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February, 1997 Vol. 11, No. 2 |
Dates and Places
March 18 - Cover Crops for Soil Improvement, Water Quality, and Pest Management Meeting. LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis. See notice following this section for details.
March 18-20 - Crops Agent Training Session, Corvallis. See notice following this section for details.
May 28 - Hyslop Farm Field Day, Corvallis.
June 10 - Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center Field Day, Pendleton. Contact Dick Smiley (541-278-4186) for details.
June 11 - Moro Experiment Station Field Day, Moro. Contact Dick Smiley (541-278-4186) for details.
June 23-25, 1997 - Western Society of Crop Science, Soil Science and AAAS joint meeting, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
June 28-July 2, 1997 - National Association of Wheat growers Summer Leadership Workshop and Wheat Industry Resource Committee, Portland, OR. Contact Russ Karow, 541-737-5857 for further information.
Cover Crops for Soil Improvement, Water Quality, and Pest Management
A Cover Crops for Soil Improvement, Water Quality, and Pest Management Workshop will be
held at the LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis, OR on Tuesday, March 18, 1997. The meeting
agenda is as follows:
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Overview of Workshop - John Luna |
| 9:15 | Water Quality: Evidence of Soil Nitrogen Scavenging by Winter Annual Cover Crops - Del Hemphill and Dan McGrath |
| 9:35 | Cover Crop Impacts on Soil Ecology - Andy Moldenke |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:30 | Separate Working Groups: Cover crop selection criteria, cover crop mixtures, seeding and establishment, nitrogen from cover crops, and management options for green manuring, minimum tillage, and relay intercropping |
| Group I - Annual Cropping Systems (Vegetable and other row crops) Panel and Group Discussions: Panel members -Dan McGrath, Ed Peachey, John Luna, Richard Dick, Peter Kenagy, Del Hemphill, and Robert Sattell | |
| Group II - Perennial Cropping Systems (Grapes, berries, tree fruits, Christmas trees, and other perennial crops) Panel and Group Discussions: Panel members - Ray William, Carmo Candolfi, Diane Kaufman, and Dean Moburg | |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Cover Crop Effects on Nematodes - Russ Ingham |
| 1:30 | Cover Crops and Plant Pathogens - Maryls Cappaert |
| 2:00 | Separate Working Groups: Cover crops and pest management |
| Group I - Annual Cropping Systems (Vegetable and other row crops) Panel and Group Discussions: Panel members - Dan McGrath, Ed Peachey, John Luna, Peter Kenagy, and Maryls Cappaert | |
| Group II - Perennial Cropping Systems (Grapes, berries, tree fruits, Christmas trees, and other perennial crops) Panel and Group Discussions: Panel members - Ray William, Carmo Candolfi, Diane Kauffman, and Russ Ingham | |
| 3:30 - 4:30 | (Optional) Field Tour of Winter Annual Cover Crop Trials. Evaluation of eight cereal grains grown with common vetch, and evaluation of Phacelia tanacetifolia as a new cover crop for western Oregon. OSU Vegetable Crop Research Farm. Tour Leader - John Luna |
If you need any further information or if you have questions, please contact John M.
Luna, Department of Horticulture, 4143 Agricultural and Life Sciences Bldg., Corvallis, OR
97331, Phone: 541-737-5430, FAX: 541-737-3479, E-MAIL: lunaj@bcc.orst.edu
Crops Agent Training Session, March 18-20, 1997
Our annual Crops Agent Training Session will be held March 18-20 in Corvallis. The schedule is listed below:
Tuesday, March 18 |
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| 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | Cover Crop Conference organized by John Luna and Mary Staben. Will be held at LaSells Stewart Center. There will be an afternoon field tour of local plots. General registration fee of $25. | |
| 4:00 | Meeting of agents and specialists to discuss proposed plan of work and reporting requirements for 1997. Crop Science Building. | |
| Evening | Open house at the Ladd's. | |
| Wednesday, March 19 - Crop Science Room 138 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Faculty snap shots - two agents and two other faculty (30 minutes each) | |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:15 | Faculty meeting - staff planning update, departmental efforts to plan continuing education courses for field reps and others | |
| 11:00 | Herb Huddleston - Wetlands and Hudric Soils overview | |
| Noon | Lunch provided on-site - informal discussion with AREC staff on Ag. Statistics collection process and procedures planned for 1997 | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Ken Rykbost and Lynn Jensen - an overview of sugar beet production | |
| 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:15 | Karnal bunt update - Russ Karow and Steve Alderman | |
| 3:45 | Update on Crop and Soil Science World Wide Web activities and possibilities for agent involvement | |
| 4:15 | Ideas on program evaluation - Kathryn Kettel | |
| 6:30 | Gathering with CAS administrator and others at Herb Huddleston's | |
| Thursday, March 20, Crop Science Room 138 | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Russ Ingham - Nematodes and Nematology Overview | |
| Noon | Adjourn | |
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