Early bird registration for the 3rd annual Ohio State Organic Grains Conference, January 9-10, 2025, will close this Friday, December 6. Be sure to register for this conference focused on commercial organic grain production in the Eastern Corn Belt. The conference will take place at the Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in Sandusky, Ohio and will offer programming for experienced organic growers, growers transitioning to or considering organic, and consultants or educators who support these growers. The early bird fee is $140 and registration can be made online: www.go.osu.edu/organicgrains
Featured speakers for 2025 include Erin Silva, University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Specialist in Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems; Damon DeSutter of DeSutter Farms in Attica, Ind., Osler Ortez, Ohio State Corn and Emerging Crops Specialist; Sophie Rivest-Auger, organic field crop advisor for Centre for Expertise and Transfer in Organic and Local Agriculture, Quebec; Connor Sible, University of Illinois; and David Marrison, Ohio State Farm Management Field Specialist. Additional farmer, researchers, and educators from Ohio and beyond will round out the two full days of agronomic and farm management sessions. Topics for this year include interseeding cover crops in organic corn, flame cultivation, the use of biological products in organic production, setting up weed control equipment for success, nitrogen credits from cover crops and manure, farm succession planning and a market end-users panel.
This event is planned by Ohio State University Extension and Ohio State’s Organic Food & Farming Education and Research (OFFER) program. Continuing education credits will be available for Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs). For more information, visit go.osu.edu/OrganicGrains.