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The Northwest Hay Expo is the premier alfalfa and forage event in the Pacific Northwest. Come join us for
breakout sessions about alfalfa, timothy, market trends, current issues in the industry and more.
509.585.5460
www.wa-hay.org
Jan. 16-17, 2019
Wed., January 16th, 2019
Wed., January 16th, 2019
Session A: Room E/F
Session B: Room G/H
Registration Desk opens at 7:30 am
Registration Desk opens at 7:30 am
MORNING
8:30 am
Voluntary Stewardship Program
Bill Eller, WSCC VSP Coordinator
9:00 am
How to Grow Low Carb Horse Hay
Natalie Shaw, WSU Graduate Student
9:30 am
Entity Selections Under Trump’s New Tax
Law
Todd King, Leffel Otis Warwick PS
10:00 am Trade Show Break
8:30 am
8:30 am
Welcome and Business Meeting
What to do should Pesticide Drift or
Overspray be suspected, and what should
you expect should you be identified as the
alleged infractor
Ethan Estalilla, WSDA Pesticide Management
Division
8:45 am
Status of Western Hay and Forage Markets
Josh Callen, Market Analyst, The Hoyt Report
9:45 am
Trade Show Break
10:45 am Fuel Update
Tina Hampton, Christensen
9:00 am
Poisonous Weeds in Hay
Dr. Steve Fransen, WSU, State Forage Specialist
9:30 am
Alfalfa Yield Gap: What is Holding Us Back?
Dr. Dan Putnam, Univ. of CA, Forage Specialist
11:10 am Corey Brock, Brock Law Firm
10:30 am Trade Show Break
AFTERNOON
11:00 am 2018 Results from NIFA and WSHGA/WSU
Variety Trials
Dr. Steve Norberg, WSU Extension
1:30 pm
Organic Alfalfa Fertility Trials in Oregon
Mylen Bohle, OSU Extension
11:30 am What Can be Done to Decrease Nitrates in
Alfalfa
2:00 pm
Struvite Fertility Work
Erin Mackey, WSU Graduate Student
Noon
Keynote Luncheon – Dr. Andre-Denis
Wright, WSU Dean CAHNRS
2:30 pm
National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance Update
Drex Gauntt, NAFA Board Member
1:30 pm
Agronomic Practices Impacts on Pest
Management: Varieties, Cropping Systems
Dr. Dan Putnam, University of CA, Forage
Specialist
11:15 am Seed Sales and Trends
Robin Newell, S&W Seed Company
11:45 am Keynote Luncheon – Jon Paul Driver,
Northwest Farm Credit Services
1:15 pm
Hay in Dairy Rations and What are Dairy
Farmers and Nutritionists Looking for and
Why
Dr. Kraig Peel, DNMC
2:00 pm
The Northwest Seaport Alliance
2:30 pm
Tariff Impacts on Hay Growers
Scot Courtright, Courtright Enterprises
3:00 pm
Conference Adjournment
AFTERNOON
3:00 pm
Trade Show Break
3:30 pm
Tilled and Non-tilled Lime Rate Effect on
Irrigated Soil pH and Grass Hay Yield
Mylen Bohle, OSU Extension
2:00 pm
Development of Tissue Test for Alfalfa
Fertility
Dr. Steve Norberg, WSU Extension
Getting a Good Hay Test
Dr. Steve Fransen, WSU State Forage Specialist
2:30 pm
Trade Show Break
3:00 pm
Progress in alfalfa breeding using
genomic-tools
Long-Xi Yu, USDA-ARS Research Geneticist
3:30 pm
How to Avoid Roundup Ready Damage in
Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Dr. Earl Creech, USU Cropping Systems Specialist
4:00 pm
What Data is Most Useful using Drones
Dr. Lav Khot, WSU, Biological Systems
Engineering
4:00 pm
Thurs., January 17th, 2019
MORNING
10:00 am Late Emerging Weeds in Alfalfa
Dr. Earl Creech, USU Cropping Systems Specialist
Keynote Luncheon – Dr. Andre-Denis
Wright, WSU Dean CAHNRS
Kennewick, WA
Registration Desk opens at 8:00 am
10:30 am Family Leave Act
Tarissa Smith, WA Employment Security
Department
Noon
Three Rivers
Convention Center
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Trade Show Reception
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Trade Show Reception
THANK YOU!
PLATINUM SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSORS
ANDRÉ-DENIS WRIGHT
André-Denis Wright is Dean of the College of
Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource
Sciences at Washington State University (WSU).
Before coming to WSU in 2018, Dr. Wright was
an endowed Professor and Director of the
School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical
Sciences at the University of Arizona. He has
served as Chair of the Department of Animal
Science at the University of Vermont, and
Director of the Vermont Dairy Center of
Excellence.
For nearly two decades, Dr. Wright has been
developing strategies to increase the effeciency
of nurtient utilization in
livestock and to raise the level Lunch sponsored by
of production of food in an
ecological sustainable way.
Thursday Keynote Luncheon
JON PAUL DRIVER, Northwest Farm
Credit Services
Jon Paul is a hay industry analyst for Northwest
Farm Credit Services in Spokane and the
founder of the popular Facebook group Hay
Kings. Jon was raised on a small dairy north of
Spokane. He received his bachelors of science in
agribusiness management and economics from
Washington State University and is a graduate
of Washington AgForestry Leadership Class 37.
Jon Paul authors quarterly market snapshots,
annual industry perspectives Lunch sponsored by
and peer financial benchmark
studies for Northwest Farm
Credit Services.
Register online at WA-HAY.org
The Washington State Hay Growers Association is a non-profit trade association. We are Committed to: Developing Working Partnerships; Enhancing Communications between - Policy Makers, Consumers, Growers, Industry; Research, Education And Promotion.
50-4/HOU
Wednesday Keynote Luncheon