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Dear Fruit &Vegetable Growers:

Plan to attend the Great Plains Growers Conference, January 10-12, 2013 in St. Joseph, MO. The

conference will be held at the Fulkerson Conference Center, Missouri Western State University,

4525 Downs Drive, St. Joseph, MO. A map is included with detailed directions.

Check out the program for new all-day workshops presented by wonderful speakers throughout the

conference! Again for 2013, we are combining two great conferences – the Great Plains Vegetable

and Mid-America Fruit Conferences. We’ve added a room for an additional new workshop and track

to accommodate the increasing attendance. On Friday, topics of interest will be tree/small fruits,

beginning organic, beginning beekeeping, marketing, conventional vegetables ipm, and introduction

to production (Spanish). This year’s conference will feature Jeff Lowenfels, author of “Teaming with Microbes” as the keynote speaker. On Saturday specifically we are featuring an all day cut flower workshop, conventional vegetables, advanced organic growing, urban horticulture and community gardening, and small fruits.

There will be a meeting for the Kansas Fruit Growers Association and Missouri Horticultural Society on Thursday along with Kansas,

Missouri, and Nebraska Vegetable Growers Associations held on Friday.

We will have educational information from all 5 states - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota, along with vegetable specialists

and growers from those states. There are 50+ exhibitors in a trade show with the latest seeds, supplies, equipment, and grower information.

There will be ample opportunities to visit with other growers, exhibitors and speakers. Registration fees are posted on the final page of the

program….please remember morning/afternoon snacks, a cash bar and snacks on Thursday evening, and the lunch buffet with endless options,

is included in the fee. We hope to see you in January! It will be an excellent educational opportunity!

Sincerely, University of Missouri Extension provides equal opportunity to all participants in extension

programs and activities, and for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis

GPGC Committee Members of their demonstrated ability and competence without discrimination on the basis of their

Mid-America Fruit Growers Board Members race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or

status as a protected veteran.

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4125 Mitchell Avenue

St. Joseph, MO 64507

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Iowa State University

Kansas State University

Lincoln University of Missouri

South Dakota State University

University of Missouri - Columbia

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St. Joseph, Missouri

On Thursday choose between ONE of SIX workshops: High Tunnel, Soil & Irrigation, Fruit Workshop, Honey Bees, Intro to Vegetable Production (Spanish),

and Farm to School!

January 10, 2013

High Tunnel Workshop Spratt, Kemper Recital Hall 101

8:00 Registration

9:00 Welcome and Introduction

9:05 High Tunnel Vegetable Research

Update at WV State University

- Lewis Jett

10:35 Break

11:00 Energy Ideas & Innovations for High

Tunnels

- Tim Baker

Noon Lunch

1:00 NRCS High Tunnel Update

- Paul Duffner

1:30 High Tunnel Small Fruit Production

- Eric Hanson

3:00 Break

3:15 High Tunnel Tomato Research

Update: Varieties and Grafting

- Sanjun Gu

4:00 Building a Chinese Greenhouse

- Curtis Millsap

4:30 Picture Showcase: the Chinese Way of

Growing Asparagus, Strawberry, and

Cherry in High Tunnel

- Sanjun Gu

5:00 Workshop Adjourns

Enjoy refreshments in the Trade Show area during breaks, plus a cash bar and snacks

from 5:00 to 6:00 pm.

HIGH TUNNEL WORKSHOP PRESENTERS:

Lewis Jett has been an Extension Specialist for commercial horticulture in West Virginia State University (WVU) since 2007. He specializes in the vegetables and small fruit crop production. He is passionate about developing practical, economical production techniques for commercial vegetable growers by organizing tours, workshops and production meetings that help growers expand their output. Lewis did research at Louisiana State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia prior to joining WVU Extension. He has also spent time in East Africa helping small farmers in Kenya grow vegetables. (304) 293-2634 [email protected].

