Post 4
Our cover crop field meeting was a success! While we ended up with a large weed problem in the way of crab grass, most of our cover crops still grew successfully. We had a turn out of about 20 of our cooperators and some great guest speakers! It was wonderful to get to see some [...]
Post 3
We are excited to report that we have planted the cover crop seeds for our upcoming field meeting! We have 17 different cover crop plots planted side by side across our research field in Valatie. We’re crossing our fingers for rain in hope that it will help our seeds to germinate and lead to a [...]
Post 2
This week we finished and distributed the parameters for the cover crop project to all of our cooperators. I plan on completing our surveys in the next few weeks and begin gathering our data. We are also planning a field meeting to show the public some of the common cover crops as well as introducing [...]
Post 1
The first few weeks of my internship have been full of excitement and new experiences. Thus far, i have met with all of the growers that will be participating in the cover crop project that I am helping in and organized what data we have collected thus far. I have finished creating the survey that [...]