Coming up on September 2nd, The Dueppengiesser Dairy Company in Perry, N.Y., will be hosting a Soil Health Field Day put on by the Wyoming County Soil & Water Conservation District. The event will feature soil health experts Ray Archuleta and Frank Gibbs.

Ray Archuleta is a Conservation Agronomist based out of the NRCS East National Technology Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Ray teaches soil health and the principles of agroecologythroughout the country.He has 25 years of experience with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Ray is a Certified Professional Soil Scientist with Soil Science Society of America. His infectious enthusiasm for soil health has earned him the moniker, Ray the Soils Guy.

Frank Gibbs recently formed Wetland and Soil Consulting Services, LLC after retiring from 36 years with NRCS in Ohio and teaching for The National Training Center across the country. Frank holds numerous professional certifications including: Professional Soil Scientist, Professional Wetland Scientist, Professional Soil Classifier, and Certified Crop Consultant. Frank is known throughout the country for his enthusiastic teaching and demonstrations such as his tile line smoke machine. Frank is a 5th generation farmer on his family farm near Rawson, Ohio.

There will be equipment demonstrations and cover crop plots which were interseeded in standing corn.