Joint Annual Meeting of Vermont’s Farmer Watershed Organizations (FWA, CVFC, CRWFA). January 27, 2021.
Precision Agriculture in Vermont Video Series, Precision Planting: Cover Crops, Valmar 6056 Air Seeder, Phillips Harrow 4505, GPS, AgLeader. Funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach grant PO# 12526.
Precision Agriculture in Vermont Video Series, Precision Planting: Great Plains Corn Planter, GPS, Auto-Steer, NMP. Funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach grant PO# 12526.
Precision Agriculture in Vermont Video Series, Soil Tests & Field-Specific Fertilizer Rates. Funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach grant PO# 12526.
Precision Agriculture in Vermont Video Series, A View from the Tractor Cab: Corn Chopping. Funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach grant PO# 12526.
Precision Agriculture in Vermont Video Series, A View from the Tractor Cab: AgLeader Display Unit and Auto-Steer. Funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach grant PO# 12526.
Precision Agriculture in Vermont Video Series, Manure Injector with/without Dragline. Funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Education and Outreach grant PO# 12526.
September 2018: Cover crops are being seeded all around Franklin County! Farmers plant cover crops with minimum tillage seed incorporation techniques as a way to manage water, nutrients, soil health, erosion, pests, weeds, and much more on their fields.
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Corn planting May 2018 with the FWA’s Chair Larry Gervais of Gervais Family Farm!
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Lake Carmi Watershed Agricultural Assessment – UVM Extension and the farmers of the Lake Carmi Watershed testified at the State House in Montpelier on Thursday, April 12, 2018.
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Partners for Healthy Watersheds: ‘Filter Strips: A Natural Tool for Conserving Nutrients’
Across the Fence: Farmer’s Watershed Alliance 2018 Precision Agriculture Forum
Protecting the Soil: Cover Crops for Clean Water
Feeding the Soil: The Scoop on Poop
A view from inside the cab at the Gervais Family Farm! Fall 2017 – Corn Chopping
Dragline System for Manure Injection at Conants Riverside Farm
Systems/technologies like these help farmers efficiently and effectively reduce nutrient loss, soil compaction, manure purchases, and odor in the air!
Highboy Plants Cover Crops
The Highboy plants cover crops across 60 feet in between corn rows by broadcasting the seed under the canopy.
Scott Magnan’s Custom Service – Manure Injection
Take a look at Scott Magnan’s Custom Services injecting manure at UVM Extension research plots at Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, VT. Manure injection allows for nutrient application with minimal soil disturbance and little odor.