2018 Extension/REC Fall Conference has ended

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2018 Extension/REC Fall Conference

10:00am CDT

REC Directors Meeting - Offsite USDA-ARS Northern Great Plains Reserch Lab

12:00pm CDT

Computer Clinic Empire

1:00pm CDT

Welcome and Featured Talks Galleria BallroomBob Bertsch • Jodi Bruns • Ryan Buetow • Kari Helgoe • Marissa Leier • Miranda Meehan • Rick Schmidt

2:45pm CDT

Break Galleria Ballroom

3:15pm CDT

Legislative Panel Galleria BallroomAaron Webber, Office of the Governor • Greg Lardy • Jerry Klein, State Senator

4:45pm CDT

N.D. Association of Agrigultural Extension Agents Meeting Galleria Ballroom

6:30pm CDT

New Staff Dinner Meet in the Lobby

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Buffet Galleria Ballroom N.D. Association of Extension 4-H Youth Workers Van Gogh- Remington

7:30am CDT

REC Association Meeting Renoir-Russel

9:00am CDT

Conservation Crisis in North Dakota: A Bird's-eye View (30min) New York 1Benjamin Geaumont Ins and Outs of Mineral Supplementation for Livestock - Part 1 (30min) Renoir-RusselJanna Kincheloe Lightning Talks: 1. Benefit of Cover Crop Snow Capture 2. Haskap Research at CREC: Better Selections for North Dakota (30min) HudsonJim Staricka • Kathy Wiederholt Marestail: A Weed Control Challenge in No-till Soybean (30min) Van Gogh- RemingtonScott Knoke • Tom Peters Tree Selection and Identification - Part 1 (30min) Wyeth-RockwellJoe Zeleznik Let's Have Some Dialogue: 4-H Specific - I (60min) New york 2 Policy, Systems and Environmental (PSE) Change: What Is It and What Does It Look Like? (60min) Liberty/ManhattanLynette Flage • Marcia Hellandsaas • Marie Hvidsten • Susan Milender • Jan Stankiewicz

9:35am CDT

Brine Spill Remediation Efforts in North Dakota (30min) New York 1Miranda Meehan • Kevin Sedivec Determination of Suitable Soybean Planting Geometry for No-till Dryland Condition (30min) HudsonGautam Pradhan Ins and Outs of Mineral Supplementation for Livestock - Part 2 (30min) Renoir-RusselJanna Kincheloe Lightning Talks: 1. Why Rye with Beans? 2. Aronia Fruit as Alternative Crop in North Dakota (30min) Van Gogh-RemingtonGreg Endres • Kathy Wiederholt Tree Selection and Identification - Part 2 (30min) Wyeth-RockwellJoe Zeleznik

10:00am CDT

Break Galleria Ballroom

10:40am CDT

2018 Feed Update and Ration Planning (60min) New York 1John Dhuyvetter • Karl Hoppe Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) - Preparation, Resources and Planned Response (60min) HudsonJoe Zeleznik Evaluation Using Ripple Effect Mapping: PSE Key Ingredient (60min) Liberty/ManhattanLynette Flate • Rachelle Vettern Let's Have Some Dialogue: 4-H Specific - II (60min) New york 2 Raising Water Quality Awareness: Playing the Nutrient Reduction Game with N.D. Soil Conservation Districts (60min) Van Gogh-RemingtonKatelyn Hain The County Seed Increase Program and Its Benefits to Your County and Area Producers (60min) Renoir-RusselChad Anderson Two Bully Pulpits: 1. N.D. Pasture Land Values and Rental Rates / 2. Drones for Extension and Research Activities (60min) Wyeth-RockwellPaulo Flores • Byron Parman

