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CONSERVATION TILLAGE &
TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Twenty-fourth Annual
All Conservation
Tillage & Technology
Conference
services are offered on a
non-discriminatory
basis without regard to
race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, age,
disability, political
beliefs, and marital or
familial status.
McIntosh Center
Ohio Northern University
Ada, Ohio
March 2-3, 2016
CTTC ’16 Supported by:
Ohio State University Extension and OARDC
Northwest Ohio Soil & Water Conservation Districts
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service
USDA Farm Service Agency
The Ohio No-till Council
Content Inside:
March 2nd Program
Schedule
2 - 5
Contributors,
Sponsors and
Exhibitors
6
March 3rd Program
Schedule 7- 10
Blank space for
taking notes 11
McIntosh
Center Floor Plan &
Upcoming events
12
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March 2, 2016 Wednesday
Room A - GENERAL SESSION (**video link to Room B and Chapel)
Moderators: Suzanne Mills-Wasniak, Mark Badertscher and Jeff Stachler
9:30 Welcome and announcements
- Randall Reeder, OSU Extension Ag. Engineer (retired)
9:45 Importance of building soil health for all farmers (SW=0.5; 1 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Barry Fisher, Central Team Leader and Soil Health Specialist, USDA-NRCS
10:30 Ohio CCA Award presentation (Cecilia Lokai-Minnich, Ohio CCA Chair)
Ohio Master Farmer Awards (Jennifer Kiel, Ohio Farmer magazine)
10:45 Move to Concurrent sessions
NOTE: Cover Crops concurrent session in Chapel , starting at 8:00 am. (See map located on the back cover)
Sponsored by:
Room A - CORN UNIVERSITY
Moderators: Bruce Clevenger, Suzanne Mills-Wasniak, Gary Wilson, Eric Richer and Mike Gastier
11:00 Corn yield forecasting (CM=1.0)
- Roger Elmore, Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska
12:00 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
1:15 No more Bt? New molecular methods for insect control (PM=1.0)
- Andy Michel, Entomology, The Ohio State University
2:15 N, P and K management highlights for corn (NM=1.0) - Greg Stewart, Maizex Seeds Inc., Tilbury, Ontario
3:15 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
3:35 Taking a second look at hybrid performance and technology trends (CM=0.5) - Peter Thomison, Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University
4:05 Crop-effective and environment-responsible nutrient placement in strip-till and no-till corn - Tony Vyn, Agronomy, Purdue University (NM=1.0)
5:05 Q&A Discussion with the speakers (CM=0.5)
5:35 Adjourn
OSU FARM SCIENCE REVIEW
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March 2, 2016 Wednesday
Room B - Precision Fertility
Moderators: John Fulton, Jeff Stachler, Vinayak Shedekar and Amanda Bennett
9:45 Importance of building soil health for all farmers - Video Link (SW=0.5; 1 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Barry Fisher, Central Team Leader and Soil Health Specialist, USDA-NRCS
11:00 Crop sensors for precision fertility application (NM=0.5)
- Ryan Oehler, Ag Leader
11:30 Using precision tools and data to optimize field operations (NM=0.5)
- Brian Watkins, CropZilla
12:00 App for precision on-farm research trials (CM=0.5) - Kaylee Port, OSU, FABE Department
12:30 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
1:45 Site specific management of P and N (NM=0.5; 17 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Jeremy Wilson, Illinois No-till Farmer
2:15 Encirca (Precision N Tool) (NM=0.5)
- Matt Miller, Pioneer
2:45 How much N was really lost in 2015? On-farm trial results (NM=0.5; 18 ODA CLM=0.5CEUs) - Steve Culman, OSU Soil Fertility Specialist
3:15 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
3:35 Soil nitrate testing results (NM=1.0; 19 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
- Clint and Joe Nester, Nester Ag, Bryan, Ohio
4:35 Soil nitrate testing and Y-drops for N application (NM=0.5; 20 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Jim Swartz, 360Yield Center
5:05 Why phosphorus is leaving the farm and what to do about it (NM=0.5; 21 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs) - Joe Nester, Nester Ag, Bryan, Ohio
5:35 Adjourn
Upcoming events: March 14, 2016; All-Ohio SWCS Conference, ODA headquarters, Reynoldsburg
April 6, 2016; Ohio No-Till (spring) Field Day, Dave Brandt’s Farm, Fairfield County
Aug. 31, 2016; Ohio No-Till (summer) Field Day, Jan Layman’s Farm, Hardin County
