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Conservation Tillage, Tech event features corn, soybean experts
Have you ever attended “Corn University?” Would you want to attend if it featured four university corn specialists, namely Roger Elmore from Iowa State, Emerson Nafziger from the University of Illinois, Bob Nielsen, from Purdue’s and Peter Thomison, of Ohio State? All in the same room, the same afternoon?

Been enrolled in “Soybean School” lately? Will you be interested in signing up, knowing that Vince Davis, soybean specialist at the University of Illinois and Shaun Conley, from the University of Wisconsin, plan to share a few words of wisdom?

Everything already mentioned and much more await those farmers and other agricultural professionals who attend the Feb. 25 and 26 Conservation Tillage & Technology Conference at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. This meeting attracts hundreds of people every year. Some attend annually, others occasionally. In addition, new faces appear at each conference to take in a specific topic, hear a certain speaker or just to try to absorb as much as possible.

Many of the presentations are geared towards conservation tillage and technology as you would expect from the title of the conference. In reality, subjects deal with about anything related to grain production, including seed selection, pest control, fertilization and the technology of coordinating all inputs. Think that there in no way all of these topics can be reviewed in a two-day agenda that actually has even more? Is this just more hot air and verbal dung from the writer of Ohio Farm News?  Believe it or not, biogas and dung management are thoroughly investigated agenda items.

You can choose to participate in either or both days of the conference. On the 25th, take in the previously mentioned “Corn University”, nutrient/manure management issues including Certified Livestock Manager training, a host of presentations dealing with soil, water and biofuels or learn advanced crop scouting techniques. Learn about stand establishment in no-till corn, side-dressing corn with manure, and the use of Veris as an analysis tool. Access the knowledge base of speakers from Oklahoma State, Washington State and Heidelburg, plus various farmers, an all-star panel, crop consultants and agency types from across Ohio.

Strip till, the nitrogen-cycle, special EQIP funds, and planting equipment adjustment are the lead subjects on Feb 26. Speakers from Nebraska, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio offer up the “Soybean School”, more dung discussion, commercial fertilization subjects, cover crops and precision guidance talks to help keep participants on the straight and narrow path to success.

In 2009, nearly 900 people attended to hear speakers from nine universities and over 66 total presenters. Of course, you cannot be in every session, but there is certainly something of interest to almost anyone involved in crop production.

Leading farmers who attended estimated their Conservation Tillage and Technology experience was worth about $13 per acre they farmed. Certified Crop Advisors valued the knowledge gained even higher at $16 per acre.

Save a few bucks by registering by Feb. 15. Registration information can be obtained by calling 419-223-0040 ext. 3 or online at http://ctc.osu.edu

The Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference is sponsored by Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Northwest Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Districts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency and The Ohio No-Till Council. Hope to see you in Ada!
2/4/2010