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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REGISTRATION

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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