AGENDA:

2-5 PM - Farmers and producers will learn about soil health principles, including strip-tillage, grazing cover crops and interseeding in 60-inch rows.

5:00 PM - Community meal. Afterwards, children and parents can visit various stations on the farm to learn about steps local farmers are taking to protect water quality and soil health.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Five principles of soil health (slake test)

• Strip-till fertilizer placement

• Cover crops as forage for livestock

• Soil pit: hands-on demo

• Testing soil health via buried underwear

• Rainfall simulator and water infiltration demo

• Cover crop field demo: interseeding 60-inch rows, three mixes

• Microscope analysis of soil

THE FARM:

Adam Nechanicky farms with his family on land that has been in their family since 1902. They raise 760 acres of corn, seed corn, seed beans, hay and pasture – which Adam uses for the cow-calf herd he manages with his wife, Lindsey. He started using cover crops in 2013 and has tried multiple seeding methods since then.