11:45am CDT

Awards Lunch Galleria Ballroom

2:00pm CDT

Lightning Talks: 1. Effect of Crops Rotation and Tillage on Rhizoctonia Root and Crown Rot and Rhizoctonia soloni AG2-2 Soil Populations | 2. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. Pisi: An Important Member of the Fusarium Root... Van Gogh-RemingtonTaheni Gargouri-Jbir • Audrey Kalil Reduced Irrigation Amounts on Durum and Barley Production in Northwest North Dakota (30min) Wyeth-RockwellJim Staricka #AdultingNDSU (60min) New york 2Carrie Johnson • Nikki Johnson • Stacy Wang Bring Lead Local or Youth Lead Local to Your Community (60min) New York 1Andrea Bowman • Jodi Bruns Extension Master Gardener Therapeutic Horticulture Program (60min) Renoir-RusselEsther McGinnis Family Nutrition Program Updates (60min) HudsonMegan Ditterick • Susan Finneseth Total Overhaul of Soil Fertility Recommendations: What You Should Know (60min) Liberty/ManhattanDavid Franzen

2:35pm CDT

Forage Production for Grazing and Haying in a Multi-Crop Rotation in Western North Dakota (30min) Wyeth-RockwellRyan Buetow Managing Resistance in Crop Pests (30min) Van Gogh-RemingtonMohamed Khan

3:00pm CDT

Break Galleria Ballroom

3:30pm CDT

Ageism: What We Can Do About It (30min) New york 2Ellen Bjelland • Dena Kemmet Building Tomorrow's Leaders: Civic Engagement in North Dakota Schools (30min) New York 1Macine Lukach • Amanda Peterson Hop Production in North Dakota (30min) Renoir-RusselKyla Splichal Impacts of Bale Grazing on Herbage Production, Forage Quality and Soil Health (30min) Wyeth-RockwellMary Keena • Penny Nester • Kevin Sedivec Improving Efficiency with Intercropping (30min) Van Gogh-RemingtonJustin Jacobs EFNEP Updates (60min) HudsonMegan Ditterick • Susan Finneseth Spilling the Beans: Giving Away the Secrets About the Best Management for Soybean and Dry Bean (60min) Liberty/ManhattanGreg Endres • Hans Kandel

4:05pm CDT

Cover Crop Seedling Survival Following Winter Rye in Bowman County (30min) Van Gogh-RemingtonErin Gaugler • Shelby Hewson Growing Leaders Short Course (30min) New York 1Andrea Bowman Lighting Talks: 1. Attend MOSES: The Country's Largest Conference on Organic and Sustainable Farming 2. BioLightning: Energy Beet Commercialization Update (30min) Renoir-RusselKatelyn Hain • Dave Ripplinger Lightning Talks: 1. On the Move to Better Health: How's It Going for Kids and Families? 2. Economic Impact of Marketing Culture (30min) New york 2Julie Garden-Robinson • Carmen Rath-Wald • Acacia Stuckle

5:30pm CDT

Social, Auction, Dinner NDSU Extension - Burleigh County

6:45am CDT

Wellness Walking Group Meet in the Lobby

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Buffet Galleria Ballroom

7:30am CDT

ESP Meeting and Breakfast Van Gogh-Remington

8:30am CDT

Becoming A Rockstar with Volunteer Engagement (60min) LibertyRachelle Vettern Bridging the Gap Between Research and Extension in Your County (60min) New York 1Janna Kincheloe • Christopher Schauer New Outreach in Tribal Communities (60min) ManhattanMegan Ditterick • Kim Fox • Sara Laite • Jan Stankiewicz North Dakota Farm Financial Stress (60min) Renoir-RusselBryon Parmon • Dave Ripplinger PEARS - The Ins and Outs (60min) Wyeth-RockwellSusan Finneseth • Kim Ruliffson Understanding and Managing Change (60min) New york 2Marie Hvidsten Foundation Seedstocks Hudson

9:30am CDT

Break Galleria Ballroom

10:00am CDT

Are You Climbing the Ladder? (30min) Wyeth-RockwellAlicia Harstad • Sue Quamme Lightning Talks: 1. Grand Challenges, Co-Learning and Collaboration 2. Make Yours a Truly User-Friendly Website (30min) New York 1Bob Bertsch Lightning Talks: 1. Two Short Stories on Developing NDSU Extension Apps | 2. Adding Color to Your Program… People and Personalities (30min) New york 2David Franzen • Andrew Friskop • Mary Keena Quick Video Editing on Your Phone (30min) Van Gogh-RemingtonBruce Sundeen • Scott Swanson The Democratization of Energy (30min) ManhattanDave Ripplinger Women in Agriculture: Reclaiming Identity (30min) Renoir-RusselCarmen Rath-Wald • Acacia Stuckle

