San Luis Valley Research Center - Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station

2009 Southern Rocky Mountain Agricultural Conference Presentations

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2009 SRMAC Proceedings

Forage Day (Tuesday, February 10th)

Alfalfa Management Seminar

Alfalfa Fall Cutting Management - Merlin Dillon

Alfalfa Production Management – Calvin Pearson

Controlling Weeds in Alfalfa – George Beck

Hay Testing: What the Numbers Mean and How to Improve Them – Joe Brummer, Jessica Davis

Controlling Noxious Weeds in Alfalfa – George Beck

Soil Management Seminar

Part 1: New Alternative Sustainable Crops for SLV; Part 2: Soil Management Systems – Calvin Pearson

Improving Soil Health and Productivity – Jessica Davis

Green Manure and Cover Crops for a Purpose – Richard Sparks

Qualifying Farming Practices for Carbon Credits – Tony Frank

Potato Day (Wednesday, February 11th)

Sustainable Potato Management Seminar

Screening Potato Germplasm for Powdery Scab Resistance – Andrew Houser

New Cultivars Improve Sustainability and Enhance Profits – David Holm (You may contact Dr. Holm if you need a copy of his presentation at (719)754-3594.

Preventing Physiological Disorders in Potato Storage – Sastry Jayanty

Fresh Demand Working Group – Cary Hoffman & Jim Ehrlich

Potato Rotations for Sustainable Production – Robert Larkin

Alternative Potato Crop Management for Sustainable Tuber Yield and Quality – Samuel Essah

Risk Management to Improve Sustainability and Profitability in Potato Production – Rob Davidson

New Directions in Potato Certification – Kent Sather

Economics of Potato Production – Joe Guenther

Grain Day (Thursday, February 12th)

Small Grain Management Seminar

Making Better Variety Decisions – Merlin Dillon

Controlling Disease in Wheat and Barley – Ned Tisserat (crop formula)

Barley Facilities and Storage Management – Judy Jolly

Controlling Weeds in Small Grains, an Update – Charlie Hicks

Crop Insurance Changes for 2009 – Craig Dresher

FSA New Farm Bill Update, CED’s – Russel Valdez, Kevin Reeves & Don Greenstreet

Water Day (Friday, February 13th)

Water Management Seminar

Use Every Drop, Strategies to Reduce Crop Water Use - Richard Sparks

Enhanced CRP (CREP) – Tim Davis

Establishing CREP Grassland, a Research Project – Richard Sparks & Merlin Dillon

Water Issues of the SLV; Looking Back – Craig Cotton, Looking Forward - Mike Sullivan

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