Paul Duffner grew up on a corn/soybean farm in central Illinois. He was a Sales Representative with DuPont AG Products for 25 years in NE Arkansas and NW Missouri. He started with the NRCS at Macon as an Integrated Pest Management Specialist in 2002. He then went on as an Area Resource Conservationist at Jefferson City in 2003, and in 2007 became a Resource Conservationist in the NRCS State Office in Columbia, MO. One of his responsibilities is the EQIP High Tunnel offering for Missouri. (573) 876-0908. [email protected].

Tim Baker joined University of Missouri Extension in 1992 as a Horticulture Specialist in Southeast Missouri. He worked for the University of Idaho in their potato variety development program before coming to Missouri. In 2008, he transferred to Northwest Missouri, where he continue working with the University of Missouri Extension as a Horticulture specialist.102 N Main St., Suite 1, Gallatin, MO 64640 (660) 663-3232 [email protected]

Eric Hanson is a Professor and Extension Specialist in Horticulture at Michigan State University. His primary responsibility is working with MSU Extension to provide production information to berry crop producers on fertilization, weed management, high tunnel berry production, growth regulator use, variety evaluation, and recently organic production challenges for blueberries and raspberries. Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-5194 [email protected]

Sanjun Gu joined Lincoln University as the state-wide Extension Vegetable Specialist for Missouri in 2008. He is responsible for commercial vegetable production and his research interests include: variety trials, vegetable grafting and production in high-tunnels and other solar plastic greenhouses. (573) 681-5524. [email protected].

Curtis Milsap and Sarah Millsap, along with their eight daughters and several apprentices, operate Millsap Farms, a 20-acre diversified farm in Springfield, MO. They grow 2 to 3 acres of vegetables, with 10,000 square feet under plastic using organic practices. They sell through a year-round 85 member CSA, a farmers' market, and grocery stores. They are always looking for ways to do more with less, including energy and water conservation measures such as no-till, solar greenhouses, stored heat, etc. Owner/Operator Millsap Farm, 6593 North Emu Lane, Springfield, MO 65803 (417) 839-0847 [email protected] www.millsapfarms.com

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and Farm to School!

January 10, 2013

Soil & Irrigation Workshop Spratt Classroom 214/216

8:00 Registration

9:00 Soil Management for Vegetable

Production

- Neal Kinsey

10:45 Break

11:00 Soil Management for Vegetable

Production, continued

- Neal Kinsey

11:30 All You Need to Know about

Mycorrhizal Fungi

- Jeff Lowenfels

12:30 Lunch

1:30 The Realities of Scheduling Irrigation

- Craig Pisarkiewicz, MPR

2:30 Compost Production at MU’s

Bradford Farm

- Tim Reinbott

3:15 Break

3:30 Vegetable Irrigation Concepts

- Tim Coolong

4:15 Soil Health Conservation

- Doug Peterson


Enjoy refreshments in the Trade Show area during breaks, plus a cash bar and snacks

from 5:00 to 6:00 pm.

SOIL AND IRRIGATION WORKSHOP PRESENTERS: Neal Kinsey is a Soil Fertility Specialist who has been consulting with conventional and organic growers on farms, ranches, orchards, and vineyards since 1973. He specializes in solving problems caused by deficiencies and/or excesses by correctly measuring and providing specific soil nutrients. His presentations are based on his experience with soil analyses from all 50 states and 70 other countries. He also advises growers on food crops including vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, and specialty crops297 Co Hwy 357, Charleston, MO 63834 (573) 683-3880 [email protected] www.kinseyag.com

Jeff Lowenfels is an international proponent of organic farming and gardening. He is also an award winning author of “Teaming With Microbes: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to The Soil Food Web,” reviewed as one of the most important gardening books written in the past 25 years. The book explains in lay terms the science of gardening without chemicals. His talks and consultations have converted tens of thousands to the “no chemical” way to grow plants. 6320 West Dimond, Anchorage, AK 99502 (907) 229-5460 [email protected]. www.teamingwithmicrobes.com

