When you talk about successful farming in Montgomery County, it all starts from the ground up. The Montgomery County Farm Bureau is hosting its Nutrient Stewardship Field Day on Wednesday, March 20th from 9am to 1pm. The event will be held rain or shine. The Nutrient Stewardship Field Day will feature a tour of local cover cropped fields and you can learn about best cover crop management practices. You can join the tour at the Montgomery County Farm Bureau office on the square at 102 North Main in Hillsboro or join the tour at the Reynolds Farm at 20-275 Irving Road in Nokomis. The Farm Bureau check in time is 9am, 9:30 at the Reynolds Farm. Field Visits will begin at 9:45. At 11am, the buses will return to the farm. Lunch will be provided with additional presentations from Kris Reynolds, Midwest Director of American Farmland Trust, David Kleinschmidt, owner of Progressive Agronomy Consultant, Montgomery Soil and Water Conversation with a talk about the Lake Hillsboro Watershed planning effort, Julie Hewitt executive director of NREC and Raelynn Parmely, Environmental Program Manager for the Illinois Farm Bureau. RSVP by Friday, March 15th by calling the Montgomery County Farm Bureau at (217)-532-6171.