10:45am CDT

Keynote: Taking Extension and Research Into the 21st Century Galleria BallroomNebraska Extension • Dr. Chuck Hibberd

11:45am CDT

Lunch Buffet Galleria Ballroom

1:00pm CDT

Fish Tank: Youth Entrepreneurship (30min) New York 1Aimee Ellinger • Breana Kiser Lightning Talks: 1. Are Ewe a Fiber Enthusiast? 2. The Sugar Story (30min) New york 2Travis Hoffman • Mohamed Khan Lightning Talks: 1. Data Driven Decision Making 2. ND-SARE Professional Development Program (30min) ManhattanBill Hodous • Karl Hoppe • Clair Keene • Meagan Scott Hoffman, Ph.D. Work-Life Effectiveness for Extension Professionals (30min) Galleria BallroomGreg Lardy PEARS - The Ins and Outs (60min) Wyeth-RockwellSusan Finneseth • Kim Ruliffson Commodity Elections (60min) Renoir-RusselCommodity Executive Directors • Maria Reinhiller • Charlie Stoltenow

1:40pm CDT

GleaND: A North Dakota Gleaning Network (30min) New York 1Nancy Carriveau, Great Plains Food Bank • Janice Tweet, GleaND Coordinator • Megan Myrdal Keeping Current on Relevant Research and News (30min) New york 2Nicole Juve National 4-H Congress and Conference Leadership Opportunities (30min) ManhattanRachelle Vettern New NDSU Extension County Homepages: A Work Session (30min) Van Gogh-RemingtonKelli Anderson

2:20pm CDT

Breaking Down Fences: Integrating Crops and Livestock (60min) Galleria BallroomChris Augustin • John Dhuyvetter • Mary Keena • Miranda Meehan • Kevin Sedivec EFNEP/FNP Sharing Session: Policy, Systems and Environmental Change Strategies (60min) ManhattanMegan Ditterick Engaging Millennials and Xers in Your Extension Programming (60min) Van Gogh-RemingtonEmily Goff • Rachelle Vettern PEARS - Working Session (60min) Wyeth-RockwellSusan Finneseth • Kim Ruliffson So You Want to Make an App (60min) LibertyBob Bertsch The Meat You Eat (60min) Renoir-RusselJulie Garden-Robinson • Lisa Pederson • Gerald Stokka

3:20pm CDT

Break Galleria Ballroom

3:50pm CDT

Developing an Innovator's Mindset (60min) Renoir-RusselBob Bertsch • Amelia Doll Fall 2018 Market Outlook (60min) Galleria BallroomFrayne Olson • Tim Petry • Dave Ripplinger Lightning Round: 1. New Youth Development Publications Showcase 2. Two Events Become a Super Event 3. Mercer County 1st Grade Farm Safety Day 4. Little Free Gardens and North Dakota 4-H (60min) ManhattanCraig Askim • Lindsey Leker • Meagan Scott Hoffman, Ph.D. • Sue Quamme PEARS - Working Session (60min) Wyeth-RockwellSusan Finneseth • Kim Ruliffson Producing Safe Cottage Food Products (60min) Van Gogh-RemingtonJulie Garden-Robinson • Stacy Wang Understanding Records Retention Requirements for County Extension Offices (60min) New York 1Jim Gray

5:00pm CDT

N.D. Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Meeting Van Gogh-Remington

7:00am CDT

Basic 4-H Training Breakfast Meeting Renoir-Russel JCEP Breakfast Meeting Executive Conference Room Breakfast Buffet and Address by NDSU President Bresciani Galleria Ballroom

8:30am CDT

Becoming More Comfortable with the Uncomfortable Galleria BallroomPetra Harmon One Hawk • Sue Isbell • Ola Klimczak • Francine McDonald • Sheridan McNeil • Kim Ruliffson

9:30am CDT

World Café Galleria Ballroom

10:30am CDT

Address by Lt. Governor Brent Sanford Galleria Ballroom Break Galleria Ballroom

11:00am CDT

Looking Into the Future of Extension Galleria Ballroom

12:00pm CDT

Conference Sendoff Galleria Ballroom