You could learn something new at Cornette Dairy in Luxemburg on Tuesday as farmers try to grow optimism before anything else this spring. The wet weather has kept farmers out of their field for the most part with only 1.6 days of suitable fieldwork last week according the National Agricultural Statistics Service. That has led to some rites of spring like spring tillage and planting oats and potatoes to be as much as two weeks behind last year’s pace. When he does get the opportunity to get out into the field, Paul Cornette will be excited to try some new conservation practices this spring including strip tillage, fertilizer banding, and no-till planting.

All are welcome for the first Peninsula Pride Farms Conservation Conversation at Cornette Dairy on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Picture courtesy of Peninsula Pride Farms