2007 Southern Rocky Mountain Agricultural Conference Presentations

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2007 SRMAC Proceedings

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Potato Day (Tuesday, January 30th)

Potato Management Seminar

• Potato Cyst Nematode Survey — Patrick McPherren
• Best Management Practices for Nematode Management and Control — Russ Ingham
• Potato Market Supply and Demand — Buzz Shahan
• In's and Out's of DMN in Potato Market Storage — Sastry Jayanty
• Trends in Potato Storage (proceedings and presentation) — Mike Lewis
• Update of Colorado Potato Breeding Program — David Holm & Fahrettin Goktepe
• State of Colorado's Certified Seed Potato Program — Rob Davidson
• Potato Cultivar Management: Canela & Rio Grande Russet and proceedings — Samuel Essah
• Using Green Manure to Enhance Potato Production
• Nematodes — Merlin Dillon
• Effects on Nutrient Cycling, Tuber Yield, and Quality — Jorge Delgado
• Soil Fungal Diversity and Biomass — Daniel Manter

Grain Day (Wednesday, January 31st)

Small Grain Management Seminar

• Organic Durum Extraordinary Market Opportunities — Kathryn Begeal
• New Herbicides for Wheat and Barley — Phil Westra
• Enhancing Grain Protein in Wheat and Barley — Merlin Dillon
• Growing and Marketing Malt Barleys — Ray Pinney
• Growing and Marketing Pristine HWS Wheat — Kevin Hodges & Dan Biggerstaff
• SLV Area Noxious Weed Update — Darrell Plane
• Limited Irrigation Sunflower for Biodiesel Production — Ben Doon
• Understanding Ultra-Low Sulfer Diesel — Dan Mortensen & Rob Bond

Forage Day (Thursday, February 1st)

Alfalfa Management Seminar

• Understanding Alfalfa Winterkill — Dan Undersander
• Using Roundup Ready Technology to Produce Higher Quality Alfalfa — Phil Westra
• Reseeding Old Alfalfa Stands — Dan Undersander
• Managing Alfalfa to Reduce Winterkill — Richard Sparks
• Using Bio-fertility and Bio-pesticides in Production Agronomy — Michael Holmes

Organic Production Seminar

• Experiences of a Local Organic Producer — Amy Kunugi
• Organic Fertility Management — Adriane Elliott
  More Information about Managing Organic Fertility: www.manuremanagement.info
• Organic Crop Production — Patrick O'Neill

Water & Livestock Day (Friday, February 2nd)

Water Management Seminar

• Choice: Saving Water or Saving Soil — Richard Sparks
• Water Metering Concerns — Corey DeAngeles
  More ground water and well pumping information: www.water.state.co.us
• Water: Where We're At, Where We're Going — Mike Sullivan
  More information about # of acres of irrigated land: www.qpublic.net/riogrande/

Livestock Production Seminar

• Investigation of Abortions in Beef Cattle — John Andrews
• Investigation of Weak Calves — John Andrews