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CTC Program below!

• CTC 2012 Sponsored by:
  • Ohio State University Extension and OARDC
  • Northwest Ohio Soil & Water Conservation Districts
  • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • USDA Farm Service Agency
  • The Ohio No-Till Council
  • Wingfield Crop Insurance
  • Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers
  

• FEATURING
  
  

  60 presenters, panelists

  12 hrs of Nutrient Management

  10 hrs of Soil & Water

  Corn University (5 hr)

  Soybean School (6 hr)

  Speakers from 9 Universities

  Precision Ag. (Wed.)

  Farmer and Industry Panels

  Cover Crops (Tue.)

  Planter Adjustments

2012
CTC SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

Room: A
General Session (Room A video link to Room B)

Note: Cover Crops concurrent session in Chapel, starting at 8:00

9:30   Opening and Welcome, Randall Reeder

9:35 Healthy Soil for Higher Yields
(Sponsored by OSU Farm Science Review)
Jill Clapperton, Rhizosphere Ecologist,  Montana

10:30  Ohio CCA Award presentation (Ohio CCA President Tina Lust) and  Ohio Master Farmer Awards (Tim White, Ohio Farmer Magazine)

10:45  Move to  Concurrent sessions

Room: A
Corn University
Presented by Dekalb/Asgrow  

Moderator: Peter Thomison, OSU Extension Corn Specialist

11:00  Hybrid, Nitrogen and Plant Population: Getting to the Right Combination
Emerson Nafziger, Extension Agronomist, U. of Illinois

12:00 Lunch

1:15    Corn Rotations and Stover Management
Bill Wiebold, Extension Agronomist, U. of Missouri

2:15   Agronomy in the Trait Age
Chris Boomsma, Dow AgroSciences

3:15 Break

3:35   Building Soil Quality for Higher No-Till Yields
Greg Roth, Extension Agronomist, Penn State U.         

4:35   Adjusting Management Practices for Late Planted Corn
Peter Thomison, Extension Corn Specialist, OSU

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 (four concurrent sessions)

Room: A
Soybean School  (Sponsored by  Pioneer and Seed Consultants) 

Moderator: Harold Watters

8:30   Physiological Differences Between Soybeans & Corn
Emerson Nafziger, Extension Specialist, U. of Illinois

9:30     Getting into the 100 Bushel Club
Bill Wiebold, Extension Crops Specialist, U. of Missouri

10:30   Break

10:45   What Influences Soybean Yield: Genetics or Management?
Shaun Casteel, Soybean Specialist, Purdue University

11:45   Lunch

1:00    Impact of Weeds on Soybean Yield
Mark Loux, Extension Weed Specialist, OSU

1:30    New Products from Plant Breeding
Leah McHale, OSU/OARDC Soybean Breeder

2:00     Soybean Fertility & the Tri-State Recommendations
Ed Lentz, OSU Extension, Hancock County

2:30    Insect Impacts on Soybean Yield
Ron Hammond, OSU/OARDC Extension Entomology

3:00    Break

3:20    Plant Disease Impact on Yield
Anne Dorrance, OSU/OARDC Plant Pathology

4:05    A History of Ohio Soybeans
Jim Beuerlein, OSU Soybean Specialist (retired)

4:50    Adjourn

TUESDAY, MARCH 6
Room: Chapel

Cover Crops    (Sponsored by Ag Credit)
Moderator: Jim Hoorman

Note: Certified Livestock Manager (CLM) Recertification is Available for Selected Topics

8:00   Great Lakes Cover Crop Initiative to Improve Nutrient Management
Flo Chirra, OSU Extension; and Angie Williams, Conservation Technology Information Center, West Lafayette, IN
       
8:30   NW Ohio Nutrient Management with Cover Crops
Alan Sundermeier, OSU Extension-Wood County

9:00   Cover crops and Zeolite: effect on N and P recycling
Rafiq Islam, Soil Scientist, OSU South Centers

9:30 Break

9:45  Tune in to Jill Clapperton, speaking in Room A (Healthy Soils for Higher Yields)

10:50 ECO-Farming
Jim Hoorman, OSU Extension-Mercer County

11:30 Lunch

12:45 Cover Crop Mixes to Restore Soil & Water Quality
David Brandt, No-till farmer, Carroll, OH

1:45    Farmer Panel on Cover Crops:
Bret Margraf, Seneca County
Jeff Rasawehr, Mercer County
Jamie Scott, Pierceton, IN

2:45   Break

3:00   Managing Legume Cover Crops
Dave Robison, CISCO Seeds

4:00   Managing Annual Ryegrass
Dan Towery, Ag Conservation Solutions
Nick Bowers, KB Seed Solutions
Plus no-till farmers: Clem Bowman and Matt VanTilburg

5:00   Planting 35,000 Acres of Cover Crops/Year
Jamie Scott, J. A. Scott Farms, Pierceton, IL

5:30 Adjourn

5:30-7:30 Farmer Cover Crop Networking Meeting in The Inn at ONU
Moderated and hosted by CTIC

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
Room: Chapel

Water Quality
Moderator: Jim Hoorman

Note: Certified Livestock Manager (CLM) Recertification is Available for Selected Topics