Tim Reinbott has been the superintendent of the MU Bradford Research Center for 13 years. During this time he has explored new opportunities outside traditional agriculture including wildlife management, native plants, fresh water shrimp, and composting. The composting project grew out of the interaction of the center's vegetable trials and Tomato Festival with Campus Dining. (573) 884-7945 [email protected]

Craig Pisarkiewicz has been selling and designing Drip Irrigation systems since 1983. He is currently an irrigation designer and outside salesman for MPR Supply Company. He is a “Certified Irrigation Designer” (CID) in Agricultural Drip Irrigation through the Irrigation Association. 2541 Link Ave, St. Louis, MO 63114 (314) 575-6505 Mobile and (314) 426-4838 Office [email protected] www.mprsupply.com

Tim Coolong is an associate professor in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentucky. He is the Extension Vegetable Specialist for the state and conducts a wide range of research and outreach activities. His primary research area focuses on irrigation management of crops and conservation tillage. He also conducts research on low-input pest management and is the vegetable IPM team leader for UK. N-318 Ag. Sciences North, Department of Horticulture University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091. (859) 257-3374 [email protected] http://www.kentuckyvegetables.org/

Doug Peterson is a State Soil Health Conservationist with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. He is based in Gallatin, MO. (660) 663-3703


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and Farm to School!

January 10, 2013

Fruit Workshop Spratt Classroom 205

8:00 Registration

9:00 Sweet Cherries

- Greg Lang

10:30 Break

11:00 High Tunnel Fruit Tree Production

- Greg Lang

12:00 Lunch

1:30 Dwarf Tree Fruit Panel

- Grower Discussion

2:30 Orchard Irrigation Equipment


3:00 Break

3:30 Orchard Irrigation Systems



5:45 Thursday Association Meeting:

Missouri Horticulture Society Meeting

Spratt 205

Enjoy refreshments in the Trade Show area during breaks,

plus a cash bar and snacks from 5:00 to 6:00 pm.

FRUIT WORKSHOP

PRESENTERS:

Greg Lang earned his B.S. at the University of Georgia, his graduate degrees at UC-Davis, and has served on the horticulture faculties at Louisiana, Washington, and Michigan State Universities. He has worked in tree fruit production and environmental stress physiology, variety and rootstock evaluation, and innovative production systems, specializing in sweet cherries. Greg has traveled to all continents except Antarctica to speak and consult on cherry research and high tunnel fruit production and has authored more than 100 research and industry articles on cherries. In 2005, American Fruit Grower magazine listed him among their 100 Innovative Horticulturists of the Past 125 Years. Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 355-5191 x 1388 [email protected] www.hrt.msu.edu/greg-lang

Craig Pisarkiwicz has been working in the wholesale irrigation/plumbing supply business since 1974. He was a mechanical engineering major at Missouri S&T and has been designing and selling Drip irrigation products since 1981. Craig is a Certified Irrigation Designer in Agricultural Drip Irrigation through the Irrigation Association. He is currently an Irrigation Designer and Outside Salesman for MPR Supply Company in St. Louis. Additionally, he is the Immediate Past President of the Landscape and Nursery Association of Greater St. Louis as well as a Board Member of the St. Louis Hort Co-op. (314) 426-4838. [email protected]. www.mprsupply.com


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and Farm to School!

January 10, 2013

Honey Bees Blum Union 222/223

In this year’s workshop, we are addressing advanced beekeeping topics. Come prepared to learn, discuss, and ask questions. The advanced workshop will be of interest to all, no matter what your level of expertise. A short basic beekeeping session will also be offered on Friday for those who are new to beekeeping.

