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2017 Annual Meeting | Oct. 22-25 | Tampa, FL

272 Alternative Cropping Systems and Soil Health

Oral Session
ASA Section: Agronomic Production Systems
The solar corridor, intercropping, strip cropping and many other alternative cropping systems have an effect on soil health compared to conventional cropping systems.  This session will provide a special focus on those systems and how muiltiple spcies and light interception and penetration result in changes in soil health properties.

Approved for SW 3.0 CEUs

Cosponsor(s):

Solar Corridor Crop System Community

ASA Section: Land Management and Conservation

Soil Health Community

Tuesday, October 24, 2017: 1:30 PM-4:40 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 7

Organizer:
Timothy M. Reinbott
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
The Solar Corridor - a Crop System for Improving Soil Health and Sustsinability.
Charles LeRoy Deichman, Deichman Consulting; Robert J. Kremer, University of Missouri; Timothy M. Reinbott, University of Missouri; Kristen S. Veum, USDA-ARS
1:50 PM
The Solar Corridor Cropping System for Efficient Grain Production and Improved Soil Quality on Claypan Soils.
Robert J. Kremer, University of Missouri; Charles LeRoy Deichman, Deichman Consulting; Timothy M. Reinbott, University of Missouri; Kristen Sloan Veum, USDA-ARS Cropping Systems & Water Quality Research Unit
2:05 PM
2:20 PM
The Solar Corridor Crop System - a Logical Attempt to Maximize Solar Radiation Efficiency.
Charles LeRoy Deichman, Deichman Consulting; Robert J. Kremer, University of Missouri; Timothy M. Reinbott, University of Missouri
2:35 PM
2:50 PM
Community Planning Session
3:05 PM
Soil Health Indicators during Transition from ROW CROPS to Grass/Legume SOD.
Eugenia M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, West Virginia University; Emily Leslie Romano, West Virginia University; Nicole Waterland Waterland, WVU; John H. Grove, University of Kentucky
3:20 PM
Effects of Maize-Forage Legumes Intercropping on ACTIVE Carbon Dynamics and Maize YIELD in Southern Malawi.
Stanlee Juma, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources.; Ray R. Weil, University of Maryland
3:35 PM
Development of Mu's Soil Health Website: Providing Regional Data for Realistic Goals.
Ray Wright, University of Missouri-Columbia; Timothy M. Reinbott, University of Missouri
3:50 PM
Intensifying Production in the Northern Corn Belt By Incorporating Cash Cover Crops.
Heather L Dose, USDA-ARS; Russell W. Gesch, USDA-ARS; Frank Forcella, USDA-ARS; Kyle Aasand, North Dakota State University; Burton L. Johnson, North Dakota State University; Nicholas Steffl, North Dakota State University; M. Scott Wells, University of Minnesota; Swetabh Patel, Iowa State University; Andrew W. Lenssen, Iowa State University; Marisol T. Berti, North Dakota State University
4:05 PM
Long-Term Productivity in Traditional, Organic and Low-Input Management Systems of the Upper Midwest.
Sharon L Lachnicht Weyers, USDA-ARS; David W. Archer, USDA-ARS; Jane M-F Johnson, USDA-ARS; Russell W. Gesch, USDA-ARS; Frank Forcella, USDA-ARS
4:20 PM
Discussion
4:35 PM
Concluding Remarks
4:40 PM
Adjourn