Dec. 7, 2016; Ohio No-Till Conference, Der Dutchman, Plain City
Jan. 11-14, 2017; National No-till Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
March 7-8, 2017; Conservation Tillage Conference, Ada
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March 2, 2016 Wednesday
Room C - Policy, Principles and Practices for the Future of Conservation
Agriculture & Soil Health
Moderators: Debbie Brown, Sam Custer, Mark Badertscher and Wayne Dellinger
11:00 Policy, Principles and Practices for the future of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Health
(SW=1.0; 2 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
- Panel: Jim Moseley, former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, and no-till farmer;
Barry Fisher, NRCS Central Team Leader and Soil Health Specialist;
Mark A. Rose, NRCS, Director of Financial Assistance Programs Division
Bill Richards, former Chief, NRCS, and no-till famer
(Panel moderators: Randall Reeder, Dave Russell, Brownfield Network)
12:15 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
Water Quality Management Moderators: Debbie Brown, Sam Custer, Mark Badertscher and Wayne Dellinger 1:30 Why the focus on Ag effects on water quality in the Western Lake Erie Basin (SW=0.5)
- Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension (3 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
2:00 Using nutrient management plans to identify high contributing fields for targeted
conservation (SW=0.5; 4 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension
2:30 Programs and financial assistance available (SW=1.0)
- Megan Burgess, NRCS; Jocelyn Henderson & Kip Studer, ODA-DSWC
3:30 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
3:50 Popular conservation practices to improve water quality (including drainage water manage-
ment, blind Inlets) (SW=0.5; 5 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Justin McBride, ODA-DSWC, Engineer
4:20 Ditch modifications - 2-stage and overwide channels (SW=0.5; 6 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Jon Witter, OSU Ag Engineer
4:50 Saturated buffers and wood chip bioreactors (SW=0.5; 7 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Larry Brown, OSU Ag. Engineer & Rick Wilson, Ohio EPA
5:20 Wrap-up
5:20 Adjourn
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March 2, 2016 Wednesday
Room Chapel - Cover Crops & Manure
Moderators: Jim Hoorman, Alan Sundermeier, Florian Chirra, Bro. Nick Renner and Denny Riethman
8:00 Understanding the legal aspects of manure application to improve water quality (SW=1.0)
- Peggy Kirk Hall, OSU Ag Law (8 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
9:00 Ohio’s new nutrient application restrictions in the Western Lake Erie Basin watershed to
improve water quality (SW=0.5; 9 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Matt Lane, Soils Inventory Section and Ag Pollution Abatement Program, ODA-DSWC
9:30 (General Session: telecast from Room A) Barry Fisher (SW=0.5)
10:30 How to keep manure nutrients out of Lake Erie/surface water
- Kevin Elder, ODA (NM=1.0; 10 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
11:30 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
12:45 Using liquid manure applications with cover crops to improve water quality (NM=1.0)
- Tim Harrigan, Ag. Engineer, Michigan State Univ. (11 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
1:45 On-farm experiences with cover crops and manure (Panel discussion) (NM=1.0)
- Sarah Noggle, OSU Extension, Leon Klopfenstein, & Gordon Smiley (12 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
2:45 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
3:05 In-season manure application to improve water quality (NM=0.5)
- Glen Arnold, OSU Extension (13 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
3:35 Using cover crops and manure to prevent manure runoff (SW=1.0)
- Jim Hoorman, OSU Extension (14 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
4:35 Managing nitrogen availability from manure and cover crops to protect water quality
- Alan Sundermeier, OSU Extension (NM=0.5; 15 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
5:05 Sustainable agriculture to improve water quality (SW=1.0; 16 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Dan Sonke, Campbell’s Soup; Alan Sundermeier, OSU Extension
5:55 Adjourn
Sponsored by:
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"Thanks to major contributors, session and event sponsors, and exhibitors."
