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Conference Agenda
Sixth Northwest
direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference and Trade Show
January 8-10, 2003, WestCoast Hotel, Pasco, WA WEDNESDAY
MORNING, JANUARY 8
11:00
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Registration
Opens |
11:00 |
Direct
See Trade show Opens |
WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8
General
Session - Olympic, Gold and Silver Rooms
Session Moderator: Nathan Riggers, Direct Seed Grower, Nezperce,
ID
| 1:00
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Welcome
and Introduction - Dr. David Bezdicek, Co-Chair
of the PNW STEEP Program and WSU Soil Microbiologist, Pullman,
WA; and Tim Melville, President of the PNW Direct Seed Association
and Direct Seed Grower, Enterprise, OR |
1:10
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Profitable
No-till Systems Designed for Producers in the North American
Great Plains and Prairies - Dr. Dwayne Beck, Agronomist
/ Manager, Dakota Lakes Research Farm, South Dakota State
University, Pierre, SD |
2:00
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Soil
Organic Carbon: Benefits of Direct Seeding to Productivity
and the Environment - Dr. Don Reicosky, USDA-ARS
Soil Scientist, N. Central Soil Conservation Research Lab.,
Morris, MN |
2:50
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Break
in Trade Show and Questions on Direct Seed Research
and Educational Poster Exhibition with Poster Authors |
3:20
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Put
Your Marketing on Autopilot and Free Up Your Time to Manage
Your Farm! - Benjamin Riensche, Iowa No-till Corn/Soybean
Farmer and former Wall Street Corporate Financier, Jesup,
Iowa |
Part
1 -- New Commercial Innovations in Direct Seed Drills
and Openers for Seed and Fertilizer Placement, Residue Management
and Hillside Stability
| 4:10
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AgPro
Mfg. and Marketing Inc. - Jerry Harper, Co-owner,
Lewiston, ID |
4:25 |
Case
IH - Jacky Payne, Seeder Marketing/Training Manager,
Case IH New Holland, Hartland, MN |
4:40
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Flexi-Coil
- Jacky Payne, Seeder Marketing/Training Manager, Case IH
New Holland, Hartland, MN |
5:55 |
McGregor
Co. - Fred Morscheck, Eastern Regional Business
Mgr., The McGregor Co., Colfax, WA |
5:10
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No-Host
Social in the Trade Show |
6:00
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Dinner
on your own (see registration packet for local
restaurant listing) |
WEDNESDAY
EVENING JANUARY 8
7:30
- 8:15 |
Concurrent
Bear-Pit Sessions with Beck, Reicosky and Riensche
(Choose 1 of 3 repeating concurrent sessions) |
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Olympic
Room
1) Bear-Pit Session with Dr. Dwayne Beck.
Session Moderator - Russ Zenner, Past-President of PNDSA and
Direct Seed Grower, Genesee, ID |
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Gold
Room
2) Bear-Pit Session with Dr. Don Reicosky.
Session Moderator - Dr. David Bezdicek, Co-Chair of the PNW
STEEP program and WSU Soil Microbiologist, Pullman, WA |
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Silver
Room
2) Bear-Pit Session with Benjamin Riensche.
Session Moderator - Nathan Riggers, Direct Seed Grower, Nez
Perce, ID |
8:15
– 9:00 |
Repeat
of Concurrent Bear-Pit Sessions with Beck, Reicosky and Riensche
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THURSDAY
MORNING JANUARY 9
7:00
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Continental
Breakfast in the Trade Show |
7:30
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Northwest
Grower Experiences with the Transition to Direct Seed Cropping
Systems – First Concurrent Session (Choose
1 of the 4 following production area speakers…. repeated
three times): |
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Olympic
Room
1) Lower Precipitation Regions Neal Brown,
Bickleton, WA
Moderator: Bill Jepsen, Direct Seed Grower, Heppner, OR |
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Gold
Room
2) Intermediate Precipitation Regions Dan
McKinley, Dayton, WA
Moderator: Roland Schirman, Columbia Co. Extension Agricultural
Educator, Dayton, WA |
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Silver Room
3) Higher Precipitation Regions Kent Rad,
Cottonwood, ID
Moderator: Stephen Guy, UI Extension Crop Management Specialist,
Moscow, ID
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Bronze
Room
4) Irrigated Production Kurt Melville, Enterprise,
OR
Moderator: Don Wysocki, OSU Extension Soil Scientist, Pendleton,
OR |
8:05
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2nd
Choice of Concurrent Sessions |
8:40 |
3rd
Choice of Concurrent Sessions |
9:15
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Break
in Trade Show and Questions on Direct Seed Research
and Educational Poster Exhibition with Poster Authors |
General
Session - Olympic, Gold and Silver Rooms
Session Moderator: Dr. Steve Petrie, Soil Scientist and Superintendent
of the OSU Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center, Pendleton,
OR
Part
2 -- New Commercial Innovations in Direct Seed Drills and Openers
for Seed and Fertilizer Placement, Residue Management and Hillside
Stability.
