Conservation Tillage Conference, March 7-8, 2017

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1 Conservation Tillage Conference, March 7-8, 2017 Partial schedule Day 1 March 7 GENERAL SESSION Room A Sponsored by Farm Science Review 9:00 Welcome and Awards (Randall Reeder) Ohio Farmer magazine: Master Farmers of the Year Ohio Certified Crop Advisers: CCA of the Year 9:30 Keynote Speaker (Paul Jasa, Ag. Engineer, U. of Nebraska): Systems Approach to No-till and Soil Health 10:15 break Chapel: Advanced Cover Crops (Alan Sundermeier and Jim Hoorman) Sponsored by Ag Credit 8:00 am Don McClure : soil classification changes due to soil health practices SW 8:30 am Peter Thomison: Selecting & Managing short season crop hybrids for cover crop planting CM 9:30 am General session (remote) Keynote by Paul Jasa 10:30 am Dave Brandt/Alan Sundermeier: Managing vole pests in cover crop residue PM 11:00 am Jim Hoorman: NRCS soil health standards and recommendations SW 11:30 am Lunch 12:45 pm Anne Morrow: Evaluating Cropping systems with cover crop resources, Midwest Cover Crop Council CM 1:15 pm Alex Lindsey/Ryan Hayden: Innovative cover crop interseeder technology CM 1:45 pm Rodney Rulon/ Jim Hoorman: Soil Health and cover crop economics CM 2:45 pm break 3:05 pm Paul Jasa: Correcting tillage effects with cover crops SW 3:35 pm Kelley Tilmon: Slug management recommendations in no-till and cover crop systems PM 4:05 pm Sarah Noggle: Novel cover crop practices to manage soil degradation, farmer panel SW 5:05 adjourn

2 Room A: Corn University (Peter Thomison) Sponsored by Dekalb/Asgrow 10:30 Paul Jasa, Ag. Engineer, University of Nebraska 11:30 Rod Stevenson, DeKalb/ASGROW Xtend Crop System 12:00 Lunch 1:15 Jonathan Lundgren, Entomologist 2:15 Roger Elmore, University of Nebraska 3:15 Break 3:35 Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois 4:35 Peter Thomison, OSU Extension Specialist 5:05 Q&A Discussion with the speakers 5:35 Adjourn

3 Room B: Manure Nutrient Management (Glen Arnold & Amanda Douridas) Time Length Speaker Presentation title 10:30-11:30AM 60 minutes Sam Custer/Glen Arnold Drag hose manure plots/oardc plots & availability of toolbars for farmers for the 2017 crop season 11:30-12:00noon 30 minutes Eric Richer Dairy & Beef manure plot results from :00noon-12:30AM 30 minutes Mike Cook, Innovative Ag Management Poultry Manure-From Farm to Field 12:30-1:45PM Lunch 1:45PM-2:15PM 30 minutes Kevin Elder, ODA Common mistakes made with livestock manure application in the state 2:15PM-2:45PM 30 minutes Eric Dresbach Working with commercial applicators to make the application process go more smoothly. 2:45PM-3:15PM 30 minutes Dan Bruner What to expect with ODA inspections 3:15PM-3:35 PM Break 3:35PM-4:05PM 30 minutes Terry Mescher, ODA Balancing for soil nutrients when using manure 4:05PM -4:35PM 30 minutes David Baker Stratification of Phosphorus in the Western Lake Erie Soils & Phosphorus Loading in the Western Basin 4:35PM-5:35PM 60 minutes Jim Camberato Nitrogen management when using livestock manure

4 Room C: Technologies to Support On-Farm Decisions (John Fulton) 10:30: APPs to help with Nutrient Management in Ohio Kaylee Port, OSU OSU Apps Jordan Hoewischer, Ohio Farm Bureau ONMARK App 11:15: The Implications of on farm APP s by John Deere, Jay Witkop, John Deere 11:45: Ryan Oehler, Ag Leader Technology Using technology to setup and conduct on-farm research 12:15: Lunch 1:30: Josh McGrath, U of Kentucky On-farm research 2:30: Mike Hannewald, Beck s Hybrids, Setting up and conducting on-farm studies 3:00: Elizabeth Hawkins, OSUE On-farm research and data collection to support 3:30: Break 3:50: Dr. Steve Culman, OSUE Conducting on-farm research: setup, protocol and results 4:20: Rob Freeland and Barry Allred, USDA Identifying drainage tiles. 5:20: Ryan Taylor of AerOptic imagery for decision making 5:50 Adjourn

5 Day 2 March 8 Chapel: Quantifying soil health (Steve Culman and Rafiq Islam) Sponsored by Ag Credit 8:00 am Alan Sundermeier/Vinayak Shedekar: OSU soil health initiative, management resources SW 8:30 am Steve Culman: Overview of commercial soil health tests NM 9:00 am Vijay Chaganti: Soil balance relationships, Ca/Mg ratios SW 9:30 am Break 9:50 am Steve Culman: Corn nitrogen rates and soil nitrogen uptake measurements NM 10:20 am Rafiq Islam: OSU soil health assessment (OSHA) package SW 10:50 am Ye Xia : Beneficial microbes and soil-plant microbiomes SW 11:30 Lunch 12:45 pm Shawn Lucas: The livestock under your feet: Managing soil microbes for soil quality and plant health. SW 1:45 pm Jonathan Lundgren: Managing Pests with Mother Nature PM 2:45 pm Break 3:05 pm Rafiq Islam: Soluble reactive phosphorus; soil sorption, storage, and release NM 3:35 pm Jay Brandt/ Jim Hoorman: How cover crop mixtures enhance mycorrhizae colonization SW 4:05 pm Jim Hoorman: NRCS soil health policy update SW 4:35 pm Adjourn Room A: Soybean School (Harold Watters) Sponsored by Seed Consultants 8:30 to 10:30; 10:45 to 11:45; lunch; 1:00 to 3:00; 3:20 to 4:20 Speakers will include: Emerson Nafziger Shaun Casteel Shawn Conley Laura Lindsey Mark Loux Room B: Conducting On farm Research: Does it Really Work? (half day); Transition to No-Till (half day) (Curtis Young and Bruce Clevenger) 8:00 to 10:00; 10:20 to 12:00; lunch; 1:15 to 3:15; 3:35 to 4:35 (or later)

6 Room C: Conservation Assessment and Planning, Greg LaBarge and Jocelyn Henderson Time Length Speaker Presentation Title 8:30-9:00 30 min Kevin King Results of Edge of Field Research 9:00-9:30 30 min Lindsay Pease Benefits of Drainage Water Management 9:30-10:00 30 min Emily Duncan Phosphorous movement as it relates to soil stratification 10:00 10:30 30 min Barry Allred Tile Mapping with Drones 10:30 10:50 Break 10:50 11:20 30 min Kip Studer Interpreting your Soil Test 11:20-12:20 60 min Greg LaBarge Conservation Planning and Developing a Nutrient Management Plan 12:20 1:30 Lunch 1:30-2:00 30 min Justin McBride Conservation Best Management Practices 2:00 2:30 30 min Megan Burgess, Kip Studer? Conservation Assistance Programs 2:30 3:00 30 min Michael Retterer Using Ag Solver s Profit Zone Manager to focus Conservation 3:00 3:20 Break 3:20-4:20 60 min Matt Lane Nutrient Application Regulations: Focusing on SB1 and SB 150