2022 Annual meeting and workshop

Please join us for our annual meeting and workshop on December 15 in Batavia!

2022 Soil Health Workshop & Annual Meeting

Thursday December 15, 2022

Quality Inn & Suites, 8250 Park Rd. Batavia, NY 14020 * This year we are also offering a virtual option (see below). 

9:00-3:00

8:30   Registration and Coffee

9:00 Welcome and Introductions –Emily Reiss, WNYSHA Executive Director

9:10 Cropping SYSTEMS for Soil Health in the Northeast - Kirsten Workman,Cornell PRO-Dairy

10:15 Break

10:30 Soil Compaction: the cause, problem & steps to relieve – Tom Kilcer, Advanced Ag Systems

11:15   Biochar in New York, Debbie Aller Extension Associate, Cornell

11:45 WNYSHA Annual Meeting – Donn Branton, Chair, Board of Directors, WNYSHA

12:00 Lunch (provided)

1:00  Rotations: the forgotten impact on improving yields, controlling pests and increasingsoil health – Tom Kilcer, Advanced Ag Systems

1:50 Break

2:00 Planting Green in WNY Update – David DeGolyer and Aaron Ristow, Western New York Crop Management Association and American Farmland Trust

2:50   Next Steps, Closing Remarks – Aaron Ristow

Please Register by: Dec. 8, 2022

Pre-Registration : $25

Door Registration: $35

Virtual Registration: $10

Please register online here.