2020 SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Feb. 11
8:00 - 8:50
Registration/Coffee & Doughnuts
8:50 - 8:55
Welcome
Kelly Kettner, Farmer, Muleshoe, TX
8:55 - 10:15
"Seeing with New Eyes: How Ecosystems are Designed to Function"
Dr. John Zak, TTU
10:15 - 10:35
Break
10:35 - 11:05
"Economics of a Cotton/Sorghum Rotation"
Barry Evans, Farmer, Kress, TX
11:05 - 11:35
"Unconventional Cotton Farming"
Patrick Middlebrook, Farmer, Shallowater, TX
11:35 - 12:00
Rainfall Simulator
Brandt Underwood, NRCS
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
2:10 - 2:55
"Growing Cotton and Multi-Species Covers in a No-Till System"
Kris Verett, Farmer, Ralls, TX
1:00 - 2:10
"Unintended Consequences"
Willie Durham, NRCS
2:55 - 3:15
Break
3:15 - 4:30
"Fundamentals of Implementing a Soil Health System"
Jim Johnson, Noble Foundation
4:30 - 6:30
Beer & Bull
Wednesday, Feb. 12
9:00 - 10:15
"Benefits and Guidelines for Integrating Livestock into Cropping Systems"
Dr. Tim Steffens, WTAMU
10:15 - 10:35
Break
10:35 - 12:00
"How Small Things can have Big Consequences in the Long-Term"
Dr. John Zak, TTU
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
1:00 - 1:30
"High Plains Dryland Corn Production"
John Reznik, Farmer, Dumas, TX
1:30 - 2:30
"The Living Soil: The Hidden World Below"
Dr. Natasja Van Gestel, TTU
2:30 - 2:50
Break
2:50 - 3:20
"Where's the Trash Farmer?"
Ronald Meyer, Farmer, Stratford, TX
3:20 - 3:50
"Rotation: More Than Going in a Circle"
R. N. Hopper, Farmer, Petersburg, TX
3:50 - 4:20
Speaker Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks