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 January
16-18, 2002
Doubletree
Hotel - City Center, Spokane, WA
In
Conjunction with
Spokane
Ag Expo and PNW Farm Forum
Conference
Table of Contents:
Conference
Speaker Biographical Summaries - Listed in Alphabetical Order
WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, JANUARY 16
- Nutrient
Cycling and Management in Direct Seed Systems
- Dr. Jeff Schoenau, Research Soil Scientist, Department of Soil
Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
- Redesigning
Rotations for Direct Seed Systems -- Evaluation of Alternative
Crops
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Dr. David Huggins, Research Soil Scientist, USDS-Agricultural
Research Service, Pullman, WA
- Soil
Biology is the Key to Healthy Soil and the Direct-Seeding Advantage
- Dr. Jill Clapperton, Rhizosphere Ecologist, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Center, Lethbridge, Alberta
WEDNESDAY
EVENING, JANUARY 16
Impacts and Management of Soil Acidity under Direct Seed Systems
--- Panel of Northwest Scientists
- Status
and Effects on Crop Production - Dr. Robert Mahler, UI
Soil Scientist, Moscow, ID
- Effects
on Beneficial Soil Microbes and Soil Fauna
- Dr. David Bezdicek, WSU Soil Microbiologist, Pullman, WA
- Effects
on Soilborne Crop Pathogens
- Dr. Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARS Plant Pathologist, Pullman
- Strategies
for Management
- Dr. Greg Schwab, WSU Extension Soil Scientist, Pullman
THURSDAY
MORNING, JANUARY 17
Panel Sessions: Grower Experiences with Direct Seed Cropping Systems
- Low Precipitation
Regions:
Lon Welch Connell, WA
Jack Hay, The Dalles, OR
- Intermediate
Precipitation Regions:
Mark Sheffels, Wilbur, WA
Mike Stubbs, LaCrosse, WA
- High
Precipitation Regions:
Kurt Blume, Genesee, ID
Art Schultheis, Colton, WA
THURSDAY
AFTERNOON, JANUARY 17
Panel Session: Integrating Financial & Production Information
Systems -- A Key to Successful Direct Seed Systems
- Why
and How Do We get There?
- Dick Wittman, Grower and Financial Consultant, Lapwai, ID
- Cost
of Production/Financial Analysis, Variable Rate Application Strategies,
Yield and Weed Mapping
- Nathan Riggers, Grower, Nezperce, ID
- Moving
From Precision Agriculture to Decision Agriculture -- Quantifying
Your Actions and Building a Proper Database for Site-Specific
Farming
- Craig Walters, Consulting Agronomist, PACER Corporation, Uniontown,
WA
THURSDAY
EVENING, JANUARY 17
FRIDAY MORNING,
JANUARY 18
Panel Session:
New Insights into the Make-up and Management of Soilborne Crop Pathogens
Under Direct Seeding
- Pythium
- Dr. R. James Cook. WSU Plant Pathologist and Endowed Chair
in Wheat Research, Pullman, WA
- Take-all
- Dr. R. James Cook. WSU Plant Pathologist and Endowed Chair in
Wheat Research, Pullman, WA
- Rhizoctonia
- Dr. Tim Paulitz, USDA-ARS Plant Pathologist, Pullman
- Fusarium
- Dr. Richard Smiley, OSU Plant Pathologist, Pendleton
- Nematodes
- Dr. Richard Smiley, OSU Plant Pathologist, Pendleton
- Developing
Brassica Crops and Management Strategies for Direct Seed Systems
- Dr. Jack Brown, UI Plant Breeder, Moscow
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