2012 Northeast Pasture Consortium Annual Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, January 25
8:00 AM Welcome and Introduction of Participants
Jim Cropper, Executive Director
Main Ballroom
8:30 AM Session 1 – Nutrient Management on Pastures
Moderator: Ed Rayburn
Main Ballroom
Quirine Ketterings – Associate Professor-Nutrient Management Spear Program, Department of Animal Science, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY
Farm nutrient balances: why should we care?
Paul Cerosaletti – Nutrient Management and Precision Dairy Feed Management team leader- Cornell Coop. Extension, Delaware Co., Walton, NY
Precision feed management on pasture-based dairies.
Ed Rayburn – Extension Specialist-Agronomy, WVU, Morgantown, WV
Precision nutrient management in pastures.
10:00 AM Break – East Room
10:15 AM Session 2 – Pastureland Conservation Effects Assessment Program (CEAP) Findings
Moderator: Howard Skinner
Main Ballroom
Matt Sanderson – Research Leader, USDA – ARS, Mandan, ND
Pastureland CEAP—Progress and Plans
Sarah Goslee – Ecologist, USDA – ARS, University Park, PA
Linking farms and landscapes: Grazinglands CEAP research in the eastern United States.
11:15 AM
Producer Session
Moderator: Clyde Bailey
Recorder: Joe Hatton
East Room
Public Session
Moderator: Rob DeClue
Recorder: Tom Akin
Main Ballroom
Topics:
- NRCS cost-share of perimeter fences for conversion of land to pasture
- Review Consortium objectives and revise
- Consortium funding issues
12:15 PM Lunch – White Ballroom
1:15 PM Session 3 – Grass Species and Varieties Grazing Trials Results
Moderator: Rachel Gilker
Main Ballroom
Matt Sanderson – Research Leader, USDA – ARS, Mandan, ND
Mixing and Matching for Plant Diversity in Pastures
Stephen Herbert – Associate Dean & Director of Ag. Center, UMass, Amherst, MA
Presentation Title to be announced
Sid Bosworth – Agronomy Specialist, UVM, Burlington, VT
Making Sense Out of Pasture Mixtures
2:45 PM Poster Break (authors present) – East Room
3:30 PM Session 4 – Organic Farming Methods of Seeding & Managing Pastures
Moderator: Angus Johnson
Main Ballroom
Heather Darby, Associate Professor of Agronomy, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Managing Fertility and Pests in Organic Pastures
Sarah Flack, Pasture Consultant, Sarah Flack Consulting, Enosburg Falls, VT
An overview of the requirements of the National Organic Program pasture rule
J. Keith Waldron, Livestock and Field Crops Coordinator, IPM Program Office, NYSAES, Geneva, NY
Presentation Title to be announced – Subject organic fly control on pastures
5:00 PM Adjourn
5:45 PM Dinner – White Ballroom
7:00 PM Producer Showcase
Moderator: Angus Johnson
Main Ballroom
Bob Richardson – Owner and Operator, Rocky Acres Farm, Warren, MA
Presentation Title to be announced
Morgan Hartman – Owner and Operator, Black Queen Angus Farm & Sustainable Genetics, LLC, Berlin, NY
Presentation Title to be announced
9:00 PM Adjourn
Thursday, January 26
8:00 AM Public and Private Sectors Breakout sessions
Public Sector
Chair: Jill Ott
Recorder: Tom Akin
Main Ballroom
Private Sector
Chair: Rachel Gilker
Recorder: Joe Hatton
East Room
9:15 AM Poster Break (authors present) – East Room
10:00 AM Session 5 – Silvopasture Opportunities in the Northeast
Moderator: Rachel Gilker
Main Ballroom
Brett Chedzoy – Senior Resource Educator – Ag & Natural Resources, Cornell Coop. Extension – South Central NY Ag Team, Montour Falls, NY
Silvopasturing: Sustainable Woodland Grazing that Benefits Land, Livestock and People
James Neel – Research Animal Scientist, USDA-ARS, Beaver, WV
Presentation Title to be announced
Matt Burke – Bloomfield Farm, Charlotte, VT
Presentation Title to be announced
12:00 PM Lunch – White Ballroom
1:30 PM Sector and USDA Agency Reports
Jim Cropper, Executive Director presiding
Main Ballroom
Private Sector report – Bob Richardson, Co-Chair Elect
Public Sector report – Rob DeClue, Co-Chair Elect
NIFA report – Jim Dobrowolski, Washington, DC
ARS report – Jeff Steiner, Beltsville, MD
NRCS Report – Kevin Ogles, Greensboro, NC
3:00 PM Break – East Room
3:30 PM Business Meeting
Jill Ott, Public Sector Co-Chair and Rachel Gilker, Private Sector Co-Chair, Presiding
Main Ballroom
Margaret Smith, Administrative Advisor to NERA1003, NERA1003 Project for 2011-2016
Election of Private Sector and Public Sector members-at-large to serve on the Executive Committee of the NE Pasture Consortium
Other business to come to the Floor, such as resolutions and changes to Consortium research and extension priorities.
Jim Cropper, Executive Director, Thank you to the outgoing Executive Committee members, Welcome to the new Executive Committee members, and Announcement of the 2012 Public and Private Sector Co-Chairs
5:00 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Dinner – White Ballroom