February 2, 2018
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World Ag Expo
Where it’s happening at the Expo
Tuesday, Feb. 13
Thursday
9 a.m. Show Opens
9:15 a.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Opening
Ceremonies
9:30 a.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Ag Technology:
What’s Hot, What’s Not, and Why. Speakers:
Danny Royer, Bowles Farming Co.; Penelope
Nagel, Ag Tech
10 a.m. Seminar Trailer One: Managing the Sun:
Solar Asset Management for Ag Operations.
Speaker: Jason Smith, CalCom Solar
10 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: The 21st Century
Dairy. Speakers: Paul Anema, Chris Garnier and
Gary Genske, Genske Mulder & Company, CPAs
10:05 a.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: A Quilt
Show. Presenter: Debbie Van Fossen
10:30 a.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase. Facilitated by Richie Bros.
10:45 a.m. Seminar Trailer Three: CV Salts:
Long Term Fix To Nitrates In Groundwater
Advancing to Adoption. Speaker: Parry Klassen,
executive director, East San Joaquin Water
Quality Coalition
11 a.m. Seminar Trailer One: Recycling Ag
Plastic Just Got Easier. Speaker: Matt Andros
11 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: An Alternative to
Genomic Testing. Speakers: Bill VerBoort and
Denise Athy, AgriTech Analytics
11 a.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with
Chef Larry Zachary, Cool Hand Luke’s Steak-
house/Saloon
11:45 a.m. Seminar Trailer Three: My Job
Depends on Ag. Speakers: Erik Wilson and
Steve Malanca
Noon. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
Noon. Seminar Trailer One: Do You Have A
Fugitive Dust Problem? Speaker: Silvia Barber,
senior scientist, Integral Consulting Inc.
Noon. Seminar Trailer Two: Profiting from
Methane Capture, Credits and Grants. Speaker:
N. Ross Buckenham and Neil Black, California
Bioenergy LLC
1 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with
Chef Tommy Chavez, The Café
1 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: Harvest Maximum
Photosynthesis with Cover Crops Speaker:
Jim Boak, Equipment and Crop Technology
Specialist, Salford Group
1 p.m. Component Production: Is Your Herd
Efficiency Up to Par? Speaker: Dr. Shane Holt,
Cargill dairy focus consultant
1 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with
Bobby Salazar, Mexican food
1:30 p.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
1:30 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Financial State
of Agriculture. Speakers: Curt Covington, Farmer
Mac; Dan Clawson, Farm Credit West; Raquel
Leal, Wells Fargo
2 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: Bio-Degradable
Mulch Films in Specialty Crops. Speaker: Brad
Karst, Organix Solutions
2 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Dairy Drinking Water
Quality. Speaker: Joseph Lyman, DVM, Neogen
2 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Top of the Hill
Jams & Jellies. Presenter: Ruth Wardwell
2:45 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Empowering
Women in Ag to Transform through Gratitude:
You Feed the World, Now Feed the Soul. Speak-
er: Arleana Waller, ShePOWER Global
3 p.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
3 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: Changing Financial
World. Speaker: Pablo Borquez, ProducePay
3 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Quality Calf Pro-
grams Start with Quality Milk Replacer Speaker:
Dr. Bob James, Down Home Heifer Solutions
3 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Fashion Show.
Presenters: Espi’s Kids and Chelsea Street
Boutique
4 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Clean Water and
Cow Comfort — Key to Dairy Profitability.
Speaker: Ross Thurston, Livestock Water
Recycling Inc.
4 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Are You Getting
6:30 a.m. VIP Tent: Agricultural Leadership
Foundation Breakfast. Speaker: Father Gregory
Boyle, Homeboy Industries
7 a.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Coffee Talk. Hosted
by: Women in Agriculture for Mentoring and
Empowerment
9 a.m. Show Opens
9:30 a.m. Seminar Trailer Three: The Future of
American Energy: Workforce Opportunities in the
Oil and Natural Gas Industry. Speaker: Tara Smith
Anderson, American Petroleum Institute
10 a.m. Seminar Trailer One: Ag Tech Disruptive
Technologies Saving Costs. Speaker: Reinier van
der Lee, Vinduino LLC
10 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Advances in
Irrigation Flow Meter Technology. Speaker: Jon R.
