2000 COMING
EVENTS
Featuring Cropping Systems
Technologies For Direct Seeding
Jan. 4-6
- Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference and Trade Show,
Pendleton Convention Center and Red Lion Inn, Pendleton, OR. Organized
by Pacific Northwest STEEP III conservation farming research and education
program and co-sponsored by Monsanto and other Ag industries in cooperation
with PNW grower organizations and other Ag support organizations and agencies.
Contact the Conference office at 509-547-5538, Fax 5563, e-mail (direct
seed conference <maurer@owt.com>),
or visit the Conference Web site (http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/conf2k).
Jan 12-15
- Eighth Annual National No-Tillage Conference, Des Moines, Iowa.
Sponsored by No-Till Farmer. Call 800-645-8455 or 414-782-4480, Fax 414-782-1252,
or e-mail (info@lesspub.com).
Jan. 31-
Feb. 2 - Manitoba - North Dakota Zero Tillage Farmers Association's 22nd
Annual Workshop, Minot, ND. Contact the Association at 204-727-5355,
fax 5245, e-mail (mandak99@mb.sympatico.ca), or Web site
(www.mandakzerotill.org).
Feb. 2-4
- Alberta Conservation Tillage Society's 22nd Annual Meeting and Sustainable
Crop Production Management Workshop -- FarmTech 2000 at Westerner
Park in Red Deer, Alberta. The conference and trade show is co-hosted
by Alberta Canola Producers Commission, Alberta Pulse Growers Commission
and the Alberta Reduced Tillage Initiative. Contact the Society at 403-572-3600,
e-mail (acts@telusplanet.net), or Web site (www.farmtechconference.com).
Feb. 9-10
- Direct Seeding Conference and Trade Show on "Sustainable
Farming in the New Millennium" at Regina Saskatchewan, sponsored
by the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association. Contact the Association
at (306) 695-4233, e-mail (ssca@sk.sympatico.ca)
or Web site (http://ssca.usask.ca).
May 31 -
Hyslop Farm Field Day - Oregon State University, Corvallis -
highlighting alternate crops and seed crops such as grass seed, legumes.
Contact Russ Karow, 541-737-5857, e-mail (Russell.S.Karow@orst.edu).
June 7 -
Ralston Project Field Day - Direct Seed Annual Spring Cropping in the
Northwest Crop-Fallow Region - south of Ritzville, WA. Sponsored
by USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Washington State University and
Oregon State University. Contact Roger Veseth, 208-885-6386, e-mail (rveseth@uidaho.edu).
June 13 -
Field Day at Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center at Pendleton,
OR. Contact Richard Smiley at 541-278-4186 e-mail (Richard.Smiley@orst.edu).
June 14 -
Field Day at Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center at Moro, OR.
Contact Richard Smiley at 541-278-4186, e-mail (Richard.Smiley@orst.edu).
June 15 -
Field Day at WSU Lind Dryland Research Station, Lind, WA. Contact
Bill Schillinger at 509-659-0355, e-mail: (schillw@wsu.edu).
June 29 -
Joint Field Day for the WSU Spillman Agronomy Farm(morning) and USDA-ARS/WSU
Palouse Conservation Field Station (afternoon), Pullman, WA.
Contact Steve Dofing at 509-335-5831, e-mail (dofing@wsu.edu)
or Roger Veseth at 208-885-6386, e-mail (rveseth@uidaho.edu).
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