A free soil health field day is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 3 at Loyal, hosted by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Oklahoma Farmers Union/American Farmers and Ranchers, Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and the USDA.

The event also includes lunch and will cover such topics as the economics of soil health, a producer perspective on following winter wheat with cover crops, cover crop grazing and overviews of the OCC’s Working on Regenerative Management Systems program and soil health basics.

Also included will be an in-field cover crop tour and rainfall simulator demonstration.

“This event will be a great chance for agriculture producers from throughout the region to gain additional knowledge about the benefits they can realize on their operations from improving soil health,” Amy Seiger, OCC soil health coordinator, said.

“We are very excited to host this event to help showcase different strategies that agriculture producers can do to improve their bottom lines and better prepare for extreme weather events by improving the health of their soil.”

Anyone interested in participating is asked to RSVP by July 26 by contacting either Seiger at amy.seiger@conservation.ok.gov or Clay Pope at claygpope@gmail.com.

Registration on the morning of the field day will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Lomega Lions Club Community Building located on Main Street.