Johnston, Irrigation Accessories Co.
10:05 a.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Bonsai
Demonstration. Presenter: Bob Hilvers, Curator of
the Clark Bonsai Collection
10:30 a.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
10:30 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Transformation
through Mobile Drip Irrigation Technology. Speak-
er: Monty J. Teeter
10:30 a.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with
the Barking Bakery Chef Barbara Bennet
10:45 a.m. Seminar Trailer Three: FSMA: Food
Safety and Water. Speaker: Priscilla Rodriguez,
Western Ag Processors Association
11 a.m. Seminar Trailer One: What You Need to
Know: Antimicrobial Use in Livestock. Speaker:
Dr. Rosie Busch, Veterinarian Specialist, Antimi-
crobial Use & Stewardship, California Department
of Food and Agriculture
11 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Close Spacing LEPA
Applicators Improve Irrigation Efficiency. Speaker:
Dan Schueler, Senniger Irrigation
11:30 a.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with
Chef Kellie Black, MÂCHE
11:30 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Pulse Irrigation
on Almonds: Drop Water Usage While Increasing
Yields. Speakers: Guillermo Valenzuela and Mark
Yoshimoto, WiseConn Engineering Inc.
Noon. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
Noon. Seminar Trailer One: Get to the Root
Cause and Unlock Operational Efficiency. Speak-
World Ag Expo
The World Ag Expo welcomes more than 100,000 visitors to Tulare, Calif., each February for three
informative days of learning about all things ag.
the Most From Your FSA And Rural Development
Program? Speakers: Kim Vann, California Rural
Development, Aubrey Bettencourt, USDA Farm
Service Agency
5 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Wine Reception.
California Women for Agriculture
5 p.m. Show Closes
Wednesday
7 a.m. Jesus and Generosity. Speaker: David
Kieser, Midwest Food Bank
7 a.m. Coffee Talk. Hosted by: Women in Agri-
culture for Mentoring and Empowerment
9 a.m. Show Opens
9:30 a.m. Seminar Trailer Three: PCA and CCA
Laws and Regulations, Federal Legislation
Review: Insight on Water, Pesticides and GMO
Labeling. Speaker: Richard Gupton, Agricultural
Retailers Association
10 a.m. Agriculture Conservation Easements.
Speakers: Daniel O’Connell and Scott Spear and
Holly King; Central Valley Partnership, Sequoia
Riverlands Trust and Triple Crown Holdings
10 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Exploring the
Myths and Realities of Exporting
10:05 a.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Yoga
with Lily Hart
10:30 a.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
11 a.m. Seminar Trailer One: Sustainable
Groundwater Management Act Speakers: Paul
Hendrix, Mark Larsen and Soapy Mulholland,
Groundwater Sustainability Agencies
11 a.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Show Me The
Money! Securing Payment for International Sales
11 a.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with
Chef Karl Merten, Café 225
Noon. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
Noon. Seminar Trailer Three: Conscientious
Philanthropy and Community Involvement
Ag Advocacy. Speaker: Karen Musson, Gar
Tootelian Inc.
Noon. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with
Chef Jeff Riggs, Tulare Adult School Culinary
Arts
1 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: Don’t Kill Your
Golden Goose: Succession Strategies. Speaker:
Larry Oxenham, American Society for Asset
Protection
1 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Farm Wisdom:
USDA Programs
1 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Selfies, Social
Consciousness & Inclusion — What Matters
to Millennials, How to Motivate Them and How
They Can Master the Workplace. Speaker: Kristi
Sproul, AgCareers.com
1 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with Chef
Christian Raia, West Hills College Culinary Arts
1:30 p.m. World Ag Expo
Arena: Equipment Showcase
2 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: ABC’s of Organic
Certification. Speakers: Callie Cooper, certifi-
cation officer, Oregon Tilth and Gwynn Sawyer
Ostrom, Review Program Technical Supervisor,
OMRI.