8:00 Registration

8:45 Welcome, Introductions and Program Overview

9:00 Varroa Mites

- Charlie Simonds

9:45 Pollination Requirements

- Jeremy Wagnitz

10:30 Break

11:00 Pesticides and Honey Bees

- Sharon Dobesh

11:45 Anatomy of the Honey Bee

- Charlie Simonds

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Introduction to Queen Rearing

- Jeremy Wagnitz

2:15 Update on Colony Collapse Disorder

- Sharon Dobesh

3:00 Break

3:30 Bees and Drought

- Group Discussion led by Raymond

Heldenbrand

4:15 Wrap-up and Evaluation




HONEY BEES WORKSHOP

INSTRUCTORS/FACILITATORS:

Charlie Simonds worked as the Apiary Inspector for the State of Nebraska for 17 years. He also worked with his brother-in-law operating 1240 colonies of bees. He owned and managed Honey Bee World, a beekeeping supply business, for 22 years. Charlie has also taught Beekeeping for Beginners at Southeast Community College in Lincoln, NE.

Jeremy Wagnitz received a B.S. in Horticulture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007 and a M.S. in Entomology specializing in Apiculture in 2009. After graduation, he moved to Baton Rouge, LA, to work at the USDA Honey Bee Genetics and Physiology Lab. While in Baton Rouge, he was head of the Russian Honey Bee Breeding program. In 2011, Jeremy returned to Nebraska to start the Doctor of Plant Health program. He will be graduating with his doctoral degree in the Spring of 2014.

Sharon Dobesh has an M.S. in Entomology. From 1995-2002 she was a Plant Protection Specialist for the Missouri Department of Agriculture, conducting nursery, greenhouse, sod farm, and export inspections. In 2002 she joined the faculty at Kansas State University Entomology Department as the Pesticide & IPM Coordinator conducting pesticide recertification programs, IPM in schools programs, and giving presentations on wood-destroying insects and honey bees as an extension specialist. Currently she is the Associate Director of the Great Plains Diagnostic Network and National Plant Diagnostic Network Exercise committee chair working with USDA-APHIS-PPQ.

Raymond Heldenbrand has been keeping bees for over 17 years, and brings a wealth of practical beekeeping skills and ideas to the conference. A resident of Daviess County, MO, he is well-known by local residents for his enthusiasm to help new beekeepers and willingness to capture swarms and deal with nuisance bee colonies when homeowners call. He is also a Master Gardener and serves on the Daviess County Extension Council. Raymond is retired from General Motors and the U.S. Army Reserves, where he attained the rank of Command Sergeant Major.



St. Joseph, Missouri On Thursday choose between ONE of SIX workshops: High Tunnel,

Soil & Irrigation, Fruit Workshop, Honey Bees, Intro to Vegetable Production (Spanish), and Farm to School!

January 10, 2013

Introduction to Vegetable Production (Spanish) Spratt Classroom 201

8:00 Registration

9:00 Welcome, Assessing Farming Resources

- Eleazar Gonzalez

9:45 Site Selection, Preparation, and Maintenance

- Steven McKay

10:30 Break

10:45 Direct Marketing Strategies

- Josè Fonseca

11:30 Working with Other Producers

- Antonio Garrido

12:15 Lunch

1:30 An Introduction to Integrated Pest Management

- Jaime Piñero

2:15 Incorporating Small Animals into Specialty Crop

Farms

- Efrain Hernandez

3:00 Break

3:30 Considerations for Small Fruit Production on

Small Scale Market Farms

- Steven McKay

5:00 Evaluation & Meeting Adjourns



INTRODUCTION TO VEGETABLE PRODUCTION

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS/FACILITATORS:

Eleazar Gonzalez is a research associate at the University of Missouri’s Cambio Center. He is a rural sociologist with interests in economic sociology of Latino communities. Currently, he is working on a project that seeks to facilitate the access and use of USDA programs amongst Latino farmers and ranchers.

Steven McKay earned his B.S degree at UC Davis in Bee Biology and International Agricultural Development. He also received a M.S degree in Pomology. Steven has operated commercial farms and food processing businesses in the U.S. and abroad for 35 years. His businesses have specialized in berries and uncommon fruits. Steven was also an Extension Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension for 16 years.

