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14 CapitalPress.com January 29, 2016 World Ag Expo Seminar sessions focus on hot topics in ag 9:30 a.m. Irrigation Semi- nar. “Actual ET Measurements for Monitoring Water Stress and Simplifying Irrigation.” Speaker: Tom Shapland, Tule 9:30 a.m. Education Sem- inar. “Preserving America’s Most Precious Asset: The Family Farm.” Speaker: David Specht, Advising Generations LLC. 11 a.m. Education Seminar. “What Every Farmer Needs to Know about Lawsuit Protec- tion, Tax Reduction, and Es- tate Planning.” Speaker: Larry Oxenham, American Society for Asset Protection 11:30 a.m. Dairy Seminar. “Timely Diagnosis of Ketosis and Other Metabolic Diseases in Dairy Cows.” Speaker: Au- URUD9LOODUURHO$¿PLON/WG 11:30 a.m. Irrigation Sem- LQDU ³S+ 0RGL¿FDWLRQ LQ ,U- rigation Water.” Speaker: Jim 10:30 a.m. Dairy Seminar. Gregory, Verdegaal Brothers ³%HQH¿WV DQG /LPLWDWLRQV RI Inc. Bunker Silos, and Silage Man- agement to Avoid DM Loss- 12:30 p.m. Apiology Sem- es.” Speaker: Brian Holmes, inar. “MiteNot: Combating professor emeritus, University Colony Collapse Disorder by of Wisconsin-Madison Treating Varroa Destructor Mites.” 10:30 a.m. Irrigation Sem- Speaker: Will MacHugh, inar. “Soil Moisture Research iFarm 1:30 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “Integrated Solutions and Dairy Automation Trends Over the Next 15 Years.” Speaker: Mark Futcher, DeLa- val Inc. 1:30 p.m. Education Sem- inar. USDA National Appeals Division, “Face to Face Fair- ness.” Speaker: Steve Silver- man, NAD director, and Mi- chael Buchanan 2:30 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “Removal of Phosphorus from Manure with Decanter Centri- fuge.” Speaker: Joshua J. Ga- ble, Centrisys 2:30 p.m. General Ag Sem- inar. “Technology Transfer and the USDA Ag Research Ser- vice.” Speaker: Mojdeh Bahar, 86'$$562I¿FHRI7HFKQRO- ogy Transfer 3:30 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “How California Dairies Can Rise to the Call of the Water Crisis and The Future of Ma- nure Management.” Speaker: Ross Thurston, Livestock Wa- ter Recycling ed Risks During DR Events.” Speaker: George McFadden, Observant 3:30 p.m. General Ag Sem- inar. “Grower Opportunities and Investment in the Rise of AgTech.” Speaker: Aaron Mageheim, AgTech Insight 11:30 a.m. Women in Ag Mentor Lunch. Hosted by WAME 9:30 a.m. Women in Ag Seminar. “Women in Agricul- ture (Career Focus).” Hosted by Women in Ag for Men- toring and Empowerment (WAME) Noon. Dairy Seminar. “The Role of On-Farm Groundwa- ter Recharge in Achieving a Sustainable Water Future for California.” Sponsored Lunch by the Almond Board of Cal- ifornia. Speakers: Bob Curtis, Almond Board of California; Don Cameron, Terranova Ranch 10 a.m. Dairy Seminar. “Maximizing the Value of Ge- netics in the Genomic Era.” Speaker: Kevin Jorgenson, All West Select Sires Noon. Irrigation Seminar. “Flow Control Emitters – Op- timizing Both Flexibility and Uniformity.” Speaker: Inge Bisconer, Toro Micro-Irrigation Wednesday, Feb. 10 10 a.m. International Sem- inar. “Compete, Win, and Ex- pand Your Business” 10:30 a.m. Women in Ag Seminar. “Reaching a New Level of Consumer Under- standing.” Speaker: Sabrina Hill, AgNet West 11 a.m. Dairy Seminar. “Full Throttle Genetic Im- provement.” Speaker: Paul Loney, TransOva Genetics 11 a.m. International Sem- inar. “The State of Global Business Opportunities: In- ternational Trade and World Markets.” 