| Alfalfa Industry and Market Trends |
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| 8:00 am |
Welcome |
| Steve Orloff, Symposium Chair, UC Cooperative Extension, Yreka, CA |
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| 8:05 |
Trends in the Alfalfa Industry: Is it really as bad as it looks? |
| Dan Putnam, Extension Forage Specialist, UC Davis, Davis, CA |
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| 8:25 |
Dairy Outlook: What is the future of dairies in the West? |
| Bill Van Dam, Alliance of Western Milk Producers, Sacramento, CA |
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| 8:50 |
How Dairies are Dealing with the Current Economic Situation: Impact on Forages |
| Mireille Chahine, Extension Dairy Specialist, University of Idaho, Twin Falls, ID |
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| 9:15 |
What Happened to All the Horses and What are They Eating? |
| Anne Rodiek, Professor, Dept of Animal Science and Agriculture Education, Cal State University, Fresno, CA |
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| 9:40 |
Discussion |
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| 9:50 |
Break |
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| Improving Profitability |
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| 10:20 |
Reducing Inputs to Improve Profits: Good or bad idea? |
| Steve Orloff, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Yreka, CA |
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| 10:40 |
Adapting Cutting Management to Market Conditions |
| Glenn Shewmaker, Forage Specialist, University of Idaho, Twin Falls, ID |
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| 11:00 |
Panel Discussion: Marketing Your Hay in a Low Priced Year |
| Dick Schader, Red Rock Ranch, Macdoel, CA
Philip Bowles, Bowles Farming, Los Banos, CA
Norman Beach, San Joaquin Valley Haygrowers Assn., Tracy, CA |
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| 11:30 |
Surviving Difficult Times: Lessons learned from those who have and have not |
| Bob Boyle, Northwest Farm Credit Services, Salem, OR |
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| 11:50 |
Discussion |
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| Breakout Session I: Pest Management in Alfalfa |
| Organizers: Rachael Long, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Woodland, CA and Phil Petersen, Area Extension Educator, WSU, Ephrata, WA |
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| 1:30 |
Conventional and Organic Methods for Insect Pest Control in Alfalfa Production |
| Rachael Long, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Woodland, CA |
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| 1:50 |
Control Strategies for Some Difficult to Control Weeds |
| Mick Canevari, Farm Advisor Emeritus, UCCE, Stockton, CA |
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| 2:10 |
Vertebrate Pest Control in Alfalfa |
| Michael Slater, Wildlife Biologist, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services, La Grande, OR |
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| 2:30 |
Alfalfa Nematodes and their Management |
| Saad Hafez, Extension Professor, Nematology, University of Idaho, Parma, ID |
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| 2:50 |
Discussion |
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| 3:00 |
Break |
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| Breakout Session II: Soils and Irrigation |
| Organizers: Larry Schwankl, Irrigation Specialist, UC Davis, Parlier, CA and Rob Mikkelsen, Western Director, International Plant Nutrition Institute, Merced, CA |
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| 1:30 |
How Do You Know Your Lab Results Are Any Good? |
| Dirk Holstege, Director DANR Analytical Laboratory, UC Davis, Davis, CA |
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| 1:50 |
Site Specific Fertilization of Alfalfa Fields: Improved yield at lower costs? |
| Andre Biscaro, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Lancaster, CA |
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| 2:10 |
Center Pivot Management |
| Howard Neibling, Extension Water Management Engineer, University of Idaho, Twin Falls, ID |
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| 2:30 |
Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Alfalfa: A grower's initial experience |
| Cannon Michael, Bowles Farming, Los Banos, CA |
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| 2:50 |
Discussion |
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| 3:00 |
Break |
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| Breakout Session III: Bio-Energy and Alternative Forages |
| Organizers: Steve Fransen, Forage Agronomist, WSU, Prosser, WA and Jay Davidson, Area Forage and Alternative Crops Specialist, UNCE, Fallon, NV |
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| 1:30 |
Overview of Bio-Energy Crops and the Conversion Process |
| Birgitte Ahring, Director Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, WSU Tri-Cities, Richland, WA |
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| 1:50 |
Agronomics of Switchgrass for Biofuel in the West |
| Steve Fransen, Forage Agronomist, Washington State University, Prosser, WA |
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| 2:10 |
Annual Warm-Season Grasses for Bio-Fuel Production in the West |
| Mike Ottman, Extension Agronomist, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
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| 2:30 |
Teff Grass: A new alternative |
| Don Miller, Director of Product Development, Producer’s Choice Seeds, Nampa, ID |
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| 2:50 |
Discussion |
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| 3:00 |
Break |
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2009 Western Alfalfa & Forage Conference
