Dan Gillespie and Kathy Buttle demonstrate the rainfall simulator at the 2016 Winter Conference in Salina, KS.
Kathy Buttle, Scottsbluff, NE - Kathy is an NRCS Nebraska employee working at as trainer for the agency. She brings a wealth of experience about soil health to those she trains in the agency and as she showcases the rainfall simulator.
What Have We Learned In the Last Two Days and the Last Twenty Years
Dr. Beck’s emphasis is on developing no-till systems for irrigated and dryland areas in central South Dakota. His primary achievements deal with the development of programs that have allowed producers to profitably adopt no-till techniques in a large portion of central South Dakota. Identification of the extremely important role played by crop rotation in minimizing weed, disease and insect problems while increasing potential profitability was the key contribution of this project.
Terry Fleck, executive director of the Center for Food Integrity since 2007, brings a wealth of experience from local, state, national and international levels in public relations, sales, international development and diplomacy, association leadership and policy. Located in Indianapolis, IN, Terry enjoys association work because it’s about people, principle and improving the common good. He enjoys serving others while building trust — making a difference that lasts.
No-till Promotion Among Smallholder Farmers - My Experience
Kofi started his career as a cocoa agronomist and later worked as an on-farm research scientist for the Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Ghana. He worked on the Ghana Grains Development Project, which gave him the opportunity to do more no-till research and extension. He left CRI in 2003 to become completely independent to push for what he believes in – no-till farming.