Josè Fonseca is a fruit and vegetable producer in O’Fallon, MO. He and his family moved to Missouri from California in the early 1990s. The family now operates a 30 acre farm and specializes in direct-to-consumer sales at a roadside stand and multiple farmers markets.

Antonio Garrido operates a grazing livestock operation in Southwest Missouri on 140 acres. He has been in Missouri for 3 years after a move from California. Antonio is on the Board of Directors of Missouri Granjero Cooperative, a Hispanic cattleman co-op.

Jaime Piñero, State IPM Specialist Cooperative Research and Extension, Lincoln University. Dr. Piñero’s research interests include insect ecology and behavior, IPM (including Area-Wide IPM) and the use of this information to develop attract-and-kill systems and other behaviorally-based, sustainable pest management methods for improved production of fruits and vegetables.

Efrain Hernandez and his family farm outside of Lincoln, NE. They raise chickens, goats, and produce. Efrain is a graduate of the Community Crops Growing Farmers Training Program in Lincoln.



St. Joseph, Missouri On Thursday choose between ONE of SIX workshops: High Tunnel,

Soil & Irrigation, Fruit Workshop, Honey Bees, Intro to Vegetable Production (Spanish), and Farm to School!

January 10, 2013

Farm to School Spratt Classroom 203

8:00 Registration

9:00 Farm to School 411

- Lorin Fahrmeier

9:30 Farm to School- Digging Deeper

- Barb Depew

10:00 Business Opportunities in a New Place –

Grower Panel Discussion

- Renee Seba, Mule Barn Berries

- John and Shari Kopmann, Three

Girls and a Tractor Farm

- Mark Jirak, Jirak Family Produce

- Cole Cottin, Kansas Rural Center

11:30 Lunch

1:00 Connect to Local Food Resources

- Kathie Starkweather

- National Farm to School Network

State Leads from NE, SD, IA, KS and

MO

2:00 Voices from the Field - Panel Discussion

of Food Service Directors

- Ronda McCullick, Park Hill Schools,

MO

- Jill Vincent, Food Service Director,

Emporia, KS

- Glenda Eassum, Lawrence KS Public

Schools

3:30 How To’s of Food Safety and

Procurement

- Sadie Walton

- Barb Depew


Enjoy refreshments in the Trade Show area during

breaks, plus a cash bar and snacks from

5:00 to 6:00 pm.

FARM TO SCHOOL

INSTRUCTORS/FACILITATORS:

Lorin Fahrmeier- works for University of Missouri-Extension as the Missouri Farm to School project coordinator and serves as the Missouri lead with the National Farm to School Network.

Barb Depew- works for the Kansas Department of Education’s Child Nutrition Services with a specialty in Farm to School programming. Barb serves as the Kansas State Lead with the National Farm to School Network.

Renee Seba and her husband Charlie, with the help of their children, own and operate the Mule Barn Berry Patch in Lathrop, MO. The Seba family just completed their third year of selling berries at their farm and their first year of selling to local Missouri schools.

John and Shari Kopmann, along with their 3 girls, are the owners of 3 Girls and a Tractor Farm in Marthasville, MO. The Kopmann’s have been growing and selling for 12 years and have been actively participating in Farm to School work for two years with their specialty in melons.

Mark Jirak is the owner of Jirak Family Produce and has been selling to Kansas schools for the past two years. Mark plans to become a full time vegetable farmer and focus primarily on growing his family business with institutional kitchens like schools.

Cole Cottin works with her husband Dan to coordinate school gardens in Kansas. They farm on different plots of land in their area and focus their sales to schools for special farm to school events. Cole also works at the Kansas Rural Center as the Local Food Field Coordinator - Kaw River Valley Region.

Kathie Starkweather is the Director at the Rural Opportunities and Stewardship Program Center for Rural Affairs in Nebraska, and serves as the Nebraska State Lead with the National Farm to School Network.

