7:00 Breakfast
Sponsored by the SLV Rural Electric CO-OP
8:00 Small Grain Management Seminar
New Weed Management Options in Wheat & Barley Charlie Hicks, Field Development Rep, Bayer CropScience, Ft. Collins, CO.
9:00 Small Grain Update, Varieties, N Rates and Pests
Merlin Dillon, Area Extension Agronomist,
SLV Research Center, Center, CO.
9:50 Refreshment Break
10:20 Seven Marketing Missteps to Avoid
John Deering, Regional Ag Business Extension Specialist, Akron, CO.
11:10 Potential Soil Erosion of Various Potato Rotation/Tillage Plans
Cindy Crist and Richard Sparks, NRCS DC and NRCS Regional Agronomist
12:00 LUNCH And VISIT TRADE FAIR
Sponsored by: First Southwest Bank
1:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Baxter Black, Veterinarian and Cowboy Poet
Sponsored by: Farm Credit of Southern Colorado
2:30 Refreshment Break (Trade Fair)
3:00 Energy Planning Seminar
Planning for SLV Power Needs Mark Murray, Tri-State Power Co, Denver, CO.
3:45 Producing Biodiesel On-Farm
Raphael Shay, Outreach Coordinator, ICAST, Lakewood, CO.
4:30 Biodiesel Demonstration and Social Hour
Sponsored by: A & L Coors, Alamosa, CO.
5:30 CPAC Annual Meeting
Extension Meeting Room, Ski Hi Park.
*information listed here is subject to change.