| FOCUS SESSION 1a: (3 hours) |
International and Northern Great Plains Grower Experiences with Direct Seeding
Managing No-Till
Farming in Northeast Australia - Jeff Esdaile, Former Director, Livingston Farms,
Moree, New South Wales, Australia
Experiencing Changes in Soil Quality From 25 Years of Zero-Tillage in North
Dakota - Mark Krebsbach, Grower, Tappen, ND
Direct Seed Cropping Systems in North Central Montana: Evolution of No-Till
on Our Farm - Steve Keil, Grower, Conrad, MT
Direct Seed Systems in Germany and Europe - Michael Horsch, Grower and Equipment
Manufacturer, Schwandorf, Germany
| FOCUS SESSION 1b: (1 hour) |
Northwest Grower Highlights: Experiences with the Transition to Direct Seed Cropping Systems
Direct Seed Systems
in Northeastern Oregon: Doug and Carley Drake Ranch - Doug Drake, Heppner, OR
- 9- to 11-inch annual rainfall zone
Direct Seed Systems in North Central Idaho - Todd Wittman, Lapwai, ID - 15-
to 24-inch annual rainfall zone
| FOCUS SESSION 2a: (2 hours, 30 minutes) |
Managing for Soil Quality / Productivity Improvements
Tillage and Cropping
Systems Change Organic Matter: Inland Northwest Research Update - Stewart Wuest,
USDA-ARS Soil Scientist, Pendleton, OR
Building New
Organic Soil Through Permanent No-Till in Old Eroded Chilean Soils - Carlos
Crovetto, Grower and Author, Concepcion, Chile
Changes in
Soil Quality and Productivity with Direct Seeding - John Aeschliman, Grower,
Colfax, WA
| FOCUS SESSION 2b: (1 hour) |
Northwest Grower Highlights: Experiences with the Transition to Direct Seed Cropping Systems
What I Know About
Direct Seeding or Why I Haven't Sold the Plow - Leroy "Lee" Druffel,
Colton, WA - 15- to 20+-inch annual rainfall zone
Farming on
the Dry Side in Eastern Washington - Jerry Snyder, Ritzville, WA - 9- to 11-inch
annual rainfall zone
| FOCUS SESSION 3a: (2 hours, 30 minutes) |
Crops, Rotations and Management Strategies
Fall Dormant Seeding
--- A Management Alternative - Kevin Zaychuk, Agronomist, Grow Tec Inc. Nisku,
Alberta, Canada
Strategies
for Boosting Yields of Brassica and Grain Legumes Under Direct Seed Systems
- George Clayton, Cropping Systems Agronomist, Lethbridge Research Center, Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada
Pacific Northwest
Alternative Crops Production: Continuing to Address the Risks and Profitability
- Chad Shelton, Division Agronomist, Western Farm Service, Spokane, WA
Straw Removal
for Industrial Uses: Implications for Direct Seed Systems - Bill Pan, WSU Soil
Scientist, Pullman, WA
Northwest
Grower Highlights: Experiences with the Transition to Direct Seed Cropping Systems
(Session 3 of 4)
Direct Seed
Systems in the Intermediate Rainfall Zone of Eastern Washington - Tom Zwainz,
Reardan / Colfax, WA - 17-inch annual rainfall zone
Direct Seed
Systems in Higher Rainfall Zone of North Central Idaho - David Mosman, Nezperce,
ID - 22- to 26-inch precipitation zone
| FOCUS SESSION 3b: (2 hours) |
Northwest Grower Highlights: Experiences with the Transition to Direct Seed Cropping Systems
Direct Seed Systems
in Northeastern Oregon - Berkley "Berk" Davis, Pendleton, OR - 15-
to 20-inch annual rainfall zone
Direct Seed
Systems in Northeastern Washington - Randy and Jeff Emtman, Valleyford, WA -
18- to 25-inch annual rainfall zone
| FOCUS SESSION 3c: (1 hour) |
Northwest Grower Highlights: Experiences with the Transition to Direct Seed Cropping Systems
Direct Seed Systems in Northeastern Oregon - Berkley "Berk" Davis, Pendleton, OR - 15- to 20-inch annual rainfall zone
Direct Seed Systems in Northeastern Washington - Randy and Jeff Emtman, Valleyford, WA - 18- to 25-inch annual rainfall zone
| FOCUS SESSION 4: (2 hours, 30 minutes) |
Weed and Rodent Management Strategies
Understanding Vole
Problems in Direct Seeding -- Strategies for Management - Gary Witmer, Research
Wildlife Biologist and Project Leader, Agricultural Rodent Damage Integrated
Pest Management Project, USDA National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins,
CO
Impact of
Tillage Intensity on Weed Populations and Associated Weed Management Strategies
on the Canadian Prairies - Bob Blackshaw, Weed Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Foods
Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta
Managing Volunteer
After Herbicide-Resistant Crops - Curtis Rainbolt, University of Idaho Doctoral
Weed Science Student, Moscow, ID; Donn Thill, UI Weed Scientist, Moscow; Dan
Ball, OSU Weed Scientist, Pendleton, OR; Joe Yenish, WSU Extension Weed Scientist,
Pullman, WA; and Frank Young, USDA-ARS Research Agronomist / Weed Scientist,
Pullman
Weed Management
Strategies for PNW Direct Seed and Reduced Tillage Systems - Frank Young, USDA-ARS
Research Agronomist / Weed Scientist, Pullman, WA