·         Soil sampling: considerations for non-traditional management situations (John Peters)

·         Long-term nitrogen use in continuous corn: Effects on soil organic matter (Larry Bundy)

·         Manure phosphorus availability and crop production (Carrie Laboski)

·         Biosolids treatment process effects on phosphorus availability (Angela Ebeling)

Tour B:  Annual cropping systems

·         Corn silage yield and quality drivers and profit robbers (Joe Lauer)

·         From corn silage to energy biofeedstock  (Jim Coors)

·         Avitec corn seed treatment and sandhill cranes: 2006 season review (Eileen Cullen & Tim Bender)

Tour C: Weed management 

·         New options for pasture weed management (Mark Renz)

·         What’s up with Common Lambsquarters and glyphosate?

o          Introduction (Chris Boerboom)

o          Wisconsin evidence of variable control (Mark Jeschke & Dave Stoltenberg)

o          Environmental variables affecting control (Chris Boerboom, Dave Stoltenberg, & John Gaska)

o          Programs for time management (Tim Trower & Chris Boerboom)

“Special Topic” (Afternoon only) 1:00-3:00pm

Managed grazing research at UW

·         A review of grazing research in Wisconsin: What have we learned? (Randy Jackson, 20 min)

·         Panel discussion: What are we missing? (Moderator: Dick Cates (DATCP, grazier), Panelists: Mary Anderson (River Country RC&D), Paul Nehring (GrassWorks coordinator, grazier), Dan Truttman (Dane-Green Grazing Network, grazier), Karen Breneman (Rio, grazier), Rhonda Gildersleeve (UWEX, grazier)

·         Break (10 min)

·         “Town Hall” meeting: How do we get there? (Laura Paine, 50 min)

LUNCHEON SPEAKER @ 12:15P

“Grain Market Predictions”

Randy Fortenbery

Agricultural & Applied Economics, UW-Madison