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Program
| Time | Room | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00-1:15 | Mendota 1-4 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 1:10-1:30 | Mendota 1-4 | Legislative Speaker: Tom Rhatican, Assistant Deputy Secretary Wisconsin Department of Transportation |
| 1:30-1:45 | Mendota 1-4 | Brenna Bays, Wisconsin FFA State President |
| 1:45-2:00 | Mendota 1-4 | WABA Awards Presentations |
| 12:30-1:00 | Mendota 1-4 | Ahman Green Autograph Session |
| 2:00-3:00 | Mendota 1-4 | Keynote 1: Ahman Green, Former Packer Football Player (1.0 PD) |
| 3:00-4:00 | Mendota 1-4 | Keynote 2: Tornado Tim Baker (1.0 PD) |
| 4:15-5:00 | Mendota 1-4 | WABA Annual Membership Meeting |
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - Special Sessions
| Time | Room | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-11:00 | Monona | SNAP-Plus and SnapMaps Basic Training Sue Porter, WI DATCP Laura Ward Good, UW Madison Pre-registration required. 30 people max. Must bring laptop computer with SNAP-Plus installed. Download the most recent version from snapplus.wisc.edu/. (2.0 NM) |
| 11:00-12:00 | Monona | SNAP-Plus Advanced User Training and Updates Laura Ward Good, UW Madison (1.0 NM) |
| 8:00 (1/14)-12:30 (1/15) | Tradeshow Floor | WABA Scholarship Program Silent Auction - 8 am Wednesday to 12:30 pm Thursday |
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
| Time | Room | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:50 | Mendota 1-3 | Soil Erosion: How Much is Occurring, When and Where? Richard Cruse (Iowa State Univ.) Connecting soil and nutrient loss to crop production Francisco Arriaga (UW Madison) (1.0 SW) |
| 9:00-9:50 | Mendota 4 | Industry Roundtable on Herbicide Resistant Trait Pipeline in Soybeans Steven Snyder (Dow AgroSciences), Tim Trower (Syngenta), Nick Weidenbenner (Bayer Crop Science), & Steve Langton (Monsanto) (1.0 CM) |
| 9:00-9:50 | Mendota 5-8 | Improving White Mold Management of Soybeans in Wisconsin Jaime Wilbur (UW Madison) Integrated Management of Stripe Rust of Wheat in Wisconsin Brian Mueller (UW Madison |
| 9:00-9:50 | Waubesa/ | Veterinary Feed Directive Wayne Nighorn, Agres Consulting LLC Dr. Katie Mrdutt, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association |
| 10:00-10:50 | Mendota 1-3 | Managing Silage Leachate & Runoff for Water Quality Becky Larson & Eric Cooley (UW Madison & Discovery Farms) The Benefit of Gypsum for Crop Production in Wisconsin Francisco Arriaga (UW Madison) (1.0 SW) |
| 10:00-10:50 | Mendota 4 | Nutrient Uptake & Partitioning in Soybeans Adam Gaspar & Shawn Conley (UW Madison) All Things King Corn Joe Lauer (UW Madison) (1.0 CM) |
| 10:00-10:50 | Mendota 5-8 | 2016 Wisconsin Plant Disease Update Anette Phibbs (WI DATCP) The Imperfect World of Disease Resistance Mehdi Kabbage (UW Madison) (1.0 PM) |
| 10:00-10:50 | Waubesa/ | Food Safety Modernization Act - What do I Need to do to Comply? Wayne Nighorn (Agres Consulting LLC, Sherwood) (1.0 PD) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Mendota 1-3 | Why is Conserving Wisconsin Soil & Water Resources a Global Necessity? Richard Cruse (Iowa State Univ.) (0.5 SW) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Mendota 4 | Comparison of Soybean Yields in On-farm Trials vs. Small Plot Experiments Tristan Mueller (Iowa Soybean Assoc.) (0.5 CM) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Mendota 5-8 | Lesion Nematodes - Pests of Corn, Soybeans, & Every Other Crop Grown in Wisconsin Ann MacGuildwin (UW Madison) (0.5 PM) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Waubesa/ | FSMA Sanitary Transportation Regulations Wayne Nighorn (Agres Consulting LLC, Sherwood) (1.0 PD) |
| 2:00-2:50 | Mendota 1-3 | Use of Nitrification Inhibitors with Manure Carrie Laboski (UW Madison) Fall Manure & Cover Crops: Who Wins, Who Loses Matt Ruark (UW Madison) (1.0 NM) |
| 2:00-2:50 | Mendota 4 | Managing Equipment During Harvest to Minimize Leaf & Yield Loss Dan Undersander (UW Madison) Managing Foliar Fungicide Applications in Low Lignin Alfalfa Systems Damon Smith (UW Madison) (1.0 CM) |
| 2:00-2:50 | Mendota 5-8 | Don't Follow Our Lead: Our Experiences With Off-target Movement of Dicamba in Missouri Last Season Kevin Bradley (Univ. of Missouri) Past & Current Status of Pigweed Distribution Throughout Wisconsin Mark Renz (UW Madison) & Tracy Schilder (WI DATCP) (1.0 PM) |
| 2:00-2:50 | Waubesa/ | IT Security Issues for Agribusinesses Mark Eich (Clifton Larson Allen) & Derek Laczniak (M3 Insurance Services) (1.0 PD) |
