26th Annual Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture

Raleigh, North CarolinaJune 7-9, 2004
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture

Technical Program, June 8-9, 2004

Jane S. McKimmon Center, Raleigh, North Carolina

June 8, 2004

Registration, 7:00 - 8:30 am

Morning Session

Certified Crop Advisor CEU Credits:
Soil and Water Management - 1 hour
Crop Management - 1 hour

8:30 - 8:40 am

Welcome and Announcements
Roger Crickenberger, Associate Director

North Carolina Agricultural Research Service
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

8:40 - 9:10 am Keynote Speaker
Conservation Incentives and Success Stories in North Carolina.
Lane Price, Assistante State Conservationist for Technology, USDA-NRCS, Raleigh, North Carolina
(Soil and Water Management)
9:10 - 11:10 am

Conservation Tillage Production in North Carolina
Moderator, David Jordan
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Raleigh

9:10 am Reduced Tillage Production in the Blackland Region of North Carolina . Gaylon Ambrose, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, and Charles Allen, farmer, Beaufort County, North Carolina
(Crop Management)
9:30 am No-Till and Reduced Tillage Production in the Southwestern Piedmont of North Carolina. Tom Pegram, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, and Everette Medlin, farmer, Union County, North Carolina
(Crop Management)
9:50 am No-till and Reduced Tillage Production in the Northern Piedmont of North Carolina . Mark Tucker, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, and Kevin Matthews, farmer, Forsyth County, North Carolina
(Crop Management)
10:15 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am Reduced Tillage Production in the Northeastern Coastal Plain of North Carolina.Arthur Whitehead, Jr., North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, and Grant Staton, farmer and consultant, Halifax County, North Carolina
(Crop Management)
10:50 am Farmer Inspired Demonstration Work in Continuous No-Till in the North Carolina Western Piedmont.Steve Gibson, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, and Wayne Yarboro, Ronnie King, Clarence Cogdell, Sammy Thompson, and Max Hamrick, farmers, Cleveland County, North Carolina
(Soil and Water Management)
11:10 am - Noon Open Discussion and Questions and View Posters
Noon until 1:15 pm Lunch
Afternoon Session

Certified Crop Advisor CEU Credits:
Soil and Water Management - 2.5 hours
1:15 - 3:00 pm

Nutrient Management Considerations in Conservation Tillage
Moderator, Michael Wagger
Department of Soil Science
North Carolina State University
, Raleigh

1:15 pm Role of Adopting Reduced Tillage Practices to Satisfy Government Mandates in the Neuse River Basin and other Sensitive Watersheds in North Carolina.Deanna Osmond*, Noah Ranells, George Naderman, Michael Wagger, Greg Hoyt, John Havlin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh , North Carolinaand Steve Hodges, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
(Soil and Water Management)
1:35 pm Continuous Conservation Tillage: Effects on Soil Density, Soil C and N in the Prime Rooting Zone.George Naderman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, Bobby Brock, G.B. Reddy, and C.W. Raczkowski
(Soil and Water Management)
1:55 pm The Effect of Rotation, Tillage, and Fertility on Rice Grain Yields and Nutrient Flows. Merle M Anders*, Dan Olk, and Jared Holzhauer, University of Arkansas, Stuttgart, Arkansas
(Soil and Water Management)
2:15 - 3:15 pm View Posters
3:00 - 3:15 pm Break
3:45 - 5:30 pm

Soil Properties and Conservation Tillage
Moderator, Michael Wagger
Department of Soil Science
North Carolina State University
, Raleigh

3:15 pm Long-Term Effects of Conservation Tillage Systems in Soil Organic Matter Quality and Quantity.Joel Gruver*, Michael Wagger, and Robert Walters, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
(Soil and Water Management)
3:35 pm Soil Respiration Rates After Twenty-Five Years of No-Tillage. Philip J. Bauer*, James R. Frederick, and Patrick G. Hunt, USDA-ARS, Florence, South Carolina
(Soil and Water Management)
 

