Saline and Sodic Soil Management Workshop and Field Tour Tuesday, August 12th, 2014 White Lake, SD—American Legion Hall $10.00 Registration by August 8, 2014 TO PRE-REGISTER, CALL 605-334-0100 OR VISIT: http://www.sdcorn.org/page/events/sub/viewEvent/EID/79
AGENDA 9:30 AM
Registration
9:50 AM
Welcome, Daniel Scholl, SDSU and Reno Brueggeman, VP SD Corn Utilization Council
10:00 AM
Rachel Owen, SDSU Soils and Salt: The Problem and Scope
10:20 AM
Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension-Aberdeen, SD Precipitation Patterns and Climate Change: How do they affect soils and salts?
10:40 AM
Cheryl Reese, SDSU Managing Vegetation in Salt-Affected Soils
11:00 AM
David Clay, SDSU Using Chemical Amendments to Treat Saline and Sodic Soils
11:20 AM
Gregg Carlson, SDSU Prevention Tile Drainage and Water Management in Saline and Sodic Soils
11:40 AM
David Gillen, Farmer—White Lake, SD Getting a Return on Investment in High Salt Soils
12:00-1:00 PM
Lunch. Sponsors Farmers Alliance, Farmers and Merchant State Bank, and Gridline Tile of White Lake
1:00 PM
Jeff Hemenway, USDA-NRCS Huron Rainfall Demonstration—Saline/Sodic soils
Afternoon Activities and Demonstrations ( 1:30– 3:30 PM) Sharon Clay, SDSU, Introduction to Afternoon Events