Ronda McCullick is the Food Service Director at Park Hill Schools, located north of Kansas City, MO, and has been actively serving locally grown food to her students this year. She works with other food service directors in the Kansas City area to purchase more locally grown food for their school lunch programs.

Jill Vincent is the Food Service Director of Emporia Schools in Emporia, KS, and has been involved in Farm to school for two years. Jill has goals that include getting more farmers involved and being able to purchase more and more food straight from the farms.

Glenda Eassum is Farm to School Manager and Schwegler School Cafeteria Manager in Kansas. Glenda has been involved in the program for a couple years and believes in purchasing direct from local farmers to make her program a success.

Sadie Walton is a Senior Program Specialist in the Child Nutrition Programs Section with the USDA, Food and Nutrition Service. Sadie works with schools in the Midwest and Mountain Plains region in school food procurement and service guidelines for the National School Meal Pattern.



St. Joseph, Missouri (Schedule may change slightly. Be sure to check the website for an up-to-date schedule)

Friday, January 11, 2013

Registration & Trade Show- Opens at 8:00 a.m.

8:30 a.m. - General Session in Recital Hall 101 with keynote speaker Jeff Lowenfels. Jeff is an international proponent of organic farming and gardening. And, is also an award winning author of "Teaming With Microbes: The Organic

Gardener's Guide to The Soil Food Web". Keynote Address: "Why Don't the Redwoods Ever Need Fertilizing?"

--- Break ---

Spratt 205 Spratt 214/216 Kemper Recital Hall 101 Blum Union 222/223 Spratt 203 Spratt 201

Tree Fruit Beginner Organic Conventional

Vegetable IPM Marketing Beginning

Beekeeping Intro. To Veg.

