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FARM FAIR
East Oregonian/Hermiston Herald
November 2015
5:00 p.m. Session Ends
FARM FAIR BANQUET
Location: National Guard Armory building
900 SE Columbia Dr, Hermiston
Tickets are $25 each. Purchase your
tickets from the Hermiston Chamber of
Commerce of¿ce.
6:00 p.m. will start the evening with a
no-host social hour with music from Joe
Lindsay & Cory Cooley. Dinner will begin at
6:30 p.m.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2
POTATO PRODUCTION SEMINAR
Main Stage
Moderator: Phil Hamm, OSU
8:00 a.m. An Update on New Varieties
from the Tri-State Potato Variety Develop-
ment - Sagar Sathuvalli, OSU
8:30 a.m. What Genomics Can Offer
to Develop New Potato Varieties for the
Industry - Kelly Vining, OSU
9:00 a.m. Role of Small and Mid-Sized
Unmanned Aerial Systems in Potato Produc-
tion Management - Lav Khot, WSU
9:30 a.m. Oregon Potato Commission,
“Who, What, Why” - Bill Brewer, OPC
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Emerging Diseases of Potato:
Late Blight and Black Leg - Ken Frost, OSU
11:00 a.m. Seed Preparation and Planting
for Optimum Plant Stand in Potato - Mike
Thornton, ICPRE
11:30 a.m. Registered Herbicides and
Management of Problematic Weeds in
Potato - Joel Felix, OSU
12:00 p.m. Session Ends
POTATO PRODUCTION SEMINAR
Main Stage
Moderator: Sagar Sathuvalli, OSU
1:00 p.m. Meet the Pests: IPM of Potato
Pests and Bene¿cials in the Basin - Silvia
Rondon, OSU
1:30 p.m. The Potato Canopy and Late
Blight Development in the Columbia Basin -
Dennis Johnson, WSU
2:00 p.m. Potato Viruses: They Don’t Go
Away and How to Manage Them - Hanu
Pappu, WSU
2:30 p.m. Field Selections of Resistance
to Corky Ringspot - Chuck Brown, ARS/
USDA
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. What’s in a Potato? Analysis of
Nutritional Composition - Roy Novarre, WSU
4:00 p.m. Maximizing the Nutritional
Potential of Potato: A Case Study of Vitamin
B9 - Aymeric Goyer, OSU
4:30 p.m. Telone, Vydate, and Other
Options for Nematode Management - Russ
Ingham, OSU
5:00 p.m. Session Ends
GENERAL SESSION
Altrusa Room
Moderator: Ken Frost, OSU
1:00 p.m. Thrips and Iris Yellow Spot
Virus Management in Onions - Stuart Reitz,
OSU
1:30 p.m. Black Leg on Brassicas - Cindy
Ocamb, OSU
2:00 p.m. Light Leaf Spot on Brassicas -
Cindy Ocamb, OSU
2:30 p.m. Carrot Pest Management - Tim
Waters, WSU
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Onion White Rot in the Paci¿c
