Event Details
Date
December 4, 2014
Time
2pm EST
Location
eOrganic Webinar
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field CropsIntroducing Radishes into the Organic Pasture Webinar by eOrganic
December 4, 2014Free webinar on introducing radishes into organic pasture. Advanced Registration is Required.
Radishes can provide two benefits to the organic dairy pasture: 1) to extend the grazing season with a high energy feedstock, and 2) to provide ?bio-drills? by utilizing the tap roots of these plants to address soil compaction. In this webinar, Fay Benson and Liz Burrichter will describe their on-farm research with brassicas, including no-till seeding Daikon Radish into grazing swards.
About the Presenter
Fay Benson is the project manager of New York's Organic Dairy Initiative and small dairy support specialist with Cornell University's South Central NY Dairy team. Fay has been working with grazing and organic dairy farmers for 10 years and also operated his own dairy farm for more than 20 years.
Elizabeth Burrichter is a program assistant with New York?s Organic Dairy Initiative and is an organic dairy educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension.
About eOrganic
eOrganic contains articles, videos, and webinars for farmers, ranchers, agricultural professionals, certifiers, researchers and educators seeking reliable information on organic agriculture, published research results, farmer experiences, and certification. The content is collaboratively authored and reviewed by our community of University researchers and Extension personnel, agricultural professionals, farmers, and certifiers with experience and expertise in organic agriculture.
Find all upcoming and archived eOrganic webinars on organic farming and research topics at http://www.extension.org/pages/25242
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows? 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Macintosh?-based attendees
Required: Mac OS? X 10.6 or newer
Mobile attendees
Required: iPhone?, iPad?, Android? phone or Android tablet
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