Title

Cover Crop Summit 2026 - A Practical Approach to Cover Crops

Date(s)
- MST
AddToCalendar
Add to Calendar 2026-04-02 09:00:00 2026-04-02 15:30:00 Cover Crop Summit 2026 - A Practical Approach to Cover Crops Join us for the 2026 Cover Crop Summit in Dickinson or at your local REC! If you are curious about the practicality of cover crops in your operation, this hybrid event could be for you. Learn about recent research updates, economic considerations, and hear from individual farmer and rancher experiences. Lunch is free and will be available at Dickinson and all satellite host locations. The event also includes a Student Fact Sheet Contest. See details below.There is no cost to attend, but registration is required to help determine the count for food & drinks at each location.LocationsThis event will be held in-person in Dickinson, however, there will be satellite hosts if folks want to attend there. The list of remote locations to attend the event include:Carrington RECCentral Grasslands RECHettinger RECLangdon RECNorth Central RECWilliston RECPeltier Complex in FargoThere is also a Zoom option to join from homeSessions will be recorded.A free lunch will be provided to all attendees in Dickinson as well as those in-person at the RECs / Peltier Complex Remote Host locations.AgendaRegistration opens at 9:00am with coffee and refreshments, and the speaker program starts at 9:30am.9:00amRegistration9:30amWelcome and introducing updated ND cover crop guide-Alexis Correira/Chris Augustin10:00amCover Crops in ND Systems-Ezra Aberle10:30amLivestock Integration with Cover Crops-Kevin Sedivec11:30amLunch/Break12:45pmCover Crop Economics-TBD1:15pmCost Share Programs for Cover Crops -TBD2:00pmFarmer Experiences-TBD3:00pmDiscussion3:30pmEvaluation & DismissalRegistrationThere is no cost to attend, but registration is required to help with lunch planning. Emails with Zoom links will be sent to those attending remotely from home.Register NowSponsors Student Contest DetailsAre you a student interested in sharing your work with farmers? Participate in our Student Fact Sheet Contest! Participants are asked to prepare a 1-2 sided fact sheet to share with farmers about cover crops. This could be related to your own research or pulled from other sources. Students from all over the state are welcome to participate. In-person attendance at one of the locations is encouraged but not required. Handouts will be available to attendants at all in-person locations, and digital copies will be available virtually. There is a cash prize for the top Fact Sheet. Dickinson Research Extension Center - 1041 State Avenue, Dickinson, ND 58601 + Other Remote Locations and Zoom NDSU Agriculture no-reply@ndsu.edu America/Chicago public
Location
Location:
Dickinson Research Extension Center - 1041 State Avenue, Dickinson, ND 58601 + Other Remote Locations and Zoom
Registration
Event Registration
Body
Baby pumpkin in oats

Join us for the 2026 Cover Crop Summit in Dickinson or at your local REC! If you are curious about the practicality of cover crops in your operation, this hybrid event could be for you. Learn about recent research updates, economic considerations, and hear from individual farmer and rancher experiences. Lunch is free and will be available at Dickinson and all satellite host locations.

The event also includes a Student Fact Sheet Contest. See details below.

There is no cost to attend, but registration is required to help determine the count for food & drinks at each location.

Locations

This event will be held in-person in Dickinson, however, there will be satellite hosts if folks want to attend there. The list of remote locations to attend the event include:

  • Carrington REC
  • Central Grasslands REC
  • Hettinger REC
  • Langdon REC
  • North Central REC
  • Williston REC
  • Peltier Complex in Fargo
  • There is also a Zoom option to join from home

Sessions will be recorded.

A free lunch will be provided to all attendees in Dickinson as well as those in-person at the RECs / Peltier Complex Remote Host locations.

Agenda

Registration opens at 9:00am with coffee and refreshments, and the speaker program starts at 9:30am.

9:00amRegistration
9:30amWelcome and introducing updated ND cover crop guide
-Alexis Correira/Chris Augustin
10:00amCover Crops in ND Systems
-Ezra Aberle
10:30amLivestock Integration with Cover Crops
-Kevin Sedivec
11:30amLunch/Break
12:45pmCover Crop Economics
-TBD
1:15pmCost Share Programs for Cover Crops
-TBD
2:00pmFarmer Experiences
-TBD
3:00pmDiscussion
3:30pmEvaluation & Dismissal

Registration

There is no cost to attend, but registration is required to help with lunch planning. Emails with Zoom links will be sent to those attending remotely from home.

Register Now

Sponsors

Cover Crop Summit 2026 Sponsors Logo

Student Contest Details

Are you a student interested in sharing your work with farmers? Participate in our Student Fact Sheet Contest! Participants are asked to prepare a 1-2 sided fact sheet to share with farmers about cover crops. This could be related to your own research or pulled from other sources. Students from all over the state are welcome to participate. In-person attendance at one of the locations is encouraged but not required. Handouts will be available to attendants at all in-person locations, and digital copies will be available virtually. There is a cash prize for the top Fact Sheet.

Contact Information

Contact Information

Alexis Correira | Extension Specialist, Conservation Agronomist
alexis.correira@ndsu.edu
701-456-1114

Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.