Northwest - Jeremiah Dung, OSU
4:00 p.m. Management of Common
Foliar Diseases of Pea - Lyndon Porter,
USDA
4:30 p.m. Possible Role of Insects in
Ergot Disease Cycle - Navneet Kaur, OSU
5:00 p.m. Session Ends
EO file photo
Gonzalo Garcia of Pasco looks at a business card as Steve Caldwell, with Honey-
comb Corp. out of Wilsonville, talks about the Honeycomb Ag Drone System at the
2014 Hermiston Farm Fair.
8:00 a.m. Ag Weather Decision Support
Services - Dennis Hall, NOAA/NWS
8:30 a.m. Water Quantity/Quality in Semi-
arid Riparian Systems - Carlos Ochoa, OSU
9:00 a.m. Energy Trust Incentives
for Energy and Water Ef¿cient Irrigation
Systems - Ulrike Mengelberg, ETO
9:30 a.m. A Future with More Irrigation
Water and Warmer Temperatures? Potential
Consequences for Aquatic Systems in the
Umatilla Sub-basin - Sandy DeBano, OSU
and David Wooster, OSU
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Our Experience with UAVs -
Chad Higgins, OSU
11:00 a.m. Assessing Plant Water Use
with Geochemistry - Stephen Good, OSU
11:30 a.m. Unique Native Bee Research
Experiences in Western Oregon Landscapes
- Sujaya Rao, OSU
12:00 p.m. Session Ends
CEREAL SESSION
Main Stage
Moderator: Don Wysocki, OSU
8:00 a.m. Surface Residue and Reduced
Tillage Conserve Water - Stuart Wuest,
USDA-ARS
8:30 a.m. The Bottom Line - Will It Pay to
Grow Canola on My Farm? Karen Sowers,
WSU
9:00 a.m. Update on Cereal Varieties -
Hannah Kammeyer, OSU
9:30 a.m. Wheat Marketing 101 - Jordan
Maley, OSU
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Soil Nutrients Essential to
Plants - Paul Carter, WSU
11:00 a.m. Controlling Nematodes in
Small Grains - Richard Smiley, OSU
11:30 a.m. Wheat League/Wheat
Commission Update - Tyler Hansell, OWGL
VP
12:00 p.m. Session Ends
CEREAL SESSION
Main Stage
Moderator: Judit Barroso, OSU
1:00 p.m. Maximizing Herbicide Perfor-
THURSDAY, DEC. 3
mance Under Drought Conditions - Andy
GENERAL SESSION
Hulting, OSU
Altrusa Room
1:30 p.m. Alternative Weed Control
Moderator: Ken Frost, OSU
Methods in Chem-Fallow -
Larry Lutcher, OSU & Aaron
FARM FAIR COMMITTEE
Esser, WSU
Chair: Brian Allstott, Crop Production Services
2:00 p.m. Water and
Peggy Carr, Oregon State University
Nitrogen Use of Winter
Mary Corp, Oregon State University
Canola - Megan Reese,
Larry Hanson, Buttercreek Equipment
WSU
Marti Katsel, Hermiston Chamber of Commerce
2:30
p.m.
Blackleg
Barb Martin, Hermiston Chamber of Commerce
Disease on Canola - Don
Wysocki, OSU
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Cover Crop Demonstrations -
Tom Demianew, Umatilla SWCD
4:00 p.m. Biomass Accumulation
and Water Use of Cover Crops - Wayne
Thompson, WSU
4:30 p.m. Nitrogen Rates for 2-Row
Spring Malt Barley Production - Darrin
Walenta, OSU
5:00 p.m. Session Ends
CORE PROGRAM, Safe Pesticide Use
Alturas Room - $10 fee
Moderator: Cory Cooley, ODA
1:00 p.m. Recordkeeping - Cory Cooley,
ODA
2:00 p.m. Managing Pesticide Residues
- Richard Duval, DEQ
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Navigating the Label - Tim
Weinke, OSU
4:00 p.m. Oregon’s Pesticide Steward-
ship Partnership Update - Kirk Cook, ODA
FRIDAY, DEC. 4
PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT
Main Stage
Moderator: Silvia Rondon
8:00 a.m. Insuring the Successful Use of
IPM: Non Target Impacts of Pesticides on
Pollinators - Sujay Rao, OSU
8:30 a.m. Pest Management & Pesticide
Registrations: The IR-4 Specialty Crops
Program in OR - Joe DeFrancesco, OSU
9:00 a.m. Grasshopper-Mormon Cricket
Survey in Oregon and Environs - Paul Blom,
ODA
9:30 a.m. Maximizing Grass Seed Yield:
Lessons from the Willamette Valley - Nicole
Anderson, OSU
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Effect of Landscape Diversity
on Insect Distribution - Matthew Klein &
Silvia Rondon, OSU
11:00 a.m. Regional Potato Insect Pest
Monitoring in WA and “Potato Pest Alerts” -
Carrie Wohleb, WSU
11:30 a.m. How to Take Action Against
Herbicide Resistant Weeds - Steve VanV-
leet, WSU
12:00 p.m. Session Ends
CORE PROGRAM, Safe Pesticide Use
Altrusa Room - $10 fee
Moderator: Cory Cooley, ODA
8:00 a.m. Oregon’s Pesticide Steward-
ship Partnership Update - Kirk Cook
8:50 a.m. Managing Pesticide Residue -
Richard Duval, DEQ
9:40 a.m. Break
10:10 a.m. Navigating the Label - Tim
Weinke, OSU
11:00 a.m. Recordkeeping - Cory Cooley,
ODA
12:00 p.m. Session Ends
Debbie Pedro, Hermiston Chamber of Commerce
Sagar Sathuvalli, Oregon State University
Kelly Schwirse, Hermiston Chamber of Commerce
Carrie Shilhanek, Simplot Grower Solutions
Silvia Rondon, Oregon State University
Annette Teraberry, Oregon State University
Don Wysocki, Oregon State University
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