Cover Crop Meeting – University of Illinois Extension Effingham

Join us for a FREE cover crop meeting at the University of Illinois Extension Effingham office to learn about the following:

• An Update on Nutrient Loss in Illinois
• Soil Health Partnership Findings in Southern Illinois
• Are Cover Crops Shifting Your Insect Populations?
• Profitability in an Advanced Conservation System

8:30 AM—Registration opens
9:00—Welcome
9:05— An Update on Nutrient Loss in Illinois, Jennifer Woodyard, University of Illinois Extension Watershed Outreach Associate
9:30— Soil Health Partnership Findings in Southern Illinois, Abigail Peterson, Soil Health Partnership Field Manager
10:00— Break
10:15— Are Cover Crops Shifting Your Insect Populations?, Nick Seiter, University of
Illinois Research Assistant Professor of Field Crop Entomology
11:15— Profitability in an Advanced Conservation System, Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois Professor of Ag and Consumer Economics
12:15—Lunch, Information on cost-share opportunities from Effingham SWCD

Thank you for joining us!

Click here to register online!

Contact Jennifer Woodyard if you have any questions:
Email: woodyar2@illinois.edu
Phone: 217-347-7773