TAYLORCRAFT TEST SCHOLTER
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Natural Resources Conservation Service representative Andy Gaver explains no till cover crop planting benefits with a demonstration on a rainfall simulator showing how water runoff can better managed to maintain soil nutrients. Farmers from around the region spent Thursday at Thiele Dairy Farm learning about no till farming techniques through a field day with the Pennsylvania No Till Alliance. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle 07/23/21
Penn State doctoral student Emma Rice (right), Titusville area farmer Monica Kerr(left) look at a cover crop test plot during the Pennsylvania No Till Alliance's field day conference at Thiele Dairy Farm in Cabot. Area farmers attended the farm day to learn about no till farming practices designed to maintain soil fertility and manage rain runoff. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle 07/23/21
A buterfly rests on a flower in a cover crop test plot at Thiele Dairy Farm. Along with preserving soil nutrients, cover crops benefit polinators and insects in fields that aren't being actively farmed. Pennsylvania No Till Alliance farm day at Thiele Dairy Farm in Cabot. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle 07/23/21
From left, Nico Soler,Alex Gill, Brenda Wamsley, Andrew Greene and Donny Copper
From left, Donny Copper, Brenda Wamsley and Andrew Greene
Farmer Rick Bieber describes benefits of different cover crops in order to maintain nutrients in soil and prevent water runoff during a field day with the Pennsylvania No Till Alliance at Thiele Dairy Farm in Cabot. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle 07/23/21
