Cover Crop Field Day at the Belleville Research Center

BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS

Join us for a Cover Crop Field Day, Thursday, April 6, 2023 at the SIU Belleville Research Center (2036 Charles Ln. Belleville, IL). This event is a collaboration with University of Illinois Extension, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Precision Conservation Management, and the Illinois Soybean Association.  Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. with coffee and donuts.  The program starts at 9 a.m. and wraps up with lunch provided by Precision Conservation Management.  

There is no better way to understand cover crops than to see them in-field at work!  Learn about current research, cover crop management practices and techniques, tour plots, and network with other cover croppers in the region.  Field day topics will include:

Understanding the Impact of Cover Crop Planting Date and Management & 

Cereal Rye Termination Timing in Soybeans

• Nathan Johanning, Extension Educator, Commercial Ag, University of Illinois

Cover crop and nitrogen management in corn cropping systems

• Amir Sadeghpour, Associate Professor Soil Science, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Practical Soybean Management with Cover Crops

• Abigail Peterson, Director of Agronomy, Illinois Soybean Association

• Stephanie Porter, Outreach Agronomist, Illinois Soybean Association

Maybe It's Time for a Change on the Farm

• Andrea Kohring, Specialist, Precision Conservation Management

This program is free and opened to anyone interested in cover crops and soil health.  Please pre-register by April 4 at https://go.illinois.edu/BRCcovercrop or use the QR Code for direct access from you mobile device.  For more information contact Nathan Johanning at njohann@illinois.edu or 618-939-3434. ∆