3:55 pm

Surface Soil Organic Pools in Response to Silage Cropping Intensity under No Tillage. Alan Franzluebbers*, Beecher Grose, Larry Hendrix, Perry Wilkerson, and Bobby Brock, USDA-ARS, Watkinsville, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina
(Soil and Water Management)
 
4:15 pm Site-specific Tillage Benefits on Coastal Plains Soils.R.L. Raper*, D.W. Reeves, J.N. Shaw, E. van Santen, and P.L. Mask, USDA-ARS-NSDL, Auburn, Alabama
(Soil and Water Management)
4:35 pm Crop Management and Animal Production in Yearly Rotations under Inversion and No Tillage. Alan J. Franzluebbers* and John A. Stuedemann, USDA-ARS, Watkinsville, Georgia
(Crop Management)
Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00 pm Cookout - Location to be announced

June 9, 2004

Morning Session
8:00 - 10:00 am

Conservation Tillage Production Systems
Moderator, Bobby Brock
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Certified Crop Advisor CEU Credits:
Crop Management - 2.5 hours

8:00 am

Potential for Reduced Tillage Tobacco Production in North Carolina . Loren Fisher, Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
(Crop Management)

8:20 am Whole Farm Profitability as Impacted by Tillage, Corn-Cotton Rotation and Acreage Mix. Normie Buehring* Stan Spurlock, Robert Dobbs, Mark Harrison, and John Black, Mississippi State University, Mississippi
(Crop Management)
8:40 am Potential for using No-till to Increase Forage and Grain Yields of Winter Wheat.Deena Bushong* and Thomas Peeper, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
(Crop Management)
 
9:00 am Producing Vegetables in Conservation Tillage Systems in North Carolina .Greg Hoyt, North Carolina State University , Fletcher, North Carolina
(Crop Management) 

9:20 am

Value of Perennial Grasses in Conservation Cropping Systems. David Wright*, J. J. Marios, T. Katsavairo, P. Wiatrak, and J. Rich, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
(Crop Management)
9:40 am Winter Annual Grazing and Tillage System Effects on Sweet Corn Production. Kip Balkcom*, Wayne Reeves, Joe Kemble, and Robert Dawkins, USDA-ARS-NSDL, Auburn, Alabama
(Crop Management)
10:00 am

Peanut Response to Tillage and Rotation in North Carolina. David L. Jordan*, Darcy E. Partridge, hritie A. Hurt, Rick L. Brandenburg, S. Gary Bullen, and P. Dewayne Johnson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, and J. Steven Barnes and Clyde R. Bogle, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina  
(Crop Management)

10:20 - 10:35 am Break
10:35 - 11:35 am

Pest Management in Conservation Tillage
Moderator, David Jordan
North Carolina
Cooperative Extension Service, Raleigh


Certified Crop Advisor CEU Credits:
Pest Management - 1hour

10:35 am Influence of Cover Crops on Insect Pests and Predators in Conservation-Tillage Cotton. Glynn Tillman*, Harry Schomberg, Sharad Phatak, Sharon Lachnicht, Patricia Timper and Dawn Olson
(Pest Management)
10:55 am

Investigations of Weeds as Reservoirs of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Agricultural Systems in Northern Florida. Lisa Myers*, Koon-Hui Wang, Robert McSorley, and Carlene Chase, University of Florida, Gainesville
(Pest Management)

11:15 am

Evaluation of Weed Control Programs and Salt Formulations in RR Cotton. P. J. Wiatrak*, David L. Wright, and J. J. Marios, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
(Pest Management)

11:35 am Advisory Index Transitioning to Reduced Tillage Peanut. David L. Jordan*, Rick L. Brandenburg, Barbara E. Shew, and George Naderman, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina and J. Steven Barnes and Clyde R. Bogle, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Raleigh, North Carolina
(Pest Management)
Adjourn


