BURLINGTON – Thursday, Feb. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the no-till and cover crop conference will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton, located at 870 Williston Road.
photo by Becky Maden
Farmers, technical advisers, researchers, students, consultants, agricultural businesses and local agencies are all welcome to get together at this annual event and discuss updates and insights on reduced tillage and cover cropping practices.
Many Vermont farmers are troubleshooting through year after year of extreme weather events. Following the 2025 drought, a survey by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets received responses from 200 farmers who collectively reported around 80,000 impacted acres and almost $16 million in coping costs and production losses. These losses and more will be discussed at the conference.
Conference speakers include Aaron Daigh, Associate Professor of Agronomy & Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ken Ferrie, co-founder of Crop-Tech Consulting in Illinois; Matt Ruark, Professor and Extension Soil Scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Etienne Sutton, National Cover Crop Variety Project Program Manager at the University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture.
Online pre-registration is available online or by phone by calling UVM Non-Credit Registration Office at (802) 656-8407. In-person registration opens at 8 a.m. on the day of the event. For an accommodation related to a disability, contact UVM Student Accessibility Services at [email protected] or 802-656-7753 as soon as possible.
