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Sustainable Farming Systems
Field Day Agenda
UC Davis Russell Ranch - June 23, 2005, 7:30 a.m. – 1:40 p.m.
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7:30 |
Sign-In/refreshments |
8:15 |
Introductions: William Horwath (Sustainable Agriculture Farming
Systems-SAFS, UCD LAWR- Professor-Soil & Biogeochemistry), Steve
Kaffka (Long-Term Research in Agricultural Systems experiment - LTRAS,
UCD Plant Sciences CE Specialist) |
8:30 |
Load wagons for field tour at 4 sites |
8.45 |
Field Site presentations:
- Conservation tillage in tomato and corn production: agronomic and pest
considerations
Steve Temple (UCD Plant Sciences Cooperative Extension Specialist-Agronomy),
Kent Brittan (UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Yolo/Solano/Sacramento
counties), Gene Miyao (UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor,
Yolo/Solano/Sacramento counties)
- Pest management and soil food web in organic and conservation farming systems
Howard Ferris (UCD Nematology - Professor), Tom Lanini
(UCD Plant Sciences- CE Specialist-Weed Ecology), Corin Pease (UCD
Entomology-Junior Specialist), Sukhwinder Kaur (UCD Plant Pathology-Post
Graduate Researcher)
- Water management and conservation in cover-based cropping and drip irrigation systems
William Horwath (UCD LAWR Professor - Soil & Biogeochemistry),
Aaron Ristow (LAWR Graduate Student Researcher), Cynthia Kallenbach
( IAD/Soil Graduate Student Researcher ) Z. Kabir (Research Manager, SAFS/LAWR),
Sam Prentice (LAWR Post-Graduate Researcher)
- Carbon sequestration in no- tillage, cover crop, corn and wheat cropping systems
William Horwath (UCD LAWR Professor - Soil & Biogeochemistry),
Steve Kaffka (UCD Plant Sciences – Cooperative Extension Specialist
- Agronomy), Dennis Bryant (LTRAS - Associate Director)
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10:45-11:00 |
Break |
11:15 |
Keynote Speaker: Carol Whiteside, President, Great Valley Center, California |
12:00 |
Lunch |
12:15 |
Economic impact of sustainable farming management systems
Karen Klonsky (UCD Agricultural & Resource Economics - CE Specialist - farm management) |
12:45-1:30 |
Grower panel discussion: Farmer perspective on conservation tillage research results
- field application of agronomic & pest considerations
Facilitator: Gene Miyao(UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor,
Yolo/Solano/Sacramento counties);
Growers: Bruce Rominger, Scott Park, Tony Turkovich |
1:30 |
Evaluation |
1:40 |
Adjourn |
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