Scouting Stands for Replanting Plans
CEUs are available for this episode
Organic CEUs: 1
Farmers make so many decisions to get planting right - like timing, depth, and population. But despite their best efforts not every field comes up great. It can be tough to decide which fields to replant. On the one hand it takes time and money to replant, but on the other hand a weak stand can be a headache all season long. Farmers and their advisors need to scout fields after emergence to understand plant population and weed pressure in order to make a decision about replanting. There can be a lot of factors and a hard decision.
Join veteran organic farmers Hans Bishop and Aaron Vercler, as we talk through their process and experience in planting, scouting, and deciding when to replant.
This is a free Zoom Event!
SPEAKERS
Hans Bishop
Hans Bishop and his wife Katie own and operate PrairiErth Farm in Atlanta IL. They run a split operation and have successfully transitioned 500 acres to organic to grow the operation. They are active in their local community, speaking at conferences and helping in mentorship programs. Hans is passionate about mechanical cultivation and grain storage.
Aaron Vercler
Aaron Vercler farms in Washington, IL. He grew up on the farm growing small grains, and when he took over did dairy for many years. After a barn fire, Aaron certified 320 acres of pasture land in 2014 and has since grown a wide variety of organic crops - from produce, to processing pumpkins, to seed corn. Aaron currently grows 600 acres of organic corn, beans, wheat, and clover. As well as 2700 acres of conventional white corn, non-gmo corn and soy, and seed beans.
Sam Oschwald Tilton, Facilitator
“I have worked with organic farmers all over the US and Canada to understand production systems and solve weed management issues. This past season, on farms and in winter conferences, I spoke with as many farmers and ag professionals as I could to understand the questions that organic producers have, and the experts that they’d like to learn from. Those conversations helped me identify the topics and guests for this series. I am excited to bring together a wide range of farmers and ag professionals from many backgrounds, all of whom have an experienced perspective to share. In each call I look forward to having an intelligent conversation with the guest that introduces the topic to those who are unfamiliar and also dives deep to bring further understanding and clear tips to listeners. After the conversation, we’ll take questions from listeners, so that they can communicate directly with each guest to get the answers that they need. My goal for this call series is to provide crucial information on topics facing organic and transition-curious farmers, in an approachable conversation that listeners can easily listen to during their lunch hour.”
“Assessing stands is crucial in organic, since weak stands can’t stand up to weeds - join us to talk through the replanting decision with two veteran organic farmers.”
This event is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP).
TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).