Events
You'll hear about....
A soil carbon measurement system that can deliver 90% certainty - the main blockage to soil offset trade.
A system for certifying food grown in healthy soils - a breakthrough for consumers and growers.
The opportunity to earn offsets at 300 times the value of soil carbon by switching to alternative fertiliser.
The arrival of low cost 3rd Generation Soil Nutrient Management Systems.
Low cost char from coal mining fines.
Low cost on-farm composting.
You'll hear about....
A soil carbon measurement system that can deliver 90% certainty - the main blockage to soil offset trade.
A system for certifying food grown in healthy soils - a breakthrough for consumers and growers.
The opportunity to earn offsets at 300 times the value of soil carbon by switching to alternative fertiliser.
The arrival of low cost 3rd Generation Soil Nutrient Management Systems.
Low cost char from coal mining fines.
Low cost on-farm composting.
You'll hear about....
A soil carbon measurement system that can deliver 90% certainty - the main blockage to soil offset trade.
A system for certifying food grown in healthy soils - a breakthrough for consumers and growers.
The opportunity to earn offsets at 300 times the value of soil carbon by switching to alternative fertiliser.
The arrival of low cost 3rd Generation Soil Nutrient Management Systems.
Low cost char from coal mining fines.
Low cost on-farm composting.
You'll hear about....
A soil carbon measurement system that can deliver 90% certainty - the main blockage to soil offset trade.
A system for certifying food grown in healthy soils - a breakthrough for consumers and growers.
The opportunity to earn offsets at 300 times the value of soil carbon by switching to alternative fertiliser.
The arrival of low cost 3rd Generation Soil Nutrient Management Systems.
Low cost char from coal mining fines.
Low cost on-farm composting.
http://eci.illinois.edu/news-events/eci-summit/
The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Illinois is assembling a colloquium of research scholars, business leaders, and policy makers to discuss the causes, effects and consequences of agricultural practices on earth’s changing climate patterns. The day will begin at 7:45 a.m. with a continental breakfast and registration.
8:00 am WELCOME – Wesley M. Jarrell, UIUC Professor Emeritus, Soil Science and Interim Director, Environmental Change Institute
8:15 am OPENING REMARKS – Mr. Joel Freidman, Trustee of the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund; Dr. Robert Hauser, Dean, College of ACES
8:30 am MORNING KEYNOTE – Mark Seeley, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota St. Paul
9:00 am TOPIC 1 – Chemical Management and Soil Fertility
Chemical Management: Brian McCarl, TX A & M University
Soil Fertility: Cliff Snyder, Nitrogen Program Director for the International Plant Nutrition Institute
10:00 am TOPIC 2 – Food, Fuel, and Farming
Speaker 1: John Sheehan, Institute on the Environment, University of MN
Speaker 2: Elizabeth Bolt, F A E G R E & B E N S O N L L P
11:00 am TOPIC 3 – Global Land & Water Use
Global Land Use: Madhu Khanna, Professor, Agriculture and Consumer Economics
Global Water Use: Sujoy Roy, Principal Engineer, TetraTech
12:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm TOPIC 4 – Agricultural Productivity
Speaker 1: Josiah McClellan, Director of Food Market Issues and Sustainability, United Soybean Board/SmithBucklin
Speaker 2: Andrew Leakey, Professor of Plant Biology, Institute for Genomic Biology
2:00 pm TOPIC 5 – Precision Agriculture-Doing More With Less
Speaker 1: Cole Pestorious, Sunset Farms, Albert Lea, MN
Speaker 2: Larry Hendrickson, John Deere
3:00 pm TOPIC 6 – Crop Genetics and Resource Dynamics
Crop Genetics: Ruth Grene, Professor, Dept. of Plant Physiology, VA Tech