11:30 a.m. Women in Ag Networking Lunch with “My Job Depends on Ag.” Hosted by WAME Noon. Dairy Seminar. “Ge- netics and RePro at RuAnn & Maddox Dairies: Achieving Goals.” Speaker: Pat Maddox, Ruann & Maddox Dairies WAE16-1/#14 9:30 a.m. Dairy Seminar, “Fodder — Animal Nutrition is No Longer Cut and Dried.” Speaker: Curt Chittock, Sim- ply Country Inc. for Enhanced Irrigation Man- agement.” Speaker: Will Ma- cHugh, iFarm 1 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “The Impact of Genomics on Repro- duction and Other Low Her- itability Traits.” Speaker: Dr. Ralph Bruno, Zoetis 1 p.m. International Semi- nar. “Emerging Markets Entre- preneurs Should Be Watching and How to Approach Them.” 2 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “Tools for Building Tomorrow’s Su- per Cow.” Speaker: Lindsey Worden, Holstein Association USA 2 p.m. International Semi- nar. “Show Me the Money! Un- raveling the Mysteries of Trade Finance.” Courtesy of WAE The World Ag Expo offers acres of booths and exhibits demon- strating all shapes and sizes of ag equipment. More than 100,000 people from around the world are expected to visit the three-day show in Tulare, Calif. USA Inc. and Joe Mullinax, Denele Analytical Inc. 9:30 a.m. Women in Ag Seminar. “Students: Why You Need a Mentor and How to Find One.” Hosted by WAME 10 a.m. Dairy Seminar. “Us- ing Composting to Manage Manure and Improve the Bot- tom Line.” Speaker: Ryan Fla- herty, Sustainable Conservation 10 a.m. Irrigation Seminar. “Agriculture Activities of the Irrigation Association.” Speak- er: John Farner, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources 12:30 p.m. Irrigation Sem- inar. “Reversing Yield Loss Through Restoration of Irriga- WLRQ(I¿FLHQF\´6SHDNHU.LDK Tiftick, Meras Engineering. Hosted by Irrigation Associ- ation & Center for Irrigation Technology 1 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “Fi- nancial Incentives for Agri- cultural Irrigation Systems in California.” Speakers: Amrith Gunasekara, Ph.D., and Caro- lyn Cook, CDFA, and Crystal Myers 1 p.m. Irrigation Seminar. “Understanding Soil Moisture Sensor Data.” Speaker: Diganta Adhikari, Irrometer 1:20 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “NRCS Conservation Pro- grams to Assist Animal Feed- ing Operations Address Wa- ter Quality Issues.” Speaker: Brook Gale, NRCS-California State Nutrient Management 1:30 p.m. Irrigation Sem- inar. “Utilizing Soil Moisture Monitoring to Schedule Irri- gation.” Speaker: Christopher Sullivan, Jain Irrigation . 2 p.m. Dairy Seminar. “Pre- 10:30 a.m. Irrigation Sem- cision Irrigation and Conserva- inar. “AirJection Irrigation tion Agriculture.” Speaker: Jeff Increasing Yields and Water Mitchell, UC Davis Dept. of 8VH(I¿FLHQF\´6SHDNHU-RKQ Plant Sciences Petrosso, Mazzei Injector Co. 2 p.m. Irrigation Seminar. 10:30 a.m. Women in Ag “Use of a Cloud-Based Data Seminar. “Students: Types of Management Utility with a Agriculture Careers.” Hosted Portable Soil Moisture Probe.” Speaker: Doug Kieffer, Spec- by WAME trum Technologies 11 a.m. Irrigation Seminar. 2 p.m. Women in Ag Sem- “Innovations in Sprinkler Pack- ages for Mechanical Move Irri- inar. “Effective Lobbying gation Systems.” Speaker: Dan for Agriculture.” Hosted by WAME Schueler, Senninger Irrigation 10:30 a.m. Dairy Seminar. “Drip Irrigation of Dairy For- age Crops Utilizing Dairy Ef- ÀXHQW´ 6SHDNHU 'HQQLV +DQ- naford & Todd Rinkenberger, 1HWD¿P86( Thursday, Feb. 11 11:10 a.m. Dairy Seminar. ³6HHQ DQG 8QVHHQ %HQH¿WV RI Strip-Till in California Dairy Forage Programs.” Speaker: Mike Peterson, ANP Inc. 2:30 p.m. Irrigation Semi- QDU³.H\VWR&RQVWUXFWLQJ(I¿- cient Ground Water Production Wells.” Speaker: Kevin McGil- licuddy, Roscoe Moss Co. 9:30 a.m. Dairy Semi- QDU ³(YDOXDWLRQ RI D %LR¿OWHU Treating a San Joaquin Valley Dairy’s Lagoon Water.” Speak- er: Mai Ann Healy, BioFiltro 11:30 a.m. Irrigation Sem- inar. “Increasing Demand Re- sponse Participation Rates in Agricultural Customers: Re- ducing Crop Irrigation-Relat- 2:40 p.m. Dairy Seminar. ³6HHQ DQG 8QVHHQ %HQH¿WV RI Strip-Till in California Dairy Forage Programs.” Speaker: Mike Peterson, ANP Inc. 2 p.m. Women in Ag Semi- nar. “The Future of Ag.” Host- ed by WAME Bag needs? 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