Production- Spanish

10:30 am, Tart Cherry Production

-Greg Lang

10:30 am, Organic Certification

- Alicia Ellingsworth

10:30 am, Perimeter Trap Cropping Wilt

Management in Muskmelon

- Mark Gleason

10:30 am, Local Growing for the Wholesale Produce Distributor Customer

- Joan Daleo

10:30 am, Beginning to Beekeeping

- Raymond Hildebrand

10:30 am, NRCS Programs for

Agricultural Landowners - Brendaly Rodriguez

Muñoz

11:00 am, Growing & Marketing Traditional Mexican Vegetables - Cecilia Hernandez

11:15 am, Building Healthy Soils

-Tom Ruggieri

11:15 am, Weed Ecology and Management in Vegetable Cropping

Systems -Dan Brainard

11:15 am, The Produce Auctions of MO & IA

- James Quinn & Patrick O'Malley

11:30 am, Dwarf Trellised Orchard

Establishment -Shawn Bixby,

Stark Bros. Lunch 12:00-1:30 pm

Lunch 12:00- 1:15 pm

Lunch 12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch 12:00-12:45 pm

Lunch 12:30-1:30 pm

12:45 pm, Adding Value

to Your Product - Steven McKay

Lunch 12:30-2:00 pm

1:00 pm, Family Fun Days -John Porter 1:15 pm, Integrated

Management of Soilborne Diseases

-Cary Rivard

1:30 pm, Key Production

Equipment for Growing Your

Operation -Mark Cain

1:30 pm, Educating Consumers through a Regional Farm Tour

-Jennifer Smith

CSA Track - Visit Trade Show

2:00 pm, Varieties and Rootstocks

for Trellised Orchards

-Shawn Bixby

2:00 pm, Minimizing Chemical Inputs for Pest

Control in Vegetables -Tim Coolong

--- Break --- 2:00-2:30 pm

--- Break --- 2:00-2:30 pm

2:00 pm, Planning for Pollinators on Fruit and

Vegetable Farms - Nadia Navarrete-Tindall

2:15 pm, Basics of Drip Irrigation -Cary Rivard

2:30 pm, Legislating Farmer's Markets - Deb

Henderson

2:30 pm, CSA Farmers Panel

Discussion - Rebecca Graff &

Tom Ruggieri

--- Break --- 2:45- 3:15

--- Break --- 3:00-3:30 pm

--- Break --- 3:00-3:30 pm

3:00 pm, Des Moines FM and Effect of Drought

- Kelly Foss

--- Break --- 3:00-3:30 pm 3:15 Determining

Economic Thresholds for Pesticide Applications

- Jaime Piñero 3:30 pm, Trellised Orchard Grower Panel/Discussion

3:30 pm, Putting It All Together

-George Kuepper

3:30 pm, Satellite or Affiliate Markets, NE Winter Markets

-Billene Nemec

3:30 pm, Grower Panel Discussion and Q&A - Panel of Regional

Growers 4:00 pm, Controlling and

Avoiding Bacterial Diseases of Vegetable

Crops -Mark Gleason

4:00 pm, Roundtable Discussion- Use of Social

Media to Promote Markets 4:15 pm, Are We

Organic Yet? -George Kuepper

4:30 pm, Adjourn 4:30 pm, Adjourn 4:30 pm, Adjourn 4:45 pm, Discussion

State Vegetable Growers Association Meetings

Begins at 5:00 pm or 5:30 pm. Check with your state association leaders. Kansas Missouri Nebraska

Growers Innovation Night, Ramada Inn - 7:30 to 9:30 pm Moderators: Chuck Marr, Tom Fowler, Cary Rivard. Bring your ideas on new equipment designs, growing and marketing techniques, etc.

Compete for fabulous prizes, including free conference registration for 2014.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Registration & Trade Show- Opens at 8:00 a.m.

Blum Union 218/219 Spratt 214/216 Blum Union 222/223 Spratt 203 Spratt 205

Conventional Vegetables Advanced Organic Cut Flowers Small Fruit Urban Hort & Gardens

8:45 am, Welcome and Introductions

9:00 am, Heat Tolerance in Lettuce

-Lewis Jett

9:00 am, Growing Organic Berry Production in High

Tunnels -Eric Hanson

9:00 am, Successful Direct-Market Flower

Production -Mark Cain

9:00 am, Fundamentals of Strawberries

-Elizabeth Wahle

9:00 am, Community Gardens and Urban Farming in W. Virginia

- John Porter

9:30 am, The Big Garden -Nathan Morgan

9:45 am, Carrot Production: Tillage, Planting Density, and

Nitrogen Management - Dan Brainard

9:45 am, Fundamentals of Blueberry Production

- Patrick Byers

10:00 am, Bioextensive Rotations and Killed Mulches for Organic

Market Gardens: Kerr Center’s Experience -

George Kuepper

10:00 am, Changing Policies and Revising Planning to Benefit KC

Urban Ag - Dennis Murphy

--- Break --- 10:30-11:00 am

--- Break --- 10:30-11:00 am

--- Break --- 10:30-11:00 am

11:00 am, Growing Cabbage, Broccoli, & Cauliflower

-Chuck Marr

--- Break --- 11:00-11:15 am --- Break ---

11:00-11:30 am 11:00 am, Weed Control

in Small Fruits -Eric Hanson

11:00 am, A Refugee Incubator Farm-The Unfinished Story

-Linda Gobberdiel

11:15 am, Organic Management of Japanese

Beetles -Jacob Wilson

11:30 am, First Year Flower Farming - Getting Started

-Vicki Lander

11:30 am, Low Maintenance Fruit Plants for Community Gardens

-Shawn Bixby 11:45 am, Sweet Potato

Production in Great Plains: Is it a Sweet Deal?

