Theme: ZERO TILL THEN AND NOW
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28TH
8:30 a.m. Registration and View Exhibits
10:00 a.m. Presidents Welcome and Comments Room A
Trevor Cowieson, Souris, MB
10:15 a.m. Workshop Facilitator:
Jim McCutcheon (chairman of first Zero Till Workshop in 1979) Carman, MB
General Session
"Zero Till Then and Now"
Bob McNabb, Minnedosa, MB
Joe Breker, Havanna, ND
Owen Beever, Brandon, MB
11:45 1:15 p.m. Lunch and View Exhibits/Posters
Convention Hall
1:15 p.m. Keynote Address Room A
"Kyoto Accord and its Affect on Agriculture"
Dr. Marie Boehm, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) Saskatoon, SK
2:15 2:45 p.m. View Exhibits and Coffee
2:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Room A Zero Till and Nutrient Balance
Jim Halford, Indian Head, SK
Garth Butcher, Birtle, MB
John Heard, Manitoba Agriculture and Food (MAF),
Carman, MB
Room B Water Quality
Tobacco Creek Watershed Study
Bill Turner, Project Field Manager,
Deerwood Soil & Water Management Assoc., Miami, MB
Watershed Projects in SW North Dakota
and Expected Impacts
Camie Miller, Watershed Coordinator, NRCS USDA Bowman, ND
4:15 p.m. View Exhibits/Posters and Cash Bar
4:30 p.m. Manitoba North Dakota Zero Till Farmers Asoc. Annual Meeting (Room B)
5:30 7:00 p.m. Dinner Hour
7:00 8:00 p.m. RAP Sessions, Royal Oak Inn
Room A 25 Zero Till Tips in 25 Minutes
Gordon McPhee, Dauphin, MB
Jim Halford, Indian Head, SK
Joe Breker, Havanna, ND
Room B Weeds / Diseases
Dr. Brian Jenks, Weed Scientist, NDSU Centre, Minot, ND
Dr. Marcia McMullen, Plant Pathologist, NDSU, Fargo, ND
Todd Andrews, MAF, Carman, MB
Debbie McLaren, AAFC, Brandon, MB
Room C Fertility
Dr. Cindy Grant, AAFC, Brandon MB
Dr. David Franzen, Soils Scientist, NDSU, Fargo, ND
Room D Forages in Zero Till
Glen Crawley, Minnedosa, MB
Gabe Brown, Bismarck, ND
Jim Karn, Research Animal Scientist, USDA, Mandan, ND
8:00 9:00 p.m. RAP Sessions Repeated
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29TH
8:00 a.m. View Exhibits and Coffee
8:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Room A Low Budget Zero Till
Ernie Sirski, Dauphin MB
Pesticide Free Production
Kevin Archibald, Killarney MB
Room B Fertilizer Use and Greenhouse Gases
Reynald Lemke, AAFC, Swift Current SK
Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Credits
John Bennett, Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Assoc.
9:30 a.m. View Exhibits and Coffee
10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Room A Integration of Tillage, Fertility and Rotations
in a Cropping System
Greg Endres, Agronomist, NDSU, Carrington, ND
Producer Panel
Barry Fraser, Manager,
Manitoba Zero Till Research Assoc., Brandon MB
Jerry Blotter, Coleharbor, ND
Jim Nevin, Rapid City MB
Room B Integration of Livestock in Cropping Systems
Jim Karn, Research Animal Scientist, USDA, Mandan, ND
Producer Panel
Gabe Brown, Bismarck, ND
Don Armitage, Miniota, MB
Stan Rampton, Oak Lake, MB
11:30 a.m. View Exhibits
12:00 1:30 p.m. Awards Luncheon - Convention Hall
1:30 p.m. Workshop Facilitator: Bob Nowatzki, Langdon ND
General Session Room A
Update on Commercial Approach to Roundup Ready Wheat
Curtis Rempel, Monsanto, Winnipeg, MB
Identity Preserved Grains: Challenges and Risks
Ken Bertsch, Fargo, ND, North Dakota State Seed Commissioner
Consumer View on Biotechnology
Lynda Lowry, Food and Nutrition Specialist, MAF, Neepawa, MB
3:00 p.m. Conference Wrap Up
President Trevor Cowieson