** EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR SPRING 2024 DUE TO FAMILY EMERGENCY **
Justin and Clint Conard will showcase how they have continued and expanded the conservation legacy begun by their grandfather Dale Conard.
Conservation Across Generations
Field Day at Valley View Farms
Join us the morning of Friday, October 20th at Valley View Farms in Bloomington, IN with third-generation grain and cattle farmers Justin and Clint Conard. Justin and Clint will showcase the conservation legacy begun by their grandfather Dale Conard and how they have adapted conservation systems on the farm with new information and technology. They will talk about cover crops, no-till farming, and using precision agriculture. They will also demonstrate cover crop seeding using equipment that was modified through a conservation cost-share program.
Toby Days of the Alliance for Indiana Rural Water will speak about the importance of conservation practices for protecting our drinking water sources. Daniel Welage of the Natural Resource Conservation Service will speak about financial opportunities for conservation practices. Enjoy a FREE lunch at the end of the morning.
Morning Agenda:
8:00 Registration, Coffee, Pastries, Networking
8:45 Dale Conard's Legacy video
9:00 Clint and Justin Conard
9:45 In-Field Cover Crop Seeding Demonstration
10:45 Toby Days, Indiana Rural Water Alliance
11:00 Daniel Welage, Natural Resource Conservation Service
11:15 Free Lunch and Q&A with Conards
This event is hosted by the Monroe County Soil & Water Conservation District with support from Friends of Lake Monroe, Brown County Soil & Water Conservation District, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Alliance for Indiana Rural Water, and Conservation Cropping Initiative of Indiana.
Have any questions? Please contact Maggie Sullivan with Friends of Lake Monroe
at watershed@friendsoflakemonroe.org or (812) 558-0217.