Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Please refer to your registration packet for session descriptions and meeting room assignments (3 meeting rooms total)
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Commercial Crops |
Commercial Livestock |
Urban Agriculture |
Small Acreage |
8:30 – 9:00 am |
Registration and breakfast |
9:00 – 9:40 am |
Keynote presentation – Bob Sakata, Sakata Farms |
9:40 – 10:00 am |
Break and Trade Show |
10:00 – 11:00 am |
Enhancing Soil Biology/Nutrition panel – Mark Guttridge and Dr. Mary Stromberger |
Livestock Disease Traceability* -
Dr. Keith Roehr |
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Poisonous Plants Talk – Dr. Tony Knight |
11:10 – 12:10 pm |
Lessons from Jensen Farm Listeria Outbreak* -
Dr. Larry Goodridge |
Biosecurity –
Dr. Nick Striegel |
Post-harvest handling for CSAs and Farmers Markets – Karen McManus |
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12:10 – 2:00 pm |
Lunch plus networking and trade show |
2:00 – 3:00 pm |
Seed To Harvest – Tomatoes and Related Crops – Dr. Mike Bartolo |
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Building a Value-Added Business* - Janice Brown |
Biology and Mgt of Grasshoppers and Blister Beetles – Dr. Frank Peairs |
3:10 – 4:10 pm |
Cover Cropping Strategies for the High Plains(1) & (2) – John Martin and Adrian Card |
What Happens When…* - Dr. Nick Striegel |
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New Fruit and Nut Trees for the Front Range – Andy Hough |
4:10 – 5:00 pm |
Networking and Trade Show |
5:00 – 6:00 |
Break and switch to night session – Registration table closed |
6:00 – 6:30 |
Registration table open – night session separate registration from day conference |
6:30 – 8:30 pm |
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Establishment and Management of Grasses in Colorado –
Don Hijar and David Moore |
*Non production session (marketing, business issues, regs, policy, risk management, etc.)
Commercial crops = fruit, veg and other crops for commercial intent (>25% of household income), scales greater than 2 acres
Commercial livestock = niche livestock for commercial intent (>25% of household income)
Urban ag = crops and livestock for commercial and non-commercial intent, scales less than 2 acres in an urban market/service area
Small acreage = non-commercial crops, livestock and natural resources management |
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Please refer to your registration packet for session descriptions and meeting room assignments (3 meeting rooms total)
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Commercial Crops |
Commercial Livestock |
Urban Agriculture |
Small Acreage |
8:30 – 9:00 am |
Registration and breakfast |
9:00 – 9:40 am |
Keynote presentation – Martha Sullins, Ag Business Mgt Small Farms Specialist, CSU Extension
Scaling Up Resources: How CSU Extension is Creating Opportunities for Small Farms |
9:40 – 10:00 am |
Break and Trade Show |
10:00 – 11:00 am |
High Tunnel Producer Panel (1) & (2)– Anne Cure, Catherine Wissner, Dr. Frank Stonaker |
Bridging the Cultural Divide* - Dr. Noa Roman-Muniz |
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Herb Production –
Deb Whittaker |
11:10 – 12:10 pm |
- “Pumping Considerations for Small Farms” – Gene Wagner
- Updates on Organic Certification Process/Requirements* - Casey Palmer
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Small Plot Successive Cropping – Carl Wilson |
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12:10 – 2:00 pm |
Lunch plus networking and trade show |
2:00 – 3:00 pm |
Fertigation with Drip Irrigation –
Dr. Frank Stonaker |
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Volunteer and Community Mgt for CSAs* - Lew Grant |
Zoonosis – Diseases Shared by Humans and Animals –
Dr. David Van Metre |
3:10 – 4:10 pm |
Greenhouse Design Considerations –
Dr. Steve Newman |
TBD* |
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Manure Utilization (1) & (2) –
Dr. Jessica Davis |
4:10 – 5:00 pm |
Networking and Trade Show |
5:00 – 6:00 |
Break and switch to night session – Registration table closed |
6:00 – 6:30 |
Registration table open – night session separate registration from day conference |
6:30 – 8:30 pm |
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Backyard Poultry Production – Dallas Gilbert , Doug Rice, Gail Johnson, Blake Angelo |
*Non production session (marketing, business issues, regs, policy, risk management, etc.)
Commercial crops = fruit, veg and other crops for commercial intent (>25% of household income), scales greater than 2 acres
Commercial livestock = niche livestock for commercial intent (>25% of household income)
Urban ag = crops and livestock for commercial and non-commercial intent, scales less than 2 acres in an urban market/service area
Small acreage = non-commercial crops, livestock and natural resources management |
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