Event Details
Date
November 12, 2014
Time
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location
The Factory Eatery
20 Prospect St
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Cost
$40.00
(additional attendee $40.00 ea.)
Host
North Country Regional Ag Team
315-866-7920
email
Pre-Registration Deadline: November 4, 2014
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Tile Drainage School
November 12, 2014**Note that online registration is now closed** Please call the CCE Herkimer office at (315)866-7920 to see if there are any spots left. Sorry for any inconvenience. For those not able to attend, materials will be available for purchase.
9:30 - 10 am - Registration
10:00 - 10:15 am Crop Insurance overview
10:15 - 10:55 am Tile Drainage Economics & Agronomic Benefits - Allenwaite Farm Inc., George and Travis Allen
Break for 5 minutes
11:00 - 11:20 am Conservation Compliance - NRCS staff
11: 20 - noon Installing Drainage Systems - Steve Mahoney, Owner, River Bend Farm Agricultural and Environmental Services
Noon - 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 - 1:25 pm Installing Drainage Systems (continued)
1:25 - 2:10 pm Minimizing Environmental Risks of the drainage water - Larry Geohring (Cornell U., Dept of Biological and Environmental Engineering)
Break for 5 minutes
2:15 - 3:00 pm Speaker Panel Q & A (and to address: Maintenance, Operation, and Fixing problems in existing systems)
