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2010
Agriculture’s Innovative Minds (AIM)
Symposium
September 7th, 2010
Nebraska City, NE
The Lied Lodge/Arbor Day Farm
Anyone interested in staying
at The Lied Lodge can contact them directly at
800-546-5433 to reserve a single room for $93 or a double room for $103 plus
tax.
(Click here for
more info on the Lied Lodge)
ONLINE REGISTRATION AND PHONE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CLOSED
AGENDA
subject to change without notice
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8:00
– 8:45 a.m. Registration, The Lied Lodge
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8:45
– 9:00
Welcome,
Brian Lindley,
Executive Director, No-till on the Plains, Inc.
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9:00
– 10:30
Dr. Jill Clapperton, Dr. Ray Ward, Francis Yeatman
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10:30 – 10:50
Break time
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10:50 – 12 p.m.
Dr.
Ray Ward
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12:00 – 1:15
Lunch and motivational video
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1:15 – 1:30
Break time
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1:30 – 2:00
No-till on the Plains Vision,
Brian Lindley
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2:00
Learn from the Past,
Dr. Jill Clapperton
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Featured Speakers |
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 Dr.
Jill Clapperton
Earthspirit Consulting
8337 Lamar Trail
Florence, MT 59833
(406) 273-2228
earthspiritconsulting@gmail.com
Soil Health Consultant Dr. Jill Clapperton was the Rhizosphere Ecologist
at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge Research Centre in
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada for 15 years. During her time in Lethbridge,
Jill lead the Rhizosphere Ecology Research Group studying
plant-disease-soil-nematode interactions, crop variety-nutrient uptake
rhizosphere community interactions, and soil organic matter quality
influences on the diversity and population dynamics of soil fauna. In
November 2006, Jill moved onto the Maclay family ranch near Carlton in
western Montana where she owns and operates her own consulting business,
Earthspirit Land Resource Consulting. Jill has been a popular speaker at
several of our previous Winter Conferences. This is a rare opportunity
to interact with one of the world’s authorities on the microbial
interaction taking place in our soils. Get the tools to achieve the next
step to unlock the potential in your soils. Jill will bring the world to
you – things that are new and innovative that you can do on your farm.
Don’t miss the chance to ask Dr. Clapperton the questions that will help
you take your operation to the next level!
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 Francis
Yeatman
Agricultural Advisor, Integrations Farming Systems
Soil and Crop Nutrition
South Africa
yeatman@kingsley.co.za
Francis has personal experience with intensive farming systems as well
as serving as a Soil Technician for the South Africa Department of
Agriculture where he was responsible for Run-off Control Planning,
contour design and lay-out as well as dam designing. This gave him an
opportunity to study soil physical characteristics, soil classification,
moisture holding capacity, drainage, soil compaction, land capability
classing, etc. Francis has been consulting on 70 different crops since
1999 throughout South Africa.
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 Ray
Ward
Ray is president and co-owner of Ward
Laboratories, Inc. since 1983. He holds numerous memberships
in scientific and honorary academic societies and organizations. His
goals for agriculture and agronomy are to help production agriculture use
its resources as efficiently as possible, to provide information and data
for developing the best use of soil and water resources while maintaining
environmental quality, to be involved in “value-added” agriculture, and to
provide accurate laboratory data for managing production enterprises.
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The History and Future of AIM
Agriculture’s Innovative
Minds (AIM) Symposium is a series of meetings with the precise focus
of assisting advanced producers as they lead continuous no-till into
unchartered territory. Prospective attendees of the AIM
Symposium have already determined that continuous no-till is the
superior production method, and they are already extremely
comfortable in an intensively-managed holistic system.
Executive Director Brian Lindley shares, “It is
my personal goal to see our producers take charge of our own
industry (agriculture production) and establish their own future. I
want producers to tell the agricultural industry what is required to
get to the next step – not let industry dictate to producers what
the next step should be. I firmly believe the primary key for
success at this next level will be based on an understanding and
knowledge of superior soil health, and it will only be accomplished
by properly managed continuous no-tillage.”
It is the goal of No-till on the Plains
to keep the no-till innovators aware of what is happening globally.
Expect to be mentally challenged! Again,
this is not a meeting to learn how to no-till – this is for those
who have already achieved no-till success but realize that their
system has not yet achieved its full potential. No-till on the
Plains endeavors to empower producers by sharing with them the
critical analysis tools and management techniques utilized by the
absolute leading experts from across the world.
Watch for the next in the series of AIM
Symposiums!
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Reactions from those
who attended past year's AIM Symposium
►Tremendous! ►Material that I can take home and use today!
►Great practicality! ►Excellent! ►New ideas
►All the in-depth information ►Intriguing!
►Much information in short period of time! ►Extra one to one
contact time. ►Email addresses provided for all other
attendees. ►More time to go more in depth on the topics.
►Bringing in the best of the best! ►More time with
the speakers |
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