5th Annual No-Till Texas Soil Health Symposium

This two-day event offers many opportunities to help you learn how to maintain soil health on your farm for the upcoming year. Listen to guest speakers, enjoy demonstrations and trade shows all while having the chance to earn up to 10 IPM CEUs. You will have multiple opportunities to speak and hear from experts and other producers about successful soil health practices. Lunch is included on both days along with a happy hour on the first day.

Agenda

Feb. 14

• 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.: Registration/Coffee & Doughnuts
• 9:00 – 9:15 a.m.: Welcome
  • RN Hopper, Farmer, Petersburg, TX
• 9:15 – 10:30 a.m.: “Building the World We Need: Regenerative Agriculture”
  • Dr. Tim Lasalle, Cal Poly
• 10:30 – 10:50 a.m.: Break
• 10:50 – 11:40 a.m.: “Growing 80 in. Cotton & Multi-Species Covers in a No-Till System”
  • Kris Verett, Farmer, Ralls, TX
• 11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Rainfall Simulator
  • Brandt Underwood, NRCS
• 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
• 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.: “Mindfulness: Do We Actually Know how Soil Microbes Respond to Changing Condition & What Then Happens?”
  • Dr. John Zak, TTU
• 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.: “Regenerative Farming with Livestock”
  • Lacy Vardeman, Farmer, Lubbock, TX
• 3:00 – 3:20 p.m.: Break
• 3:20 – 4:30 p.m.: “What Can Native Grasses Teach Us About Our Cropping Systems?”
  • Rob Cook, Grazing Consultant, Muleshoe, TX

Feb. 15

• 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.: “Life Adventures in Regenerative Agriculture: Experiences with Deadly Snakes, Spiders, Wild Life, Diseases, & Other International Challenges”
  • Dr. Tim Lasalle, Cal Poly
• 10:15 – 10:35 a.m.: Break
• 10:35 – 11:50 a.m.: “Soil Fertility & Health with Less Dependence on Inputs”
  • Gary Zimmer, Author & Farmer, Lone Rock, WI
• 11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.: Lunch
• 12:50 – 1:40 p.m.: “In Search of a Bright Future Beyond Irrigation”
  • Stephen Harms, Farmer, Seminole, TX
• 1:40 – 2:30 p.m.: “Less is More with Wide Row Cotton, Grains and Covers’
  • Tate Greer, Farmer, Floydada, TX
  • Jeff Miller, Agronomist, Plainview, TX
• 2:30 – 2:50 p.m.: Break
• 2:50 – 3:40 p.m.: “Adapting to Changing Conditions on the Farm”
  • Steve Verett, Lubbock, TX
• 3:40 – 4:30 p.m.: “Panel Discussion”
  • All Speakers

Register HERE.