Posters
Set up at 7:30 am on June 8 and removed by Noon on June 9
Comparing Biological and Structural Features of Soils Under Conventional and Conservation Tillage. Laura Overstreet*, Greg Hoyt, Shuijin Hu, Wei Shi, and Michael Wagger, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
A Preliminary Study of Dual Use of Cover Crops: Sorghum Sudangrass as Both Hay and Summer Cover Crop for No-Till, Organic Cabbage. Denise E. McKinney*, Nancy G. Creamer, Michael G. Wagger, and Jonathan R. Schultheis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Switchgrass Biomass Evaluation. Lance M Tharel*
Tillage and N-fertilizer Source Effects on Cotton Fiber Quality. D.M. Endale, H.H. Schomberg, and M.L. Cabrera, USDA-ARS, Watkinsville, Georgia
Tillage and N-Fertilizer Source Effects on Yield and Water Quality in a Corn-Rye Cropping System. D.M. Endale*, H.H. Schomberg, M.B. Jenkins, M.L. Cabrera, D.R. Radcliffe, P.G. Hartel, and N.W. Shappell, USDA-ARS, Watkinsville, Georgia
Impact of Soybean Conservation Tillage Systems on Bobwhite Quail Habitat and Mortality. Derek Eggert*, James R. Frederick, Susan J. Robinson, and William Bowerman
Producing Winter Wheat with Conservation Tillage on SE Coastal Plain. Susan J. Robinson*, James R. Frederick, Philip J. Bauer, and Warren J. Busscher
Effectiveness in Terminating Cover Crops Using Different Roller Implements. Ted S. Kornecki*, Randy Raper, and Andrew Price, USDA-ARS, Auburn, Alabama
Economic Assessment of Weed Management in Strip- and Conservation Tillage Non-Transgenic and Transgenic Cotton. Walter E. Thomas*, Scott B. Clewis, Shawn, D. Askew, and John W. Wilcut, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 
Economic Assessment of Diclosulam and Flumioxazin in Strip- and Conventional Tillage Peanut. Scott Clewis* and John Wilcut, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Biology of Cutleaf Eveningprimrose.Scott Clewis* and John Wilcut, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Econimic assessment of weed management for transgenic and nontransgenic cotton in tilled and non-tilled systems. W.J. Everman*, S.D. Askew, W.A.Bailey, G.H. Scott, and J.W. Wilcut, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Weed Management in Corn (Zea mays) Using Conventional and No-Tillage Systems.Robbie Parker* and Alan York, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 
Establishment of Non-Toxic Novel Endophyte Tall Fescue. D.J. Lang*, M. Shankle, and G.B. Triplett, Mississippi State University, Mississippi
Effect of Conservation Tillage on a Corn-Oat Rotation System on Corn and Forage Oat Yield in the North-Central Region of Mexico .Martinez-Gamino* and Cerario Jasso-Chaveria, INIFAP-Mexico, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Alleviation of Compaction in a Mircoirrigated Coastal Soil. Warren Busscher*, Philip Bauer, Carl Camp, USDA-ARS, Florence, South Carolina
Microbial and Biochemical Changes Induced by Rotation and Tillage in a Calcareous Soil Under Melon, Tomato, Wheat and Cotton Production. Dilfuza Egamberdiyeva*, Dilafruz Juraeva, Botir Haitov, and Laziza Gafurova, Institute of Microbiology, Institute of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Improvement of Wheat and Cotton Growth and Nutrient Uptake by Phosphate Solublizing Bacteria. Dilfuza Egamberdiyeva*, Dilafruz Juraeva, Botir Haitov, and Laziza Gafurova, Institute of Microbiology, Institute of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
No-Till Pumpkin Production. Ryan Harrelson*, Anthony Cole, Greg Hoyt, John Havlin, and David Monks, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Rye Cover Crop Management in Corn. Sjoed Duiker* and William Curran, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Financial Sponsors

Monsanto Company
North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
Pioneer, A DuPont Company
Syngenta Crop Protection