Organic and Low-Input Agricultural Systems Field Day and Tradeshow
August 01, 2018
8:00-5:00 PM
Organic and Low-Input Agricultural Systems Field Day and Tradeshow including a field trials tour at South Farm, lunch, networking and presentations.
Field trials tour includes:
Intercropping and following cash crops, Diversified cropping strategies to improve sustainability of organic production: Cover crop blends and following cash crops,
Allelopathy, Tillage timing and intensity, Polycrop mixes for grazing, Phoma bioherbicide,
New organic trials and studies starting in 2019
Afternoon presentations :
Mixed grain intercrops, Role of field boundary habitats in agro-ecosystems,
Market signals and converting to organic farming, Agronomy and ecology for organic production, Update on SaskOrganics activities, Organic producer panel about on-farm research projects and participatory breeding, Display on organic agriculture in the Prairies.
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