EXHIBITORS:
A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
Ag Bio Logic
Ag Info Tech
Agri Energy Resources
Bird Agronomics
Brookside Consultants of Ohio
Buckeye Soil Solutions
C & J Agri Service
Center Seeds
Custom Agri Systems, Inc.
Doebler’s Hybrids
Fennig Equipment
Findlay Implement Co.
GreenField Ag LLC
Gypsoil
Indiana/Ohio Agri-Service
KB Seed Solutions
Koch Agronomic Services
Kroeger Sales & Service
La-Lyn Gypsum
MRC Sales & Service
Nachurs
NovusAg/Campbell Soup
NRCS
Nutech Seed
Nutrient Stewardship Council
Precision Agri Services Inc.
Propel Automation of Ohio
Pro-Soil Ag Solutions
Rosen’s Inc.
Seed Consultants Inc.
Soil & Water Conservation Society
TA Seeds
The Andersons
The CISCO Companies
The Nature Conservancy
Valent USA
Walnut Creek Seeds
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March 3, 2016 Thursday
Room A - SOYBEAN SCHOOL
Moderators: Harold Watters Assistants: Bruce Clevenger, Jeff Stachler, Curtis Young and Mark Badertscher
8:30 Ohio soybean limitation survey results (CM=1.0)
- Aaron Brooker, OSU Hort & Crop Science
9:30 Managing weeds in soybeans (PM=1.0)
- Christy Sprague, Michigan State University Weed Scientist
10:30 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
10:45 Soybean fertility management (NM=1.0)
- Kurt Steinke, Michigan State University Soil Fertility Specialist
11:45 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
1:00 Managing soybean insects (PM=1.0)
- Andy Michel, Entomology, OSU
2:00 The future of soybean breeding (CM=1.0)
- Reid Rice, Pioneer
3:00 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
3:20 Top 10 ways to improve yield, without breaking the bank (CM=1.0)
- Harold Watters, OSU Extension
4:20 Adjourn
Sponsored by:
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March 3, 2016 Thursday
Room B - Nutrient Management
Moderators: Glen Arnold, Denny Riethman, Mary Wicks and Jason Hartschuh
8:00 Do V15 nitrogen applications increase N efficiency in corn? (NM=0.5)
- Greg LaBarge, OSU Extension
8:30 Update on drag-hose manure application to corn (NM=0.5; (22 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Glen Arnold, OSU Extension
9:00 Ohio Senate Bill 1 rules for manure and fertilizer (SW=0.5; (23 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Kevin Elder, Ohio Department of Agriculture
9:30 Edge of field results from a very wet season (SW=0.5; 24 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Kevin King, USDA-ARS
10:10 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
10:30 Movement of phosphorus and nitrogen from farm fields (SW=0.5; 25 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Mark Williams, USDA-ARS
11:00 Nitrogen fertilizer, economics and efficiencies (NM=1.0; 26 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Brian Arnall, Extension Agronomist, Oklahoma State University
12:00 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
1:15 Drainage management - Keeping nutrients in the root zone with best management practices
- Shelby Burlew, Michigan State Univ. Ext., Hillsdale, MI (SW=0.5; (27 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
1:45 What 4R information dealers need from farmers (SW=0.5; (28 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Steve Prochaska, OSU Extension (retired)
2:15 Yield results for premium starter fertilizer in corn (NM=0.5)
- Ed Lentz, OSU Extension
2:45 New manure App for your smart phone (NM=0.5; (29 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- John Barker, OSU Extension
3:15 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
3:35 Two years of on-farm fertilizer strip-trials (NM=0.5)
- Anthony Fulford, OSU-OARDC, Soil Fertility
4:05 Release of phosphorus from soils through the application of glyphosate (NM=0.5)
- Christopher Spiese, Chemistry Professor, Ohio Northern University (30 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
4:35 Adjourn
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March 3, 2016 Thursday
Room C - Technology and Equipment
Moderator: John Fulton
Assistants: Floian Chirra, Vinayak Shedekar and Kent McGuire
8:30 Costs and emissions of crop residue removal (CM=0.5)
- Ajay Shah, OSU Ag. Engineer
9:00 New (and old) technologies for N decisions (NM=0.5; 40 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Brian Arnall, Extension Agronomist, Oklahoma State U.
