STURGEON BAY, Wis. — Farmers, community members and state and local officials are invited to attend a field day Aug. 30 in Sturgeon Bay to demonstrate the benefits of soil health practices.
Peninsula Pride Farms and Door-Kewaunee Watershed Demonstration Farm Network are co-sponsoring the event involving two farms.
The field day will begin at Brey Cycle Farm where there will be a discussion about management-intensive grazing and a demonstration of soil health in a pit.
At Olson Family Farms, attendees will be able to view interseeding of cover crops into corn and discuss cover crop opportunities after winter wheat. There will also be a rainfall simulator.
Presenters:
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Jamie Patton is a senior outreach specialist for the Nutrient and Pest Management Program at the University of Wisconsin Madison-Extension. She will be conducting the soil pit demonstration.
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Barry Bubolz is the area Great Lakes Restoration Initiative coordinator for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Wisconsin. He will simulate a rainfall event on different soil management systems and discuss how the principles of soil health can affect soil and water quality.
Details
Who: Peninsula Pride Farms and Door-Kewaunee Watershed Demonstration Farm Network
What: Soil health field day
When: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Aug. 30
Where:
First location: 6102 County Road OO, Sturgeon Bay. Second location: 580 County Road S, Sturgeon Bay
RSVP: Please register here. Following the field day, Peninsula Pride Farms members are invited to stay for a member appreciation picnic.
About Peninsula Pride Farms:
Peninsula Pride Farms is a nonprofit organization of dairy and crop farmers and corporate members committed to protecting and improving ground and surface water in Kewaunee and southern Door counties in Wisconsin. The group leverages the ingenuity of the agricultural community, university research and scientists to implement practices with measurable outcomes. More information peninsulapridefarms.org.
