Cornell Cooperative Extension

Seneca County
Musgrave Research Farm, Aurora

2024 Aurora Farm Field Day

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2024 Aurora Farm Field Day

  • Thursday, August 1, 2024, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

The annual Cornell Field Crop Research Field Day will feature walking and hay wagon tours in the morning and afternoon. 

The program is free and open to the public. 

A light breakfast and free lunch will be provided.

Schedule at a glance:

9-9:45 am - Registration & light refreshments outside Field House

9:45-9:50 am - Welcome & instructions

10-11:55 am - Morning tours

12-12:55 pm - Lunch

1-2:55 pm - Afternoon tours

3 pm - Opportunity for discussion with presenters

The tour stops include:
  • Vipan Kumar: Herbicide programs for weed control in corn and soybean
  • Mike Hunter & Lynn Sosnoskie: Weed seed movement and the importance of cleaning equipment
  • Louis Longchamps: On-farm experimentation, robotic interseeding
  • Ginny Moore and Erika Everest: Dry-bean presentation and tasting (tasting over lunch)
  • Quirine Ketterings and Kirsten Workman: Value of manure and SSEA approach
  • Lilly Elliott & Katja Poveda: Seedcorn maggot: predicting damage risk in New York
  • Kristen Loria and Matt Ryan: Balancing trade offs when no-till planting into cover crops
  • Joseph Amsili: Soil health benchmarks, carbon stocks, and solar farms

DEC and CCA credits have been requested.

For more information, go to: https://cals.cornell.edu/2024-aurora-farm-field-day

Musgrave Research Farm

aerial shot of field day hay wagons and attendees viewing research plots

Contact

Louis Longchamps

ll928@cornell.edu

Location

Musgrave Research Farm
1256 Poplar Ridge Rd
Aurora, NY 13026

Last updated June 24, 2024

 

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