Learn from Palouse farmers about cover cropping, intercropping, and integrating livestock at the Fifth Annual Palouse Alternative Cropping Symposium on Thursday, February 22, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The event will be held at the Whitman County Palouse Empire Fairgrounds outside Colfax, WA.
Registration for this event has closed. Thank you for your interest!
$5.00 registration fee. Registration closes February 18th.
This farmer-focused program will feature short presentations from area growers and networking breaks for informal dialogue and catching up with your community. Lunch is provided.
For questions, contact RyanB@PalouseCD.org or (509) 553-1847.
9:30 AM Coffee & Networking
10:00 AM Welcome
10:05 AM Life is Better With Some Cows Around
Allen Druffel, Bar Star Farm, Colton WA
10:35 AM Learning to Grow Organic Wheat
Aaron Flansburg, Flansburg Farms, Palouse WA
11:05 AM Break
11:20 AM WSARE Update
Kendall Kahl and Subodh Adhikari, University of Idaho
11:35 AM Getting Real with Virtual Fencing
Nathaniel Slinkert, Vence
12:05 PM Lunch
1:20 PM Cover Crops and Extracts
Josh Riddle, Farm It, Spokane WA
1:50 PM Break
2:05 PM The Land Institute and Kernza® Perennial Grain: Transforming Agriculture, Perennially
Evan Craine, The Land Institute
2:35 PM Regenerative Agriculture on the Palouse
Eric Odberg, Odberg Farms, Genesee ID
3:05 PM Closing Remarks
3:15 PM Social Time
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