Ag Education Events

2024 Aurora Farm Field Day

Date: August 1, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Musgrave Research Farm, Aurora, N.Y.

Join us for the 2024 Aurora Farm Field Day hosted by Cornell University! The annual Cornell Field Crop Research Field Day will be Thursday, August 1 at the Musgrave Research Farm, Aurora, N.Y. The program features walking and hay wagon tours in the morning and afternoon.

Tour Stops Include:

  • Herbicide programs for weed control in corn and soybean
  • Weed seed movement and the importance of cleaning equipment
  • On-farm experimentation, robotic interseeding
  • Dry-bean presentation and tasting (tasting over lunch)
  • Value of manure and SSEA approach
  • Seedcorn maggot predicting damage risk in New York
  • Balancing trade offs when no-till planting into cover crops
  • Soil health benchmarks, carbon stocks, and solar farms
DEC and CCA credits have been requested. The program is free and open to the public. A light breakfast and free lunch will be provided.

Source: https://cals.cornell.edu/