2010 WHIRLWIND No-till EXPO
 September 8th, 2010     Auburn, NE
   

$30 registration    Pre-register now!

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8:00 a.m. Registration, Arbor Manor Steakhouse, 1617 Central Avenue, Auburn, NE

8:30 a.m. Welcome, Brian Lindley, Executive Director, No-till on the Plains, Inc.

9:00 a.m. Rainfall Simulator / Soil Quality
Dan Gillespie, NRCS Nebraska No-till Specialist and Paul Jasa, Extension Engineer, UNL Extension

10:00 a.m. Break

10:20 a.m. Dr. Jill Clapperton, Earthspirit Consulting and Francis Yeatman, Agricultural Advisor, Integrations Farming Systems, Soil and Crop Nutrition, South Africa

12:00 p.m. catered lunch

1:00 p.m. Systems Approach to No-till Farming
Paul Jasa, Extension Engineer, UNL Extension, Lincoln, Nebraska

2:00 p.m. No-till on the Plains Vision, Brian Lindley

2:30 p.m. Travel to the no-till Soil Pit at the Ray Woerlen farm (8 mi. w. of Auburn on Hwy 136)
Dr. Ray Ward and Dr. Jill Clapperton

Featured Speakers

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!

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 Dept. 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 the 1999 throughout South Africa.

Paul J. Jasa
Extension Engineer
202 CHA University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0726
402-472-6715
Fax: 402-472-6338
Email: pjasa1@unl.edu  

Paul J. Jasa serves as an Extension Engineer, University of Nebraska. He develops and conducts educational programs related to no-till equipment and system management.  He received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Nebraska and has been working with planting equipment and tillage system evaluation at the University since 1978. With his experiences gained from research and Extension activities, he has become a good source of information in the Midwest on no-till planting equipment and system management. If there is a mistake to be made with no-till, he’s either made it himself or has seen it done! More importantly, he’s learned from those mistakes and shares that information in presentations that stress the systems approach and the long-term benefits of continuous no-till.

Number of years in no-till – 31 (research) and 26 (Extension)
Geographic/moisture regime (annual precipitation/irrigation)– mostly dryland 15 to 30”
Soils under no-till – sandy loams to silty clay loams
Crop rotations – various including corn, soybeans, grain sorghum, wheat, and some cover crops

Lisa Jasa, Paul’s wife, also works for the University of Nebraska and is the editor of Crop Watch, a crop production and pest management newsletter produced by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension (cropwatch.unl.edu).

Past Whirlwind Tours
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