University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension will provide corn and soybean producers information on how to be successful with no-till farming practices at the Nebraska No-Till Conference.
The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on February 20 at the UNL’s Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead and on Feb. 21 at the Ag Center in Holdrege. Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Conference organizers, UNL Extension Educators, Keith Glewen and Chuck Burr, and Paul Jasa, UNL Extension Engineer, indicated that producers will learn the benefits of no-till and how it can work for them.
Speakers include no-till farmers, university specialists and industry representatives.
The ARDC conference focuses on “Three Farmers, Three No-Tillers, Three Different Stories” with presentations by Duane Lange, Keith Thompson and Jerry Crew. Other topics include: Controlling Trees in No-Till with Lowell Sandell, UNL Extension Weed Science Educator and What I Heard Today and What I Learned in 2007! with Paul Jasa, UNL Extension Engineer
No-till farmers Lange and Thompson will also speak at the Holdrege conference and Jasa’s topic will change to “Residue Management – Achieving Uniform Emergence”. Dwayne Beck, of Prairie Lakes Research Farm, Pierre, SD, will present Do You “C” What I “C”. And a Rainfall Simulator Demonstration on Conventional and No-Till Soils will be provided by Dan Gillespie, NRCS No-Till Specialist.
Pre-registration is due February 13. For more information or to register at the ARDC location, call (402)624-8030 or (800)529-8030 or e-mail at kglewen1@unl.edu. For more information or to register at the Holdrege location, call (308) 995-4222 or e-mail cburr1@unl.edu. Online registration available at http://ardc.unl.edu/no-till.shtml.
Download the flyer at http://ardc.unl.edu/08NoTillConference.pdf.
There is no fee for this conference, courtesy of the following sponsors: UNL Extension in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nebraska Soybean Board, Lower Platte North Natural Resources District, Tri-Basin Natural Resources District, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Farm Credit Services of America. John Deere Risk Protection and Ag Service Associates.
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