REGISTRATIONS ALLOW ACCESS THE DAY OF AND AFTER THE CONFERENCE
8:00-8:30 (Central Standard Time) Login and Sponsor Messages
8:30 Opening Remarks & Introductions
8:45-10:00 Darin Qualman, Civilization Critical
Darin is the author of the 2019 report “Tackling the Farm Crisis and the Climate Crisis” and the 2019 book Civilization Critical: Energy, Food, Nature, and the Future.
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-Noon Chris Teachout, Breathing Life Into Our Soils
Shenandoah, Iowa farmer Chris Teachout has been using soil health principles on his farm for the last 20 years. Hear what Chris has unearthed from a soil caretaker point of view
Noon-1:00 Break
1:00-4:30 (Break at 3:15) John Kempf, Biology Centric Nutrient Management, (Good bye Chemistry)
John will give you a very different perspective on plant nutrition, one you won’t hear about from ag retailers.
· How most nutrient deficiencies are created by over-application
· How the form of nutrients applied determines availability, (and most commercial products reduce availability rather than increase it)
· How soil analyses that are known to be inaccurate are used as sales tools to sell unneeded products.
· How soil amendments and fertilizers often are applied at the least optimal time
4:30-5:15 Panel of the 3 Conference speakers moderated by Dr. Dwayne Beck
*AGENDA IS DRAFT AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE