CASSOPOLIS — The Cass County Conservation District and the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program recently announced the presentation of a soil fertility workshop, given by A&L Great Lakes Laboratories.

The workshop will be hosted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, March 14 at Mosier Well Drilling, 21867 M-60 E., Cassopolis. The workshop will include a free lunch, though donations are accepted.

The workshop will be presented and facilitated by David Henry. Henry has been an agronomist with A&L Great Lakes since 2014 and has earned a bachelor’s in environmental science and a master’s in soil science, both from the Ohio State University. Henry also is a certified crop advisor, bringing a diverse set of expertise in agricultural systems to A&L. 

A&L laboratories has become a premier resource for accurate testing using the latest technologies and analytic capabilities, according to event organizers. Testing includes a wide variety of sample matrices including soils, plants, feed, fertilizer, manures and composts.

The program will count as a phase one credit towards verification in the MAEAP program, a statewide program facilitated through county conservation districts designed to reduce and eliminate potential environmental risks on farmsteads, and in cropping, livestock and forestry operations.

For more information on the Cass County Conservation District, the MAEAP program or the upcoming soil fertility workshop, call Erez Brandvain, the Cass County MAEAP Technician, at the (269) 228-7084, or send him an e-mail, at Erez.Brandvain@macd.org

To attend the workshop, RSVP to Brandvain.