Erosion Control Benefits Program Set for June 8

Erosion Control Benefits Everyone. What’s Below Your Feet? A Soil Pit May Provide The Answer. Spend the morning learning while a Soil Scientist describes What We Seldom See. Listen about the Soil and Yield Benefits from Planting Cover Crops by Ken Krapf. Ken will have his modified planter at the field, share his soil test results and you’ll see other practices.
The program will be held on June 8 from 10 a.m. – noon. Lunch will be provided free. To attend the event, please RSVP to 815 462-3106 X 3 info @ willsocookswcd.org.
Guest speakers will be:
Stacey Zuber – NRCS Soil Health Specialist and Mark Bramstedt – Soil Scientist
The field farmed by Ken Krapf is located on Cedar Road, 1 mile south of Manhattan Monee
Road. Turn east on West Bruns Road, approximately. 1/4 mile east. Lat: 41.41004 N, Lon: 87.95679W