-Ajay Nair

11:45 am, Fundamentals of Brambles

-Elizabeth Wahle

Lunch 12:00-1:00 pm Lunch

12:15-1:15 pm

12:30 pm, LUCE’s Pepper Variety Trials: The Sweet &

the Heat - Steven Kirk

Lunch 12:30-2:00 pm

Lunch 12:30-1:30 pm

Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm

1:00 pm, School Garden Start Up - Rev. Tim Olsen

1:15 pm, Organic Research and Extension at Lincoln University: Farmer input

1:30 pm, Experience with Strawberries

-Jerry Wohletz

1:30 pm, Plant a Row for the Hungry -Jeff Lowenfels

2:00 pm, Growing Muskmelon -Mark Jirak

2:00 pm, Growing Organic Vegetables under Drought

Conditions -Grower Panel 2:00 pm, Organic Research and Extension at Lincoln

University: Farmer input

2:00 pm, The Local Flower Market -

Changing with the Times

- Karen Pendelton

2:00 pm, The Manna Meal Soup Kitchen Garden

-John Porter 2:15 pm, Update- Brown

Marmorated Stink Bug/Spotted Wing

Drosophila/ Japanese Beetle

- Jaime Pinero

2:45 pm, Developing a Community Garden on a Land

Grant University -Chris Murakami 2:45 pm, Seedless

Watermelon Trial -Sanjun Gu

3:00 pm, Trellis Options for Blackberry -Patrick Byers

3:15 pm, Starting an Urban Farm: Considerations and Options -

Miranda Duschack

2:45pm, Adjourn 3:30 pm, What is Biochar: Its Impact on Soil Properties and

Potato Crop Production -Ajay Nair

3:45 pm, Adjourn

END OF CONFERENCE Have a safe trip home. We hope to see you in 2014!

2013 Great Plains Growers Conference

REGISTRATION FORM

Name ________________________________________________________ (Please print as it should appear on your name tag)

Mailing Address___________________________________________________________Phone__________________________

City_______________________________State__________________Zip_____________County__________________________

Email: ___________________________________________ Secondary Email: _________________________________________

What category best describes your interest in the conference: □ Certified Organic Grower □ Grower # acres farmed_____

□ Educator □ Hobbyist □ Industry Related □ Other __________________________

January 10th Workshops (Choose One) High-Tunnel @ $55.00 = $______

Tree/Small Fruit @ $55.00 = $______

Honeybee @ $55.00 = $______

Soils & Irrigation @ $55.00 = $______

Vegetable Production @ $35.00 = $______

(Spanish) (Workshop is offered at a grant funded price)

Farm to School @ $55.00 = $______

Name ________________________________________________________ (Please print as it should appear on your name tag)

Mailing Address___________________________________________________________Phone__________________________

City_______________________________State__________________Zip_____________County__________________________

Email: ___________________________________________ Secondary Email: _________________________________________

What category best describes your interest in the conference: □ Certified Organic Grower □ Grower # acres farmed_____

□ Educator □ Hobbyist □ Industry Related □ Other __________________________

January 10th Workshops (Choose one) High-Tunnel @ $55.00 = $______

Tree/Small Fruit @ $55.00 = $______

Honeybee @ $55.00 = $______

Soils & Irrigation @ $55.00 = $______

Vegetable Production @ $35.00= $______ (Spanish) (Workshop is offered at a grant funded price)

Farm to School @ $55.00 = $______

Registration fees include meals and all break refreshments. Add $5 per registration/per day if postmarked after Dec. 27,

2012 or paid at the

door. Refunds will only be granted if cancellation is made prior to January 3, 2013. If mailing form in, please make check or money order payable to: Missouri University Extension. Mail to: GPGC, MU Extension, 4125 Mitchell Avenue, St. Joseph, MO 64507. There is a $25.00 fee on all returned checks. Contact: Mary Beth Alpers in the Buchanan County Extension Office, [email protected] or (816) 279-1691 with registration questions.

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January 11th @ $45.00 = $_______ January 12

th @ $45.00 = $_______

Total Registration: $__________

January 11th $45.00 $_______ January 12th $45.00 $_______ Total Registration: $__________

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