2021 Winter Farm Workshops
These workshops may be eligible for 7 CCA Credits!
Due to Covid-19, our winter farmers workshops are being offered virtually in a Webinar Format.
To view the current winter workshop schedule and register for the webinars please CLICK HERE.
Soil Fertility & Cropping System
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | Don Wysocki | Camelina and sunflower as Rotational Crops and Fertility management |
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | Haiying Tao | Fertility Management for Wheat |
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | David Huggins | Residue management affect on soil fertility (harvest, burning, standing stubble) |
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | Paul Carter/Stephen VanVleet | Micronutrients and lime application enhances wheat yield and protein in low pH soils |
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | Isaac Madsen | Avoiding ammonia toxicity |
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | Brian Hopkin | Enhanced efficiency nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers |
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | Ashley Cannon/CamilleSteber | Falling Numbers |
| December 14, 15, 16, 17 | Steve Jones | Trends in E Washington |
Soil Health: Measuring & Managing:
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Kyle Blair | Testing for soil health |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Qiuping Peng | Carbon flow/cycling on Cook farm and implications for management + Carbon Credit |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Abby Wick | Cover cropping and intercropping, species selection and management |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Clain Jones | Cover cropping in arid climates and soil health |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Lindsey du Toit | Soil health soil borne disease and pathogen suppression crops in E WA |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario | How the organization formed/evolved, how it serves its members, and soil health outcomes |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Kate Seymour | Stress and mental health for farm workers |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Tim Paulitz | Glyphosate and microbiome |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Alison Halpern | Sustainable Farms and Fields + a little SHI |
| January 11, 12, 13, 14, | Arash Rashed | Managing soil-crop health for wireworm suppression |
Decision Making Using On-Farm Data:
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | Dave Huggins | Spatial Variability and Temporal Variability and Stability in Soil Characteristic and Yield |
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | Andrew Nelson | Variable Rate Application: My Practical Experience |
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | John Fulton | Collecting Useful Data Using On-the-go monitors (sensors, calibrations, automatic harvest calibration sofware tools (eg. JD ActiveYield and AgLeader AutoSwath.) |
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | University of Nebraska | Why and how do I participate on-farm research |
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | DIFM-Brittani Edge | Design on-farm Research Trials |
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | DIFM-Brittani Edge | Automation for Analyzing and Reporting on-farm Research Trials |
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | Dave Brown | AgWeatherNet: the role of weather data in fertilization |
| February 8, 9 ,10, 11 | Aaron Esser/Haiying Tao | On-farm Research Trials |
“The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.”
-John F. Kennedy
Address
Washington State University
Johnson Hall RM. 171
Pullman, Wa. 99163
Keith Curran
(509) 288-2324
Dr. Haiying Tao
(509) 335-4389
“You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
-Dwight D. Eisenhower