Conservation Tillage
The 2012 SE Conservation Tillage Program was held on February 8, 2012 at the Keystone Tractor Works Museum in Colonial Heights, VA. There were over 160 participants and several vendors at the program.
Thank you to our Exhibitors and Sponsors!!
Gold Sponsors:
NRCS – Outreach Coordinators
Dinwiddie Farm Bureau
B. T. Hargrave
Cavalier International
USDA – NRCS
Silver Sponsors:
Burgess Ag Services
Virginia Soybean Association
Bronze Sponsors:
Bank of McKenney
Colonial Farm Credit
Recyc Systems
Syngenta Crop Protection
Agrotain International
Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Other Sponsors:
Carolina Eastern, Inc.
Also, thanks goes out to our speakers, Missy Bauer, Wade Thomason and Mark Reiter, and to the museum for providing a great place to hold this meeting.
Here are a few pictures from the event this year:
The 2011 Southeast Virginia Conservation Tillage Meeting was held on Feb. 10, 2011 at Eastside Community Enhancement Center. There were 120 participants from across the state that listened and participated in several topics on Conservation Tillage. There was also a panel discussion where participants were able to interact and learn from local agriculture producers. Local members of the panel were Maxwell Watkins, Chip Bain, Mark Spiers, and Billy Bain. The program was conducted by Dinwiddie Extension, NRCS and the ARSWCD. The trio of pictures below were taken during the meeting:
Below is an image of the planting of strip-till tobacco in Dinwiddie in May of 2011. This is the only combined strip-till and planter units in the state!!
Below are images of conservation tillage planting of a 2011 Dinwiddie Corn Variety Comparison Plot:
