Georgia Conservation Tillage Alliance Annual Meeting – February 18 & 19

Farmers are invited to join the Georgia Conservation Tillage Alliance for their 2025 Annual Meeting, that will be held in the East/West Conference Room, at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture (1392 Whiddon Mill Road), in Tifton, Georgia. The meeting will focus primarily on the benefits, selection, and management of cover crops used in conservation tillage systems. The first afternoon of the event will feature presentations, followed a Gays Seafood Supper & Social. The second day will feature presentations in the morning followed by field tours after lunch. See the full agenda below for more details.

This sponsored event is free with advanced registration. Please register for each portion of the event that you plan to attend by February 14th for meal planning and preparation purposes.

Registration Link: https://gaconservationtillagealli.planningpod.com

We have 30 prepaid rooms at the Springhill Suites Tifton reserved under “CONSERVATION TILLAGE” – available first reserved first served.

SPRING HILL SUITES
401 BOO DR, TIFTON, GA 31793
PHONE: (229) 520-5135

Agenda (Eastern Time)

Georgia Museum of Agriculture – Tifton, Georgia (1392 Whiddon Mill Rd, Tifton, GA 31793)

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

1:00 – 2:00 PM Registration – Located at the Cordell Conference Rooms East and West

2:00 – 2:55 – Introductions, NRCS Programs, and Golden Triangle RC&D

3:00 – 3:45PM Navigating Mandated Herbicide Regulations via Cover Crops – Dr. Taylor Singleton (UGA Sustainability)

3:50 – 4:25PM Cover Crop Seed Availability and Selection – Dr. Jim Bostick (Alabama Crop Improvement)

4:30-4:55PM When to Plant Cover Crops, and How – Dr. Kip Balkcom (USDA ARS)

5:00 PM – Adjourn to check in to hotel

7:00 PM- 9:00 PM Gays Seafood Supper at the GA Museum of Agriculture

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

8:30-8:55AM – Terminating Cover Crops/ Weed Management from Covers- Dr. Stanley Culpepper (UGA Weed Specialist)

9:00-9:25AM – Strip Tillage into Heavy Residue-Ted Kornecki (Soil Dynamics Lab in Auburn)

9:30-9:45AM – Successfully Establishing Cash Crops into Cover Crops-Myron Johnson (Headland, Alabama Farmer)

9:50-10:15AM – Break

10:20-10:45-Determining the Benefits of your Cover Crop- Seth McAllister (UGA Terrell County Extension)

10:50-11:55- Challenges and Lessons Learned Using Cover Crops- Kirk Brock (Monticello Fl. farmer)

Noon-Boxed Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 PM Field Tour – Heavy Cover Crops @ UGA Ponder Farm Tifton

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DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Georgia Museum of Agriculture – East/West Conference Room

From I-75 South
Take exit 63B for 8th Street, keep right at the fork, and merge onto 8th Street. The destination will be on the right. Travel through the main gate and follow the 1-mile drive to the rear parking lot.

From I-75 North
Take exit 63B for 8th Street, keep left at the fork, and turn left onto W 8th Street. The destination will be on the right. Travel through the main gate and follow the 1-mile drive to the rear parking lot.

Tom M. Cordell East/West Conference Room
Enter the brick building that has a Georgia Museum of Agriculture sign at the door with the sign Tom M. Cordell Conference Center. The Tom M. Cordell East/West Conference Room will be the first and second rooms on the right.

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For more information, contact

Seth McAllister
(229) 314-0196
smcalli1@uga.edu

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