No-Till Research Review and Field Day 2011
The 2011 Dryland Conservation Cropping Systems Research Review and Field Day will be held:
| Wednesday, July 6, 2011 |
| USU Brigham City Regional Campus (East side of building) |
| 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
Schedule:
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction | Robert Newhall, Extension Sustainable Ag Specialist |
| 8:10 a.m. | Past Conservation Tillage Research | Dr. Phil Rasmussen, Director, Western SARE Center |
| 8:40 a.m. | Chemical Fallow | Dr. Earl Creech, Extension Weed Specialist |
| 9:10 a.m. | Economics of Conventional and No-Till | Lyle Holmgren, Extension Agent, Box Elder County |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Current No-Till Research | Dr. Grant Cardon, Extension Soils Specialist |
| 10:15 a.m. | CRP Conversion | Niels Hansen, NRCS State Conservation Agronomist |
| 10:45 a.m. | The Paradigm Shift - Social Issues | Dr. Julie Pierce, NRCS State Economist |
| 11:15 a.m. | Travel out to Blue Creek Crops Welfare Farm | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch at the Welfare Farm | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Blue Creek Crops Welfare Farm | Clair Zollinger & Martin Openshaw, Blue Creek Crops Welfare Farm |
| 2:00 p.m. | Break; Travel to Blue Creek Agricultural Experiment Station Dryland Farm | |
| 2:30 p.m. | USU Blue Creek Dryland Farm | Ray Cartee, Director, Agricultural Experiment Station Farms |
| 3:00 p.m. | Current Research Plots | Dr. Creech, Dr. Cardon, and Lyle Holmgren |
| 3:30 p.m. | Greenseeker Technology | Richard Fasching, NRCS West National Technology Support Center |
| 4:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
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Sponsored By:
Western SARE Professional Development Program (Utah); Western SARE Center (Utah State University); Blue Creek Utah Crops Welfare Farm; Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service; Utah State University Agricultural Experiment Station; and USDA National Resources Conservation Service (Utah)
