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Southeast Minnesota news and notes Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Tillage Day is June 29 in Fillmore County
PRESTON, Minn. -- A Tillage Field Day will be held June 29 at noon in Fillmore County. The event is sponsored by Fillmore County Extension, Fillmore County Water Planning, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Monsanto.
The event will feature results from a tillage/no-tillage comparison trial from a producer of both corn and soybean plots. Attendees will have the opportunity to view side-by-side evaluations of both no-till and ridge-till operations at various residues.
For more information call (507) 289-7454, ext. 117.
Soybean rust focus of teleconference
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Minnesota Extension Service and other extension services across the Midwest will sponsor soybean rust teleconference meetings on June 29. The teleconference will be broadcast at several sites in the state.
The broadcasts will run from 9 a.m.-noon and cover information to dispell myths about soybean rust and its spread; outline steps to take to respond to the rust when/if it is discovered in the United States; and provide updates on rust management.
Registration, which begins at 8:30 a.m., costs $15.
Broadcast sites include the Extension Regional Center, Rochester; the Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca; Southwest Research and Outreach Center, Lamberton; Lyon County Government Center, Marshall; University of Minnesota St. Paul campus; Le Sueur County Courthouse, Le Center; Holiday Inn Conference Center, St. Cloud; West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris; Blue Earth County Government Center, Mankato; Extension Regional Center, Hutchinson; Extension Regional Center, Fergus Falls; and the Extension Regional Center, Worthington.
Southeast CERTS meeting is June 26
LANESBORO, Minn. -- The Southeast Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Team will release findings of Phase I of its work at a summer seminar June 26. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center near Lanesboro.
The program titled, " Principles and Possibilities of Renewable Energy for SE Minnesota,'' summarizes the inventory and assessment the CERTS team has undertaken in its 15-county region of southeastern Minnesota. The counties include Blue Earth, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Le Sueur, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca and Winona.
The keynote speaker is David Morris of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in the Twin Cities and Washington, D.C.
Precision ag conference is July 23-25
MINNEAPOLIS -- The seventh International Conference on Precision Agriculture is planned from July 23-25 in downtown Minneapolis.
The international conference, held every two years, provides a forum for discussion and presentations on the state of percision agriculture -- the practice of using remote sensing technology to map crop diseases, how improve agricultural efficiency with wireless communication and performance of new non-invasive sensors for on-the-go variable rate fertilizer application.
The Center for Precision Agriculture at the University of Minnesota plans on hosting more than 650 researchers, farmers and equipment manufacturers from 35 countries.
MinnAqua day camps scheduled
WANAMINGO, Minn. -- MinnAqua day camps are planned at four locations in Goodhue County this summer.
The camps, organized by the Extension Service and the Department of Natural Resources, will teach about marine life and the environment through games. Participants will also go fishing.
The camps are planned June 25, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Riverside Park, Wannamingo; June 29, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Colvill Park, Red Wing; July 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Hannah's Bend Park, Cannon Falls; and July 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Douglas Park, Pine Island.
Mowing ditches hurts bird population
The season for mowing roadside ditches has arrived and that means a percentage of pheasant nests and hens will be lost, says Emily Hutchins, Department of Natural Resources private lands specialist.
"The extent of the loss can be limited, however, if landowners will reconsider their decision to mow roadside ditches, or at least delay the mowing,'' said Hutchins.
Roadsides are important and productive nesting sites for more than 40 kinds of birds and animals.
"It's safe to say that thousands of nest sites are destroyed every spring and summer due to mowing and other disturbances. As wildlife habitat becomes even more fragmented and continues to disappear, roadsides are playing an increasingly important role for producing wildlife.''
Wind energy focus of national conference
MINNEAPOLIS -- "Community Wind Energy'' is the title of a national conference for new models of wind energy development that will be June 23-24 in the Minneapolis Convention Center.
The conference's goals are to identify and discuss model public policies that benefit community wind energy and address barriers to expansion. Experts will offer practical tools and information on how to develop community wind projects.
Conference organizers say it is designed for farmers, community leaders, community planners, wind energy advocates, rural economic development advocates, utilities and others.
The conference is presented by Windustry, a non-profit organization working to create an understanding of wind energy opportunities.
DNR hosting two snake workshops
HOUSTON, Minn. -- The Department of Natural Resources Nongame Wildlife Program is hosting two snake workshops in southeastern Minnesota aimed at taking the mystery out of native snakes.
The programs will be held June 24 at 7 p.m. in the Houston Nature Center and at 2 p.m. June 26 in Beaver Creek State Park near Caledonia
Program participants will learn snake identification, how snakes benefit the environment, and how to handle a snake encounter with particular attention paid to rattlesnakes.
Landowners and animal control officers are encouraged to attend along with other interested people.
Independence Day celebration in Forestville
FORESTVILLE, Minn. -- Independence Day will be celebrated at historic Forestville from noon to 4 p.m. July 4th.
1899 Forestville will be recreated with the store and post office, eating contests and children's games.
Visitors can bring lawn chairs to watch the Rochester Roosters play in an 1860s Vintage ballgame at 1:30 p.m.
Political speeches will be delivered by former Lt. Gov. Ignatius Donnelly and the Rev. Father McTeague. Music will be provided by the Forestville Glee Club and the Declaration of Independence will be read.
For more information, call (507) 765-2785.
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