2 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Manufacturing the
Future: The Next Era of Global Growth and
Innovation
2 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Sourced
from History. Presenter: Trevor Lewis, Rawson
Wood Co.
2:15 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Career Round-
table. Speakers: Doris Mold, Ag Economist at
the University of Minnesota, Brandi LoForti,
InsureCal Insurance Agency, Holly Carter, Carter
& Co. Communications, Stacy Whitner, Pecan
Grove Farms; Shannon Douglas, California Farm
Bureau Federation, Kirti Mutatkar, United Ag;
and Tara Smith Anderson, American Petroleum
Institute
2:30 p.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Faster and
More Efficient Ways to Rear High Performance
Calves. Speaker: Ben Helm, AB Neo/AHI
3 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: Italian Advanced
Agricultural Technology: Innovative Solutions for
High Quality Products. Speaker: Marco Acerbi,
Director of EIMA
3 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Southeast Asia
Emerges as Global Growth Leader
3 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Unique
Container Gardening with Spring Flowers and
Succulents. Presenter: Devon Brown, The
Gardens
4 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: 2018 Farm
Bill. Speakers: USDA representative; House
Agriculture Committee representative; Glenda
Humiston, Ag & Natural Resources for the UC
System; Jenny Lester Moffitt, California Depart-
ment of Food & Agriculture
4:30 p.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Bud Light
After-Hours Party Featuring Craig Campbell
5 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Evening
Networking Reception. Hosted by the Sigma
Alpha sorority
5 p.m. Show Closes
er: Katy Griffin, Sustainable Productivity Solutions
Noon. Seminar Trailer Two: Water Management
Issues and Opportunities: Lessons from Colorado.
Speaker: Bethany Reinholtz, GDS Associates Inc.
Noon. Seminar Trailer Three: Agroterrorism:
Principles of Food Security Planning and Man-
agement. Speakers: David Goldenberg, Western
Institute for Food Safety and Security, Sheldon
Fung, WMD Coordinator, FBI
Noon. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with David
Vartanian, The Vintage Press
12:30 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Managing Soil
Moisture and Salinity Data via a Cloud-Based
Platform. Speaker: Bridget Graf, Spectrum
Technologies
1 p.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment
Showcase
1 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: Advantages of
Real-Time Soil Tension Data for Irrigation Manage-
ment. Speaker: Ben Smith, Hortau
1 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: How Are Farmers
Adopting Technology Today For Future Profitability
Growth? Speaker: Scott Warr, Rain Bird Corp.
1 p.m. World Ag Women Pavilion: Cook with Chef
Reagan Roach, Harris Ranch
1:30 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Interpreting Soil
Moisture Data. Speaker: Brian Bourbonnais,
Irrometer Co.
1:30 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: AgVocacy: How to
Make a Lasting First Impression. Speaker: Kristine
Ranger, Knowledge Navigators, and Doris Mold,
Sunrise Ag Associates
2 p.m. World Ag Expo Arena: Equipment Showcase
2 p.m. Seminar Trailer One: Food Safety
Management Can Be a Risky Business! Speaker:
Radojka Barycki, Technical Training Manager, SCS
Global Services
2 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Advances in Irrigation
Flow Meter Technology. Speaker: Katie Englin,
Seametrics
2:30 p.m. Seminar Trailer Two: Compact, Efficient
and Expandable Title 22 Treatment System for
Small Water Systems. Speaker: Peachie Maher
Hytowitz, Amiad Water Systems
3 p.m. Seminar Trailer Three: Cannabis: From
Black Market to Mainstream. Speakers: April
Crittenden, Envirocann, Bryce Berryessa, California
Cannabis Manufacturers Assoc., and Nicole Ander-
son, Caliva; Ian Rice Vice President at SC Labs
4 p.m. Show Closes
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