8:30   Phosphorus Update for Lake Erie
David Baker, Heidelberg College

9:00   Keeping DRP Out of Lakes
Kevin Elder, Ohio Dept of Agriculture

10:00 Strip-till Solution to P Runoff Problems
Mike Petersen, Agronomist, Orthman 

10:30 Break

10:50 No-till, Fertility and Lake Erie
Joe Nester, Nester Ag Management, Bryan, OH

11:20 Gypsum and Water Quality
Warren Dick, OSU/OARDC, Soil Scientist

12:15 Lunch

1:30   Healthy Soils for Healthy Lakes
Mark Scarpitti, State Agronomist, USDA-NRCS

2:30   Should we Stop Tiling?
Larry Brown, Ext Ag. Engineer, OSU

3:00 Break

3:20   Managing Drainage Water for Improved Quality
Norm Fausey, USDA-ARS, Columbus

3:50   Managing Drainage Ditches to Remove P
Jon Witter, Ag. Engineer, OSU; Dan Mecklinberg (ODNR); and Rafiq Islam, Soil Scientist, OSU

4:20  Adjourn

TUESDAY, MARCH 6
Room: B

Soil Quality Workshop
Tillage

11:00   No-till, Looking Ahead
Don Reicosky, USDA-ARS, Morris, MN (retired)       

12:15    LUNCH

1:30   50 Years of No-Till in Ohio
Glover Triplett, (retired from OSU/OARDC and Miss. State U.) (by video link)
Bill Richards, no-till farmer, Pickaway County
Bill Haddad, No-till expert, Knox County
Don Myers, OSU Agronomist (retired)

2:30 The Systems Approach to No-till
Paul Jasa, Extension Engineer, U. of Nebraska

3:30 Break

3:45   Perfecting No-till planting equipment
Paul Jasa

4:45   Observations from a No-Till Soil Pit
George Derringer, NRCS Ohio     

5:15   Future of No-Till, What’s Needed
Bill Richards, Bill Haddad, Dave Brandt, others

5:45   Adjourn

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
Room: B

Nutrient Management  

Note: Certified Livestock Manager (CLM) Recertification is Available for Selected Topics

Moderators: Glen Arnold and Amanda Meddles

8:30   Manure Nutrients and Growing Crops
Glen Arnold, OSU Extension

9:00     Phosphorus 101 and DRP
James Camberato, Purdue University

9:30   Nutrient Management: Impact of Tighter Water Quality Regulations
Greg Roth, Penn. State University

10:00 Break

10:20   Tools for Nitrogen Management
James Camberato

11:15   Timing of Weed Removal Based on nitrogen practices
Laura Bast, PhD candidate, Michigan State University

11:45 Lunch
 
1:00     Are the 4 Rs enough? Preventing nutrient losses from tile-drained fields
Jane Frankenberger, Ag. Engineer, Purdue University

2:00     Starter Fertilizer
Ed Lentz, OSU Extension

3:00 Break

3:20   eNutrient management workbook
Amanda Meddles, OSU Extension

3:50     Equipment modifications for applying manure to row crops
Glen Arnold, OSU Extension Field Specialist

4:20 Adjourn

TUESDAY, MARCH 6
Room: C

Nutrient Management

Note: Certified Livestock Manager (CLM) Recertification is Available for Selected Topics

Moderators: Glen Arnold and Amanda Meddles

11:00     Special Presentation: Nutrient Management and Water Quality Working Group report to the Governor.  Directors of ODA, ODNR and OEPA are invited             

12:00  The 4-R’s of Nutrient Management
Tom Bruulsema, International Plant Nutrient Institute

12:30  Lunch  

1:45     Tri-State Recommendations: Are They Good Enough?
Tom Bruulsema

2:45  Social License to Farm & Agricultural Policy
Larry Antosch, Ohio Farm Bureau

3:15 Break                  

3:35   Best Management Practices: DRP and Total P Lost via Surface Runoff from a Fertilizer Application.
Darlene Florence, Ph. D. student, OSU

4:05   eNutrient Management Workbook
Amanda Meddles, OSU Extension

4:35     The Impact of Setbacks on Surface Water Quality
Darlene Florence

5:05   Manure Nutrients and Growing Crops
Glen Arnold, OSU Extension

5:35 Adjourn

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7
Room: C

Decision Agriculture

Moderator:  Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension Field Specialist, & Agronomic Crops Team Co-Chair

8:30   Training for New First Detectors
Nancy Taylor, OSU, Ohio Plant Diagnostic Network

9:00   First Detectors Update
Nancy Taylor

09:30   Proper Nutrient Management Planning
Mark Wilson, Land Stewards

10:30   Break

10:45   Impact of Rotational Tillage
Sjoerd Duiker, Soil Scientist, Penn State U.

11:45   Adaptive Management use in Understanding Soil Testing
Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension Field Specialist

12:30  Lunch

Room C      Wednesday (afternoon)  Precision Agriculture and Planters        

1:45   Planter Adjustment for peak performance
Bill Lehmkuhl, Precision Agri-Services, Minster, OH

2:45 Break   

3:05   Precision ag: RTK auto-steer, networks, CORS, and the future
Scott Shearer, Chair, Food, Ag. and Bio. Engr., OSU
Dusty Sonnenburg, Tri-State Network, Hamler, OH      

4:35   Adjourn