By VICKI JOHNSON
Ohio Correspondent

ADA, Ohio — The Science of Cover Crop Benefits has been added to the program a day before this year’s Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference (CTC) begins.  Although a separate program, it is designed to complement the CTC topics.

The educational program is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 25, which is the Wednesday before the two-day conference.

Topics during the session include the fundamentals of cover crops and soil quality, soil ecology and nutrient recycling with cover crops, soil compaction and cover crops, biology of soil compaction, research on manure and cover crops, economics of cover crops, water quality and drainage, crop rotations, environmental gains of cover crops with small grains and using cover crops to grow homegrown nitrogen.

Registration is $40. For details, visit http://hancock.osu.edu/ag/ctc/ctc.htm or call 419-422-3851.