World conservation agriculture leaders come to California for controlled traffic conferences

Speakers from around the world will share their expertise with California farmers during a series of four conferences Aug. 28 to 30. The conference schedule is as follows:

Aug. 28,	1-4 p.m.	UC Davis Heidrick Ag Equipment Center 113 / Hutchinson, UC Davis (530) 752-1898
Aug. 29,	8-11 a.m.	UCCE Stanislaus County 3800 Cornucopia Way, Suite A Modesto, CA (209) 525-6800
Aug. 29,	1-4 p.m.	UC Westside Field Station 17353 W. Oakland Five Points, CA
Aug. 30,	8-11 a.m.	UCCE Kern County 1031 S. Mount Vernon Bakersfield, CA

Presenters at all four conferences are:

Jerry Hatfield
Director of the USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Lab
Ames, Iowa

Dr. Hatfield's research emphasis is on the interactions among the components of the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum and their linkage to air, water and soil quality. He has broad experience with evaluation of farming practices on water quality, water use efficiency and climate impacts on agriculture.

Don Reicosky
USDA-ARS (retired)
Morris, Minnesota

Don Reicosky has been called "a giant in the carbon fields" for his "ground-breaking work" on tillage-induced carbon dioxide loss, carbon sequestration and soil quality and environmental conservation.

Clay Mitchell
Farmer
Geneseo, Iowa

A Harvard-educated engineer, Mitchell is widely recognized as "a farmer of the future" who has combined numerous technologies and innovations to greatly increase the efficiencies of his farm operations

Rolf Derpsch
No-till expert
Paraguay

One of the first people to research no-tillage technologies in Brazil and Latin America in 1971, Derpsch is a world leader in conservation tillage, on-farm research and technology development and sustainable productivity systems with permanent soil cover.

John McPhee
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
Burnie, Tasmania

John McPhee is a research pioneer with zero-till and controlled traffic farming for intensive horticultural crops.

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For more information, contact Jeff Mitchell at jpmitchell@ucdavis.edu, (559) 303-9689. Also see the pdf flyer attached below:

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