WAE seminars offer wide mix of agricultural topics

Visitors to World Ag Expo on Feb. 13-15 will have the opportunity to attend one or more seminars on a wide variety of topics. Seminars are offered on all three days of the show.

The seminars take place in three trailers on the showgrounds. Here is the schedule:

Feb. 13

TRAILER 1:

• 10 a.m., Managing the Sun: Solar Asset Management for Ag Operations, Jason Smith.
• 11 a.m., Recycling Ag Plastic Just Got Easier, Matt Andros.
• Noon, Do You Have A Fugitive Dust Problem? Silvia Barber.
• 1 p.m., Harvest Maximum Photosynthesis with Cover Crops, Jim Boak.
• 2 p.m., Bio-Degradable Mulch Films in Specialty Crops, Brad Karst.
• 3 p.m., Changing Financial World, Pablo Borquez.
• 4 p.m., Stop the Bleed — Trauma Care, Amber Woods and Nichole Atherton.

TRAILER 2:

• 10 a.m., The 21st Century Dairy, Paul Anema, Chris Garnier and Gary Genske.
• 11 a.m., An Alternative to Genomic Testing, Bill VerBoort and Denise Athy.
• Noon, Profiting from Methane Capture, Credits and Grants, N. Ross Buckenham and Neil Black.
• 1 p.m., Component Production: Is your herd efficiency up to par?, Shane Holt.
• 2 p.m., Dairy Drinking Water Quality, Joseph Lyman.
• 3 p.m., Quality Calf Programs Start with Quality Milk Replacer, Bob James.
• 4 p.m., Clean Water and Cow Comfort — Key to Dairy Profitability, Ross Thurston.

TRAILER 3:

• 9:30 a.m., Ag Technology: What's Hot, What's Not, and Why, Danny Royer and Penelope Nagel.
• 10:45 a.m., CV Salts: Long Term Fix To Nitrates In Groundwater Advancing To Adoption, Parry Klassen.
• 11:45 a.m., My Job Depends on Ag, Erik Wilson and Steve Malanca.
• 1:30 p.m., Financial State of Agriculture, Curt Covington and Marlea Lyon.
• 2:45 p.m., Empowering Women in Ag to Transform through Gratitude: You Feed the World, Now Feed the Soul, Arleana Waller.
• 4 p.m., Are You Getting The Most From Your FSA and Rural Development Program? Kim Vann and Aubrey Bettencourt.
• 5 p.m., Evening Networking Reception, Sigma Alpha Sorority.

Feb. 14

TRAILER 1:

• 10 a.m., Agriculture Conservation Easements, Daniel O'Connell, Scott Spear and Holly King.
• 11 a.m., Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Paul Hendrix, Mark Larsen and Soapy Mulholland.
• 1 p.m., Don't Kill Your Golden Goose: Succession Strategies, Larry Oxenham.
• 2 p.m., ABCs Of Organic Certification, Callie Cooper, Certification Officer, Oregon Tilth, and Gwynn Sawyer Ostrom, Review Program Technical Supervisor, OMRI.

TRAILER 2:

• 10 a.m., Exploring the Myths and Realities of Exporting.
• 11 a.m., Show Me The Money! Securing Payment For International Sales.
• 1 p.m., Farm Wisdom: USDA Programs.
• 2 p.m., Manufacturing the Future: The Next Era of Global Growth and Innovation.
• 3 p.m. Southeast Asia Emerges as Global Growth Leader.

TRAILER 3:

• 9:30 a.m., Federal Legislation Review: Insight on Water, Pesticides and GMO Labeling, Richard Gupton.
• Noon, Conscientious Philanthropy and Community Involvement Ag Advocacy, Karen Musson.
• 1 p.m. Selfies, Social Consciousness & Inclusion: What Matters to Millennials, Kristi Sproul.
• 2:15 p.m., Career Roundtable, Doris Mold, Ag Economist, University of Minnesota; Brandi LoForti, InsureCal Insurance Agency; Holly Carter, Carter & Co. Communications; Stacy Whitner, Pecan Grove Farms; Shannon Douglass, California Farm Bureau; Kirti Mutatkar, United Ag; Tara Smith Anderson, American Petroleum Institute.
• 4 p.m., 2018 Farm Bill.
• 5 p.m., Wine Reception.

Feb. 15

TRAILER 1:

• 10 a.m., Ag Tech Disruptive Technologies Saving Costs, Reinier van der Lee.
• Noon, Get To the Root Cause and Unlock Operational Efficiency, Katy Griffin.
• 1 p.m., Advantages of Real-Time Soil Tension Data for Irrigation Management, Ben Smith.

TRAILER 2:

• 10 a.m., Advances in Irrigation Flow Meter Technology, Jon R. Johnston.
• 10:30 a.m., Transformation through Mobile Drip Irrigation Technology, Monty J. Teeter.
• 11 a.m., Close Spacing LEPA Applicators Improve Irrigation Efficiency, Dan Schueler.
• 11:30 a.m., Pulse Irrigation on Almonds: Drop Water Usage While Increasing Yields, Guillermo Valenzuela and Mark Yoshimoto.
• Noon, Water Management Issues and Opportunities: Lessons from Colorado, Bethany Reinholtz.
• 12:30 p.m., Managing Soil Moisture and Salinity Data via a Cloud-Based Platform, Bridget Graf.
• 1 p.m., How Are Farmers Adopting Technology Today For Future Profitability Growth? Scott Warr.
• 1:30 p.m., Interpreting Soil Moisture Data, Brian Bourbonnais.
• 2 p.m., Advances in Irrigation Flow Meter Technology, Katie Englin.
• 2:30 p.m., Compact, Efficient and Expandable Title 22 Treatment System for Small Water Systems, Peachie Maher Hytowitz.

TRAILER 3:

• 9:30 a.m., The Future of American Energy: Workforce Opportunities in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry, Tara Smith Anderson.
• 10:45 a.m., FSMA: Food Safety and Water, Priscilla Rodriguez.
• Noon: Agroterrorism, David Goldenberg and Sheldon Fung.
• 1:30 p.m., AgVocacy: How to Make a Lasting First Impression, Kristine Ranger and Doris Mold.
• 3 p.m., Cannabis: From Black Market to Mainstream, April Crittenden, Bryce Berryess, Nicole Anderson and Ian Rice.