Nitrogen and Cover Crop Plot Tour

cover crop Plot Tour2025

Nitrogen and Cover Crop Plot Tour

with Dr. Laura Van Eerd, Dr. David Hooker and Colin Elgie

Thursday, 2^nd October 2025

For commercial farmers and agribusinesses

Three locations at Ridgetown Campus

Directions: (look for the signs)

9 am field lane entrance across from 911# 20701 Victoria Rd (formally 21 Hwy), north of Gosnell Line.

10 am East side of Victoria Rd, south of Gosnell Line – field lane entrance before 2nd rail-trail.

11 am at the back of Ridgetown Campus research plots

• No cost. No preregistration required.  KSE and CCA credits have been applied for
• Long-term, medium-term and short-term cover cropping.
• 4R Nitrogen management with and without cover crops
• Long-term tillage system, crop rotation, and N fertilizer experiment
• Residue management: soil movement, and cover crop incorporation

CONVERSATION, COFFEE + TREATS!

For more information, contact Colin Elgie OMAFA at colin.elgie@ontario.ca 548-388-3496. Thank you to Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association and Margaret May.

Nitrogen and Cover Crop Plot Tour is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Nitrogen Management and Cover Cropping category.