RSVP for Watershed-Wide Conference
Comfort Inn & Suites-North Star Conference Center, DeForest 5025 C Rd V, De Forest, Wisconsin 53532
press release: Yahara Pride Farms is hosting our 2020 Watershed-wide Conference on Thursday, March 5, and it won't be the same without you! Go to yaharapridefarms.org for the complete schedule. Please register online by Friday, February 28.
Thursday, March 5, 2020, Comfort Inn & Suites, 5025 CTY HWY V, DeForest, Wis.
Agenda
10:00 a.m. | Registration, booth viewing
10:30 a.m. | "YPF program update"
11:30 a.m. | "Wisconsin DNR and the farmer-led watershed movement" - Mark Aquino, DNR secretary director, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
12-12:45 p.m. | Lunch
12:45 p.m. | Partner updates - Yahara WINS and Dane County
1:00 p.m. | "Conservation best practices and lessons learned" - Farmer panel featuring topics on manure application, unique applications of cover crops and conveyance systems, and composting
2:00 p.m. | "Considerations for planting over-wintering cover crops after corn silage" - Kevin Shelley, UW Nutrient and Pest Management Program
2:30 p.m. | Closing comments
*2019 cost-share checks will be distributed at the event. Farmers, agribusiness, media and members of the community are welcome to attend this free event.
Interested in sponsoring this conference? Check out our sponsorship program