| 3:00-3:50 | Mendota 1-3 | Aerial Irrigation of Dairy Manure & Risk of Microbial Infections Mark Borchardt (USDA, ARS) Conclusions From the Manure Irrigation Workgroup Becky Larson (UW Madison) (1.0 NM) |
| 3:00-3:50 | Mendota 4 | GMO Versus Non-GMO Low Lignin Traits: What's the Difference? Yoana Newman (UW River Falls) Is There a Yield Penalty to Low Lignin Alfalfa? Dan Undersander (UW Madison) (1.0 CM) |
| 3:00-3:50 | Mendota 5-8 | Herbicide-Resistant Common Waterhemp & Palmer Amaranth in Wisconsin Nathan Drewitz et al. (UW Madison) Trying Not to Get Lost in the Weeds: Management of Waterhemp in Corn & Soybean Production Systems Kevin Bradley (Univ. of Missouri) (1.0 PM) |
| 3:00-3:50 | Waubesa/ | Millennials Talk About Millennials - What You Should Know About the Evolving Workforce Panel: Kristen Faucon (Growmark), Aaron Cole (The DeLong Co.), Anne Moore (CHS Larsen Coop) (1.0 PD) |
| 4:00-4:50 | Mendota 1-3 | Fertilizer Market Update Kathy Mathers (The Fertilizer Institute) (1.0 NM) |
| 4:00-4:50 | Mendota 4 | Establishing Alfalfa in Corn Silage John Grabber (USDA, ARS) Maximizing Milk Production on Wisconsin Pastures: Lessons from the Paddock Chelsea Zegler, Geoff Brink, Mark Renz (UW Madison & US Dairy Forage Res. Ctr.) (1.0 CM) |
| 4:00-4:50 | Mendota 5-8 | Preventing Cover Crops from Becoming Your Next Weed Problem Dan Smith (NPM) Palmer Amaranth: An Uninvited Guest to Conservation Plantings Meaghan Anderson (Iowa State Univ.) (1.0 PM) |
| 4:00-4:50 | Waubesa/ | Emergency/Crisis Management: An Ounce of Prevention Paul Rutledge (Johnsonville Sausage) (1.0 PD) |
5:00-7:00 - All Industry Reception - Trade Show Floor
Thursday, January 12, 2017
| Time | Room | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:50 | Mendota 1 | Vegetable Weed Management Update Jed Colquhoun (UW Madison) | |
| 9:00-9:50 | Mendota 1 | Neonicotinoid Insecticides & IPM in Processing Vegetables Russ Groves (UW Madison) (0.5 PM) | |
| 9:00-9:50 | Mendota 2-4 | Phosphorus & Potassium Response in No-Till Corn & Soybean Production Carrie Laboski (UW Madison) Assessing the Quality of Polymer-Coated Urea Matt Ruark (UW Madison) (1.0 NM) | |
| 9:00-9:50 | Mendota 5-8 | 2015 Wisconsin Plant Insect Update Krista Hamilton (WI DATCP) Insect Management in Conventional Corn Bryan Jensen (UW Madison) (1.0 PM) | |
| 9:00-9:50 | Waubesa/ | Grain Origination Challenges in Today's Environment Scott Hansen (White Commercial Corp., Griswold, IA) (1.0 PD) | |
| 9:00-9:50 | Tradeshow | Proper Spray Tank Clean Out Dan Heider (UW Madison) (1.0 PD) | |
| 10:00-10:50 | Mendota 1 | Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Modern Snap Bean Production Systems Matt Ruark (UW Madison) Vegetable Disease Update Amanda Gevens (UW Madison) (0.5 NM/0.5 PM) | |
| 10:00-10:50 | Mendota 2-4 | Nutrient Management Panel: Joe Baeten (WI DNR), Sara Walling (WI DATCP), Judy Derricks (USDA-NRCS) (1.0 NM) | |
| 10:00-10:50 | Mendota 5-8 | Insecticidal Seed Treatment in Soybeans Kelley Tilmon (South Dakota State Univ.) Recognizing & Protecting Insect Pollinators in the Agricultural Landscape Bryan Jensen & PJ Leisch (UW Madison) (1.0 PM) | |
| 10:00-10:50 | Waubesa/ | Making Facility Maintenance a Pro-Active Plan Ed LaPreze (Pepper Maintenance, Minier, IL) (1.0 PD) | |
| 10:00-10:50 | Tradeshow | Spray Rig Technology & Features Tim Reid (Ziegler Ag), Kent Syth (Ag Sysems), Pete Jordan (John Deere Sprayer Dealers of Wisconsin) (1.0 PD) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Mendota 1 | Sustainability in US Specialty Crop Production Paul Mitchell & Deana Knuteson (UW Madison) (0.5 CM/0.5 PM) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Mendota 2-4 | Nitrogen Cycling on Wisconsin Dairy Farms Mark Powell (U.S. Dairy Forage Res. Ctr.) (0.5 NM) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Mendota 5-8 | Will You Cry (1F) Over Western Bean Cutworm? Kelley Tilmon (South Dakota State Univ.) (0.5 PM) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Waubesa/ | EPA Air Emissions Regulations for Grain Elevators Jennifer Hamill, Renee Bashel, and Lisa Ashenbrenner Hunt (WI DNR) (0.5 PD) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Tradeshow | Most Common Violations of Appicators Mark McCloskey (WI DATCP) (1.0 PD) | |
| 1:30-2:20 | Mendota 2-4 | Commodity Futures Outlook Brenda Boetel (UW River Falls) Policy Update on Neonicotinoids, Pyrethroids & Atrazine Paul Mitchell (UW Madison) (1.0 CM) | |
| 2:30-3:20 | Mendota 2-4 | Tools & Technology for Practitioners John Shutske (UW Madison) On-Farm Traffic Optimization for Increased Efficiency Brian Luck (UW Madison) (1.0 CM) |
