Organic Field Day Aug. 1

On Wednesday, August 1, the Swift Current Research and Development Centre will be hosing an Organic and Low-input Agricultural Systems Field Day and Tradeshow.

The Tradeshow will be held day long at Walker Place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Field Day begins at 9 a.m. with introductions and travelling to South Farm for the Field Trials Tour. The group returns to Walker Place for 11:45 a.m. lunch, followed by networking and an afternoon of presentations.

The Field Trials tour includes: • Intercropping and following cash crops;

• Diversified cropping strategies to improve sustainability of organic production: Cover crop blends and following cash crops;

• Allelopathy;

• Tillage timing and intensity; • Polycrop mixes for grazing; • Phoma bioherbicide;

• New organic trials and studies starting in 2019.

Afternoon presentations will cover the following topics:

• Mixed grain intercrops;

• Role of field boundary habitats in agro-ecosystems;

• Market signals and converting to organic farming;

• Agronomy and ecology for organic production;

• Update on Saskorganics activities • Organic producer panel about onfarm research projects and participatory breeding;

• Display on organic agriculture in the Prairies.

Paid registration can be made at the following website https://www. eventbrite.ca/e/organic-low-inputagricultural-systems-field-day-tickets-46740297488