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Map to Ohio Northern University

The Ohio State University

The Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
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CTC Program below!

     

To be held at:
McIntosh Center
Ohio Northern University
Ada, Ohio

  • 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

 
  • ROOM RESERVATIONS
  • The Inn at Ohio Northern University
    419-772-2500
    Special CTC rate: TBA
  • Kenton, Rt. 67, east of Rt 31
    Country Hearth & Suites,
    419-675-1400
    Special CTC rate: TBA

  • Lima, I-75 at SR 309
    Hampton Inn
    419-225-8300
    Special CTC rate: TBA
    (call before Feb. 13)
  • Bluffton, I-75 at Rt 103
    Comfort Inn
    419-358-6000
    Special CTC rate: TBA
    (call before Feb. 13)

 

  • FOR MORE INFORMATION

2012 On-Line Registration
CLICK HERE

Registration Questions
Allen SWCD
Phone: 419-223-0040

Details on Program and CCA Credits
OSU Extension
Hardin County
Phone: 419-674-2297

2012 CEUs for CCAs
CLICK HERE

 

All-Ohio SWCS Jan. 2012 Power Point PDF
CLICK HERE

 

2012
CTC SCHEDULE

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PROGRAM SPEAKERS : WHO'S WHO

Larry Antosch, Ohio Farm Bureau
Glen Arnold, OSU Extension
David Baker, NCWQR, Heidelberg U.
Laura Bast, Michigan State U.
Jim Beuerlein, OSU Extension, retired
Chris Boomsma, Dow AgroSciences
Nick Bowers, KB Seed Solutions
Clem Bowman, No-Till farmer, Union City
Dave Brandt, No-till farmer, Fairfield Co.
Larry Brown, OSU Extension
Tom Bruulsema, IPNI
James Camberato, Purdue U.
Shawn Casteel, Purdue U.
Florian Chirra, OSU Extension
Jill Clapperton, Rhizoshpere Ecologist
George Derringer, NRCS Ohio
Warren Dick, OSU/OARDC
Ann Dorrance, OSU Extension
Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State U.
Kevin Elder, Ohio Dept of Ag.
Norm Fausey, USDA-ARS, Columbus
Darlene Florence, OSU Grad Student
Jane Frankenberger, Purdue U.
Bill Haddad, NewDay Ag Consulting
Ron Hammond, OSU Extension
Jim Hoorman, OSU Extension
Rafiq Islam, OSU South Centers
Paul Jasa, Ext. Ag. Engineer, U. of Neb.
Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension
Bill Lehmkuhl, Precision Agri-Services
Ed Lentz, OSU Extension
Mark Loux, OSU Extension
Bret Margraf, No-till farmer, Seneca Co.
Leah McHale, OSU/OARDC
Amanda Meddles, OSU Extension
Don Myers, OSU, retired
Emerson Nafziger, U. of Illinois
Joe Nester, Nester Ag Mgmt, Bryan, OH
Mike Petersen, Orthman
Jeff Rasawehr, No-till farmer, Mercer Co.
Jon Rausch, OSU Extension
Randall Reeder, OSU, retired
Don Reicosky, USDA-ARS, MN, retired
Bill Richards, no-till farmer, Pickaway Co.
Dave Robison, Cisco Seeds
Greg Roth, Penn State U.
Mark Scarpitti, USDA-NRCS, OH
Jamie Scott, No-till farmer, Pierceton, IN
Scott Shearer, OSU, Ag. Engineer
Dusty Sonnenberg, Tri-State Network
Alan Sundermeier, OSU Extension
Nancy Taylor, OSU, Plant Diagnostics
Peter Thomison, OSU Extension, Corn
Dan Towery, Ag. Conservation Solutions
Glover Triplett, Miss. State U., retired
Matt VanTilburg, No-till farmer, Celina, OH
Harold Watters, OSU Extension
Bill Wiebold, U. of Missouri
Angie Williams, CTIC, Lafayette, IN
Mark Wilson, Land Stewards
Jon Witter, OSU Ag. Eng.

PROGRAM SPONSORS

Ohio State University Extension
OARDC
Northwest Ohio SWCD
USDA/NRCS
USDA/FSA
Ohio No-Till Council
Wingfield Crop Insurance
Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers
OSU Farm Science Review
John Deere
Ag Credit
Dekalb/Asgrow
Seed Consultants
Pioneer

Meal and Break Sponors:
Shelly Materials - Tue. Lunch
Brookside Consultants - Wed. Lunch
Rosen’s – Break
Koch Agronomic Services –  Tue. Break
Bayer Cropscience – Break

PROGRAM EXHIBITORS

MRC Sales and Service
Pineview Sales
Valent USA
Stewart Seeds
The Andersons
Agriflite Services
USDA-NRCS
Orthman Manufacturing
Salford Farm Machinery
Northwest Ohio RTK Network
Rosen’s Inc.
Custom Agri Systems, Inc
KB Seed Solutions
Fennig Equipment
Koch Agronomic Services
Seed Consultants
Nutech Seed
Bayer Cropscience
Saddle Butte Ag
Helena Chemical
Novozymes BioAg
Agri-Energy Resources
Nachurs
C & J Agri-Service
Outback Guidance
Brookside Consultants of Ohio
Bird Agronomics, LLC
Rupp Seeds Inc.
Kroeger Sales & Service
CISCO Seeds
Widmer & Associates, Ltd.

     

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

5:35   Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

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