The first stop was to listen to Dr. Quirine Ketterings from Cornell University’s animal science department discuss sulphur deficiency in agronomic crops.
With enhanced air quality, there is not as much sulphur in the air. Therefore, farmers need to monitor and apply sulphur for their crops.
Tom Kilcer then encouraged participants to think about growing winter forage crops for livestock instead of planting cover crops.
The crop that Kilcer has been studying the most is triticale, which provides high yields and can be harvested at various stages to meet different nutritional needs of growing or producing animals. FG
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Photos courtesy of Stephen Hadcock.