9:30 Improving planter performance (CM=1.0)
- Bill Lehmkuhl, Precision Agri-Services
10:30 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
10:50 Big machinery getting bigger; concerns for Soil Health (CM=0.5; 41 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Andrew Klopfenstein, OSU Ag Engineer
11:30 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
1:15 Soil Compaction: Tracks vs. tires on 1000+ bu. grain carts (CM=1.0; 42 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Andrew Klopfenstein, OSU Ag. Engineer
2:15 Getting on track (CM=0.5)
- Jay Witkop and Nathan Jenkins, John Deere
2:45 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
3:00 New, improved tire designs (CM=1.0)
- Brad Harris, Ag. Engineer, Firestone
3:50 Variable Inflation for optimum field and highway performance (CM=0.5)
- Sally Brodbeck, Precision Inflation, Des Moines, Iowa
4:20 Adjourn
Sponsored by
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March 3, 2016 Thursday
Room CHAPEL - Advanced Cover Crops
Moderators: Jim Hoorman, Gary Wilson, Alan Sundermeier, Mary Griffith
and Wayne Dellinger
8:00 Cropping diversity improves no-till soil quality, crop productivity and water quality
- Rafiq Islam, OSU Soil Scientist (CM=0.5; 31 DA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
8:30 Advanced cover crops for corn and soybeans to improve water quality (CM=0.5)
- Barry Fisher, USDA-NRCS (32 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
9:00 Current cover crops for improving water quality (CM=0.5; 33 ODA CLM=0.5CEUs)
- Steve Groff, Cover Crop Solutions, Holtwood, PA
9:30 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc.
9:50 Future cover crops for improving water quality (CM=0.5; 34 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Steve Groff, Cover Crop Solutions, Holtwood, PA
10:20 Penn State U. Inter-seeder to improve water quality (CM=1.0)
- Greg Roth, Penn State University, Agronomist
11:30 LUNCH IS SPONSORED BY Brookside Consultants of Ohio and A&L Great Lakes Laboratories
12:45 Integrated Soil Health Testing: Making sense of nitrogen to improve water quality
- Will Brinton, President of Woods End Lab., Inc./Solvita (SW=1.0; 35 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
1:45 Enhancing soil mychorrhizal fungus to retain nutrients and improve water quality
- Wendy Taheri, Research Microbiologist, USDA-ARS (previously) (SW=1.0; 36 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
2:45 BREAK IS SPONSORED BY Rosen’s Inc
3:05 Cover crop, panel discussion (CM=1.0; 37 ODA CLM=1.0 CEUs)
- Jim Hoorman, OSU Extension; David Brandt & Steve Groff, no-till farmers
4:05 Utilizing and improving soil carbon to improve water quality (SW=0.5; 38 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Will Brinton, President of Woods End Laboratories, Inc./Solvita
4:35 Selecting the best cover crops to improve water quality (SW=0.5; 39 ODA CLM=0.5 CEUs)
- Sarah Noggle, OSU Extension
5:05 Adjourn
Sponsored by:
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Upcoming events: March 14, 2016; All-Ohio SWCS Conference, ODA headquarters, Reynoldsburg
April 6, 2016; Ohio No-Till (spring) Field Day, Dave Brandt’s Farm, Fairfield County
Aug. 31, 2016; Ohio No-Till (summer) Field Day, Jan Layman’s Farm, Hardin County
Dec. 7, 2016; Ohio No-Till Conference, Der Dutchman, Plain City
Jan. 11-14, 2017; National No-till Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
March 7-8, 2017; Conservation Tillage Conference, Ada