Host: Friends of Northern Lake Champlain, University of Vermont Extension, and Farmer's Watershed Alliance
Location: 4826 Hanna Rd, Franklin VT, 05457
Event Description: The annual summer farm meeting and field day hosted by Tim Magnant at the Bridgeman View Farm in Franklin, VT. FNLC, UVM Extension, FWA and AgriLab Tech are providing new information about improved agricultural field techniques to reduce non-point phosphorus run off into the state's water ways.
FNLC and AgriLab Tech will present the Bouchard Farm Two-Tier Farm Stream/Ditch.
UVM Extension staff will present innovative agriculture techniques and equipment designed to fully infiltrate manure, do a field tour to demo Tim Magnant's successful crop rotation, counter slope plowed rows, minimal tillage, manure injection, grassed waterways, and riparian buffer management.
Hick's Equipment Company, New Hampshire will demo a new manure injector designed to be used on hay meadows and pasture land. State and Federal agency personnel will be on had to familiarize farms with current and new financial resources to help them with their water quality improvement projects and equipment purchases.
Pre-registration required: Yes
Cost: Free