9:45 |
Bourgault
Industries - Ron Allan, Bourgault Training and
Service Mgr., Minot, ND |
10:00
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Conserva Pak Seeding Systems - Jim Halford,
Owner, Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada |
10:15 |
Great
Plains Mfg. - Mike Cleveland, National Sales Mgr.,
Salina, KS |
Building
Direct Seed Partnerships with Landlords
10:30 |
Developing
Strategies to Work with Individual Landlords –
Determining What is Important to Them – Steve Riggers,
Direct Seed Grower, Craigmont, ID |
11:00 |
Approaches for Discussing Lease Adjustments with
Landlords for Direct Seeding and More Intensive Cropping
- Mark Sheffels, Direct Seed Grower, Wilbur, WA |
Part
3 -- New Commercial Innovations in Direct Seed Drills and Openers
for Seed and Fertilizer Placement, Residue Management and Hillside
Stability
11:30 |
John
Deere Co. – Don Asheim, John Deere Seeding
Group, Moline, IL |
11:45 |
Palouse Welding and Machine Inc. - Martin
Anderson, Co-owner, Palouse, WA |
12:00 |
Conference
Lunch -- Plus Trade Show and Direct Seed Research
and Educational Poster Exhibition |
THURSDAY
AFTERNOON JANUARY 9
General
Session - Olympic, Gold and Silver Rooms
Moderator: Michael Stubbs, Direct Seed Grower, Dusty, WA
1:15 |
Pacific
Northwest Direct Seed Association – Accomplishments
and Annual Meeting |
2:50 |
Break in Trade Show and Direct Seed Research
and Educational Poster Exhibition |
New
Insight Into the Principles, Advantages and Disadvantages of
Lower Versus Higher Disturbance Direct Seed Systems
3:20 |
Principles
and Management Strategies for Higher Disturbance Direct
Seed Systems – Plus New Innovations in the
Anderson Opener and the Horsch-Anderson Drill - Kevin Anderson,
Grower, Developer of the Anderson Opener, and Co-owner of
Horsch-Anderson USA, Andover, SD |
4:10 |
Principles and Management Strategies for Lower
Disturbance Direct Seed Systems – Plus
New Innovations in the Cross Slot Drill - Dr. John Baker,
Developer of the Cross Slot Opener and CEO of Baker No-Tillage
Ltd., Feilding, New Zealand |
5:00 |
No-Host
Social in the Trade Show |
6:00 |
Conference
Buffet -- Compliments of Conference Sponsors |
THURSDAY
EVENING JANUARY 9
General Session - Olympic, Gold and Silver Rooms
Moderator: Roger Veseth, WSU / UI Extension Conservation Tillage
Specialist, Moscow, ID
7:30
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The
Great Debate on Direct Seed Soil Disturbance
- Kevin
Anderson, Grower, Developer of Anderson Openers, and Co-owner
of Horsch Anderson USA, Andover, SD
- Dr.
John Baker, Developer of the Cross Slot Opener and CEO
of Baker No-Tillage Ltd., Feilding, New Zealand
- Neal
Brown, Direct Seed Grower, Bickleton, WA
- Dan
McKinley, Direct Seed Grower, Dayton, WA
- Kent
Rad, Direct Seed Grower, Cottonwood, ID
- Kurt
Melville, Direct Seed Grower, Enterprise, OR
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9:00 |
Adjourn
for the evening |
FRIDAY
MORNING JANUARY 10
7:00 |
Continental Breakfast in the Trade Show
General Session - Olympic, Gold and Silver Rooms
Moderator: Bill Schillinger, WSU Dryland Research Agronomist,
Lind, WA |
8:00 |
Economic Strategies for Managing Risk in the Transition
to Direct Seed Systems in the Pacific Northwest
– Dr. Doug Young, WSU Agricultural Economist; and
B. M. Upadhyay, Graduate Student, WSU Dept of Agricultural
Economics |
8:40 |
Effects of the Residue Management Wheel and Other
Residue Management Strategies on Direct Seed Drill Performance
– Dr. Mark Siemens, Agricultural Engineer; Dr. Dale
Wilkins, Agricultural Engineer; and Bob Correa, Engineering
Technician, USDA-ARS, Pendleton, OR |
9:20 |
Break in Trade Show and Direct Seed Research
and Educational Poster Exhibition |
Direct
Seed Weed Management Forum
9:50 |
Weed Management Strategies for Clearfield Wheat Systems
Across PNW Precipitation Zones - Dr. Dan Ball, OSU
Weed Scientist; Curtis Rainbolt, UI Plant Sciences Graduate
Student; Dr. Donn Thill, UI Weed Scientist; Dr. Joe Yenish,
WSU Extension Weed Scientist |
10:35 |
Evaluation of Glyphosate Formulations for Burndown
in Direct Seed Systems - Dr. Joe Yenish, WSU Extension
Weed Scientist; Thomas Ireland, UI Plant Sciences Graduate
Student; Dr. Dan Ball, OSU Weed Scientist; and Dr. Donn Thill,
UI Weed Scientist |
11:15 |
Alternatives to Glyphosate as Part of a Resistance
Management Strategy in Direct Seed Systems - Dr.
Donn Thill, UI Weed Scientist; Curtis Rainbolt and Thomas
Ireland, UI Plant Sciences Graduate Students; Dr. Joan Campbell,
UI Research and Instructional Associate; Dr. Joe Yenish, WSU
Extension Weed Scientist; and Dr. Dan Ball, OSU Weed Scientist |
12:00 |
Conference Adjourns |
Conference
Program Information
For more information on the Conference program, contact Roger
Veseth, Conference Coordinator and WSU / UI Extension Conservation
Tillage Specialist, 208-885-6386, e-mail (rveseth@uidaho.edu).
To receive
a Conference brochure and pre-registration form when they are
available, contact the NW Direct Seed Conference office at 509-547-5538,
FAX 547-5563, or e-mail (Wendy Peay < wpeay@mcmgt.com>).
The Conference Web site (http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/directseed)
will also provide access to the latest Conference information.
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