how to establish alfalfa in an annual cash crop like sorghum.
“I have researched various cover crops within many North Dakota cropping systems. Establishing alfalfa by intercropping with cash crops has great potential to increase the profitability of forages,” says Marisol Berti, professor in forage, cover crops and biomass production at NDSU.
Field day participants will have the opportunity to learn about cover crops and new perennial grain crops such as KernzaTM. Attendees will be able to connect with other participants who have experience in incorporating cover crops and forages into their farming systems.
Agenda:
Morning
- Forage sorghum sainfoin and alfalfa intercropping
- Pollinator strips establishment and biodiversity
- Perennial wheat and Kernza™ research in North Dakota
- Cover crops and soil health research in North Dakota
- Alfalfa winter hardiness, root morphology, and plant growth enhancers research
- Alfalfa Rhizobium research
Afternoon
- Winter camelina research and crop contracts
- Perennial wheat and Kernza™ research in North Dakota
- Pollinator plants and perennial sunflower biodiversity
Registration:
The field day will start with registration at 8:30 a.m. at the research plots just west of the intersection of 15th Ave N and 18th St N on the NDSU main campus.. A free lunch will be provided to all those who register. The afternoon program will include a tour around the campus research plots and ends at 2:45 p.m.
A free lunch will be provided. Registration by September 9th is required for lunch. Register here.
Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.