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Contact a Member of the TEAM!!
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UVM Extension Agronomist
(802) 388-4969 x 332
Agronomy Outreach Professional
(802) 388-4969 x 338
Agronomy Outreach Professional
(802) 388-4969 x 347
Cheryl Cesario
Grazing Outreach Professional (802) 388-4969 x 346
Nate Severy
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For Vermont Farmers in the Lake Champlain Watershed
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HAY, It's Time for 2 BIG Shows
Bring me your HAY, your CORN SILAGE, and your jars of SEED.
The Vermont Farm Show is coming up right away. We run the Hay and Forage contest and then use the space to set up an educational display to talk with farmers and the general public (thousands of them) about the
important work you do to grow crops and care for your land.
I need your help to build up this part of the Farm Show. We will pick up your entries at the Extension offices if you get them there on Monday morning January 25.
Then in February - - Don't Miss THIS ONE....
Sign up now, SAVE YOUR SEAT,
Vermont No-Till and Cover Crop Symposium  We have a great program scheduled for this year. Be sure to sign up now. Just slide on down the page and see more information about the speakers we have invited for that day. Jeff Carter
UVM Extension Agronomist
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2016 Vermont Farm Show
January 26, 27, 28
Where:
Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Jct, VT
When:
MONDAY, January 25 - ENTER FARM PRODUCTS
Submit Your Entries To Be Displayed and Judged
Let's start the new year right with an abundance of Hay, Silage and Grains at the Farm Show. Everyone loves smelling the hay, particularly in the dead of winter! This year the demonstrations will be front and center when you enter the exhibitor arena. It is a great way for us to strike up conversations with folks about forage management, especially if the display is overflowing with samples from Vermont farmers!
Silage & Grains
191) Corn Silage* - 1 quart jar
192) Haylage - Grass* - 1 quart jar
193) Haylage - Legume* - 1 quart jar
194) Round bale Haylage - Baleage - 1 quart jar or Ziploc bag
195) Ground Ear Corn/High Moisture Shell Corn* - 1 quart jar
196) Corn Grain* - 1 quart jar
197) Cereal Grain (wheat/barley/oats/rye)* - 1 quart jar
198) Other Dry Grain* (soybean, oilseed, other) - 1 quart jar
* Must be submitted in clean glass container
Hay
201) Legume Hay - 1st cut - One 1/8 Bale
202) Mixed Hay - 1st cut - One 1/8 Bale
203) Grass Hay - 1st cut - One 1/8 Bale
204) Legume Hay - 2nd cut - One 1/8 Bale
205) Mixed Hay - 2nd cut - One 1/8 Bale
206) Grass Hay - 2nd cut - One 1/8 Bale
There are many other categories too: * Maple Syrup * Christmas Trees * * Wreaths * Honey * * Handspun Fibers *
How:
Each entry type has specific Guidelines
When:
Entries must be submitted to the farm show in Essex between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday the 25th. Drop off locations around the state have location specific deadlines so please make sure you know the local deadline.
You can drop off products in Middlebury at our office:
23 Pond Lane, Suite 300 before NOON on Monday.
We hope to see you there!
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Our 3rd Annual No-Till & Cover Crops Symposium:
Join Us For This Great Day Event Packed With Information For Your Farm
When:
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Where:
Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, Burlington, VT
Guest Speakers:- John Kemmeren, a NY dairymen with 40 years of no-till experience on his 200 head dairy farm. He will share successes and challenges of no-till and cover cropping.
- Dr. Kevin Bradley, Associate Professor and Extension weed scientist at the University of Missouri. He will share his perspectives on how cover crops, herbicides, and good weed control can work in a no-till system.
- Odette Menard, a soil conservation honoree and employee in Quebec's Ministry of Agriculture will share her insight into helping farmers identify strategies to build soil health, increase yields, improve economics, and reduce erosion.
As with previous years, we will also have a great panel discussion: * Mark Anderson, Land View Farms * Kevin Kocsak, Salem Farm Supply * Larry Gervais, Gervais Family Farm * Brad Thomas, Jillian Holsteins Other speakers and facilitators from UVM Extension:
Jeff Carter, Dr. Heather Darby, Kirsten Workman,
Jeff Sanders & Rico Balzano. How To Register: Online: http://go.uvm.edu/ntcc
Call: 802-388-4969
Cost to attend is $75 / person
Pre-registration Is Required For This Event by February 15th
For More Information or To Download the Event Brochure:
The UVM Extension's Champlain Valley Crop, Soil & Pasture Team & the Northwest Crops & Soils Program invite all farmers and technical advisers to attend this event dedicated to No-Till and Cover Cropping systems for field crop growers in our area. To request a disability related accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Karen Gallott at (802) 388-4969 or 1-800-956-1125 (toll-free in Vt. only) by Jan. 25, 2016 so we may assist you.
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Sincerely,
Jeff, Kirsten, Rico, Cheryl, Kristin, Nate, Dan and Karen
Champlain Valley Crop, Soil & Pasture Team
Phone: 1-802-388-4969 ext. 346
e-mail: champlain.crops@uvm.edu
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