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What’s new with poo

The Michigan Innovations in Agriculture Summer Tour this August is focused on manure management. The bus tour, “What’s New with Poo,” will visit four farms in Mid-Michigan that showcase manure based conservation practices and new technologies. Highlights during the program include cover crops in a manure-based system, harvestable buffers and manure separating systems.

Clinton County Conservation District Technician Lindsey Martin says Michigan Innovations in Agriculture tours and field days will be annual on-farm events to help farmers stay up-to-date on advancements in agriculture.  “Not in just in a classroom setting, but a real hands-on, get down and dirty, let’s see what real farms just like you and I are actually putting into place.”

The 2015 tour is coordinated by MSU Extension, in cooperation with the Clinton County Conservation District, Gratiot County Farm Bureau and others.

Learn more and register on MSU Extension’s webpage.

AUDIO: Interview with Lindsey Martin (3:37 mp3):