356 Cover Crop Management: III

Oral Session
ASA Section: Land Management & Conservation
This is a general session on cover crop management and benefits associated with cover crops that will have interest across the tri-societies.  Topics will cover a wide range of disciplines with regards to cover crops and subsequent cash crop management.   Research relevant to agronomic production, environmental benefits, nutrient sequestration and release, weed control, and soil and water conservation that is associated with cover crops are encouraged to participate.

Approved for 2.0 CM CEUs.

Cosponsor(s):

Cover Crop Management Community

Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community
Soil-Plant-Water Relations Community
Nutrients and Environmental Quality Community

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 8:55 AM-11:20 AM
Minneapolis Convention Center, M100 C

Organizers:
Kipling S. Balkcom and Jourdan M. Bell
Moderator:
Diane L. Rowland
8:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:15 AM
Residue Management Increases Fallow Water Conservation and Yield of Deficit Irrigated Crops Grown in Rotation with Wheat.
Louis Baumhardt, USDA-ARS; Robert C. Schwartz, USDA-ARS; Paul D. Colaizzi, USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory
9:30 AM
Influence of Cover CROP and Tillage Management on Soil Hydraulic Properties.
Samuel I Haruna, University of Missouri; Stephen H. Anderson, University of Missouri; Nsalambi V. Nkongolo, Lincoln University of Missouri
9:45 AM
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Tillage and Cover Cropping Effects on Soil Properties.
Ivan A. Dozier, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Gevan D. Behnke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Emerson D. Nafziger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maria B. Villamil, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:45 AM
Using Cover Crops to Potentially Solve Environmental Issues.
James J. Hoorman, Ohio State University; Curtis E. Young, Ohio State University Extension; Alan P. Sundermeier, Ohio State University; Khandakar R. Islam, Ohio State University
11:00 AM
Cover Crops Improve Soil Health and Water Quality in the Shatto Ditch Watershed, Kosciusko Co, in.
Sheila F Christopher, University of Notre Dame; Jennifer L Tank, University of Notre Dame; Brittany R Hanrahan, University of Notre Dame; Ursula H Mahl, University of Notre Dame
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks
11:20 AM
Adjourn