Brought to you by:

Central Massachusetts Dairy Producers Association, UMass Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, USDA—Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA—Farm Service Agency

Come and join us for a great event and dinner!!

5:30pm

Registration and social

6:00pm

Welcome and farm tour

6:50pm

MDAR Commissioner John Lebeaux

7:00pm

Recent innovative practices on integrated cover crops and no-till system.
Panel discussion.

Agency updates:

7:45pm

Clean Energy Extension. Zara Dowling

7:55pm

Massachusetts Farm Energy Program (MFEP). Gerry Polano. Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Resources

8:10pm

Massachusetts Nutrient Regulations Updates, Hotze Wijnja.
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Resources

8:20pm

RMA update, Tom Smiarowski and Paul Russell

8:25pm

NRCS update, Bob Purcell

8:30pm

FSA update, Kip Graham

8:35pm

Dinner and social

9:00pm

Adjourn

For more information, contact Masoud Hashemi at 413.545.1843 or Alexa Smychkovich at 413.545.5221.