The Conservation Tillage Conference (CTC) will be held at Ohio Northern University on March 6 and 7, 2012. CTC registration in 2011 was 1024 with participants farming or making recommendations on over 697,000 acres of crops. Registration has increased 25% over the last 4 years. The primary reason participants in 2011 attended CTC was to obtain information on corn and soybean production. Farmers placed a value of $13.00/acre on the information obtained at CTC, while Crop Consultants valued information at $15.00/acre.
On Monday, March 5 an optional Soil Quality Workshop will be held and continued the next day.
On Tuesday, March 6, Corn University, Tillage, Nutrient Management, Soil Quality, and Cover Crops will be offered in concurrent sessions.
On Wednesday, March 7, Soybean School, Water Quality, Nutrient Management, Decision Agriculture, and Precision Agriculture will be offered in concurrent sessions.
Conference presenters will include Jill Clapperton, Montana State University; Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois; Bill Wiebold, University of Missouri; Paul Jasa, University of Nebraska; Don Reicosky, USDA-ARS (retired); Jose Moralles, Brazil; Laura Bast, Michigan State University; Greg Roth, and Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State University; Shaun Casteel, Purdue University; Peter Thomison, Mark Loux, Ron Hammond and Anne Dorrance of The Ohio State University – along with Jim Beuerlein, OSU Extension Soybean Specialist (retired); and many other Extension and industry professionals.
CCA credits will be available with an emphasis on Soil and Water hours (14.5) and Nutrient Management (18). The Ohio Crop Consultant of the Year will be honored at the end of the general session on Tuesday, March 6. Vendors representing various agricultural businesses will also have displays and will be prepared for discussion.
The full program and registration details are available at http://ctc.osu.edu. Please call Allen SWCD at 419-223-0040 with any registration questions.