The “Regenerating the Soil with Cover Crops and Rotational Grazing” soil health workshop will be held at the Gove County 4-H Building in Grainfield, KS on Tuesday, December 13.

Topics for the workshop will include “Economics of Soil Health” by Brice Custer from Hays, KS. Brice owns and operates a no-till farming operation where he has been incorporating cover crops in his crop rotation since 2008 and has seen benefits in weed suppression and soil health.

Nick Vos, a Hugoton, KS no-till producer and sheep producer will speak on “Rotational Grazing: Making it Work in Your Cash Crop Rotation”. He started using cover crops in 2010 with Daikon radishes which has the ability to retrieve nutrients from their mostly sandy, low OM fields.

A “Systems Approach to Animal Health” will be given by Dr. Dave Rethorst, DVM. Dr. Dave’s primary interest is beef cattle production medicine. His practice is located in Council Grove, KS and he has been helping out at Oakley Veterinary Service a couple days a week since 2010.

Lance Gunderson, president and co-owner of Regen Ag Lab in Nebraska, will speak on the “Haney Soil Test” which focuses on testing biological measures found in soil. Lance has many years experience and wealth of knowledge from his work in agronomic soil testing.

The workshop will wrap up with a Farmer/Rancher & Speaker Panel.

The program will run from 9:00am to 3:30pm with registration at 8:30 am. It is a free event with lunch catered by Camie’s Vintage Diner. RSVP for this event is appreciated by December 7 to 785-938-2270×3 or linda.phillips@ks.nacdnet.net

The workshop is sponsored by the Kansas Soil Health Alliance, Gove County Conservation District, K-State Research and Extension-Golden Prairie District, Kansas Wraps and Kansas Association of Conservation Districts. A special thank you to Gove County producer, Roger Heier, for organizing this workshop.