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265 Holiday Inn Road, Suite 3 Clarion, PA 16214
(814)-226-8160 ext 5  ●  Fax: (814)-226-4521

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2006 Tri-State Tillage Conference

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Radisson Hotel, West Middlesex, PA

Program

  • REGISTRATION 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM  Coffee, Donuts, & Visit Exhibitors
  • MORNING SESSION 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • WELCOME by Ernest Oelker, OSU Extension Agent, Columbiana County, Ohio
  • SOIL CONDITIONING INDEX-WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Joel Myers, USDA-NRCS, Pennsylvania State Agronomist
  • THE ECOLOGY OF NO-TILL Jill Clapperton, Rhizosphere Ecologist at the Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge Research Centre
     
  • BREAK TO VISIT PROGRAM SPONSORS
  • PROGRAM SPONSORS' HIGHLIGHTS
  • NITROGEN MANAGEMENT IN NO-TILL CORN
    Dr. Robert Mullen, Soil Fertility Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University

  • LUNCH AT THE RADISSON HOTEL 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
     
  • AFTERNOON SESSION 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM
  • THE ECONOMICS OF CONSERVATION TILLAGE Ed Staehr, Extension Educator-Cornell Cooperative Extension, Onondaga County & Dave Shearing, Machinery Consultant with the Western New York Crop Management Association

  • BREAK TO VISIT PROGRAM SPONSORS

  • FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS WITH JILL CLAPPERTON
  • PANEL DISCUSSION ON ECONOMICS OF CONSERVATION TILLAGE
    Ed Staehr, Dave Shearing, and others

  • EVALUATION, CCA CREDITS, PESTICIDE CREDITS, ADJOURNMENT

    Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Section 319 program

    2006 Tri-State Tillage Conference Sponsors

    Agrotain International

    Ag Choice Farm Credit, ACA

    Chemgro Seeds

    Cope Equipment, Inc

    Deerfield Farm Services, Inc

    Lawrence County Conservation District

    Martin Planter Attachments

    Mercer County Ag Development Council

    Mercer County Conservation District

    Pioneer Hi Bred International, Inc.

    Pure Earth Products LLC Corp.

    RC Enterprises

    Rupp Seeds, Inc.

    T.R. Shearer Ag & Landscaping

    Trumbull County Soil & Water Conservation District

    Western PA Conservancy

    Wilclan Farm Systems, Inc.

    Email RC&D Coordinator Wes Ramsey for a registration package: wes.ramsey@pa.usda.gov, or

    Click here to register for the 2007 conference  - a downloadable and printable Adobe Acrobat file

    Penn Soil Projects
    Current Projects  ●  Completed Projects  ●  New Project Proposals
    The Annual Tri-State Conservation Tillage Conference:  2007 |
    2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

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