Farmers have only a few more days left to register early for the 2015 No-till on the Plains Conference. The 19th Annual Winter Conference will be held January 27-28, 2015 at the Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas. If you register before January 10th, the registration cost is $175. After January 10th the registration fee increases to $225. Spouses can attend for an additional $90. No Till on the Plains Executive Director Steve Swaffar said this year's conference theme is "Unlocking the potential on your farm".
"We tried to bring in speakers and topics that will give producers an opportunity maybe to explore things they have not done in the past, that will increase their production and hopefully will increase their bottomline at the same time while improving soil health," Swaffar said.
Speakers will address using cover crops to enhance organic matter, increasing microbial activity in soils while lowering input costs with fertilizer and herbicide and pesticide products. The 2015 No Till Conference will feature 32 speakers over two days. Featured speakers include Dr. Fred Provenza, animal behavior expert and retired professor from Utah State University; and Joshua Duckart, holistic management trainer and expert from Bismarck, North Dakota. The 2015 No-Till Conference will also have several sessions featuring no till producers that will share their own experiences from their farm. Farmers from Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma that will share their experiences with no-till and soil health practices.
The 2015 Winter Conference is designed to allow farmer-to-farmer interaction and features some the country’s premiere producers, industry experts and researchers on no-till production and soil health. The conference program will help producers understand basic concepts and principles of moving to a no-till system, plus help those long-term no-tillers who are continuing to tweak and manage their program to maximize efficiency and profit. The No Till on the Plains Winter Conference also features a large trade show with more than 80 exhibitors.
In addition to the Winter Conference, No-till on the Plains offers the Agriculture's Innovative Minds (AIM) Symposium on Thursday, January 29, from 8:00-5:00 at the Bicentennial Center. This daylong program features the theme "Healthier Soil, Healthier Plants, Healthier Food"
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