Cover Crop Field Day in Watsonville: Preparing for El Niño

Low Residue Cover Crops for Soil Erosion Control, Groundwater Recharge, and El Niño Preparation 

Field Day/Demo

Friday, October 23, 2015

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Watsonville Slough Farms (Matulich Ranch)

560 Harkins Slough Rd, Watsonville

Learn about the use of cover crops to increase groundwater recharge and reduce soil erosion during heavy rainfall predicted for this year’s El Niño.

Sign up for RCD’s cover crop seed cost-share program (up to $300 per grower)

All growers and ranch managers are invited.

Topics will include:

• Use of low-residue cover crops in vegetable and strawberry systems to increase infiltration of rainfall for groundwater recharge and erosion control
• Selection of cover crop varieties and management of low-residue cover crops
• Use of low-residue cover crops in organic strawberries

Speakers:

• Eric Brennan, Horticulturalist, USDA ARS, Salinas
• Rich Casale, District Conservationist, NRCS

For more information call: Sacha Lozano or Lisa Lurie (831) 464-2950.