Location:
Acabonac Farms – 274 Yaphank Middle Island Rd, Middle Island, NY 11953
Agenda:
2:00pm
Registration, Welcome, & Intro to Soil Health| Debbie Aller, CCE – Suffolk County
2:20pm
American Farmland Trust’s soil health efforts on Long Island | Aaron Ristow, American Farmland Trust
2:40pm
Equipment Loan Program (SHELP) for Suffolk County Farmers | Ann Marie Calabro, Suffolk County – SWCD
3:00pm
Managing perennial and annual forage needs at Acabonac Farms | Sam Schmidt and Stephen Skrenta, Acabonac Farms
3:30pm Break
3:45pm
Pasture management for better soil and healthier cows | Morgan Hartman, Black Queen Angus Farm, LLC (Albany, NY)
4:45pm
Pasture Walk & Talk – lead by Sam, Stephen, and Morgan
5:30pm
What you need to know about using a no-till drill to seed pasture | Dan Heston, Peconic Land Trust
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Final Comments & Adjourn
FREE EVENT! Registration required. Dinner included.
Please register by September 18th! To register contact Sarah Osborn at 631-727-3595 or so348@cornell.edu
No DEC credits will be offered. Rain or shine.