AGENDA

8:00-8:45 Registration, donuts & coffee 8:45-9:00 Mike Starkey & AJ Adkins, Starkey Farms Welcome 2013 Observations 9:00-9:45 Rodney Rulon, Rulon Enterprises Unique Ways of Planting Cover Crops 9:45-10:15 Break 10:15-11:30 Paul Jasa, Univ. of NebraskaLincoln Extension The Pluses and Minuses of Planter Set-up in a No-till Environment 11:30-11:45 Mike Dunn, Indiana Soybean Alliance & Indiana Corn Marketing Council Harold Thompson Field to Market Calculator 11:45-12:45 Lunch Catered by West Point Steakhouse 12:45-1:30 Hal Brown & Ty Brown, Drago Indiana Whats New in the Planter Market & the Use of Drone Technology 1:30 Panel Discussion with presenters

Date: 12/16/2013 Time: 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

4th Annual

No-till Planter Clinic

Paul Jasa, Extension Engineer with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, develops and conducts educational programs related to crop production that improve profitability, build soil health, and reduce risks to the environment. He received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Nebraska and has been working with planting equipment and tillage system evaluation at the University since 1978.

Your turn to ask what works & what not to do with With Paul's experiences gained from research and Extension activities, he has become one of the best your no-till planter.

With the success over 150 attendees last year, we are expecting this years clinic to be better yet. Please RSVP so that we can be sure to accommodate everyone who wants to attend. ~ Mike and AJ

sources of information in the Midwest on no-till planting equipment and system management. Paul admits, if there is a mistake to be made with no-till, he's either made it himself or has seen it done. More importantly, he has learned from those mistakes and shares that information in presentations that stress the systems approach and the long-term benefits of continuous no-till.

CLINIC LOCATION: Starkey Farms 10132 E CR 700 N Brownsburg, IN 46112

RSVP to the Hendricks County Soil & Water Conservation District Phone: 317-745-2555 Email: marlene.raisor@in.nacdnet.net

SPEAKERS
HAL BROWN TY BROWN Hal, a fifth generation farmer, and his son, Ty, sixth generation, farm the same ground in Ross Township, Clinton County that was owned and farmed by their ancestor Solomon Brown beginning in 1864. In 1981, the farm was incorporated and became Windy Lane Farms. Tillage practices on the farm began with the plow, then the chisel plow, to ridge till and now to vertical tillage or lo-till. In an effort to build more organic matter and soil tilth with diverse soil biology, cover crops are currently being expanded into our corn and soybean rotation.

http://windylanefarms.com/

RODNEY RULON

https://www.rulonenterprises.com/

Rodney is a partner with his cousins, Ken and Roy in Rulon Enterprises, a family farm partnership in Arcadia, Indiana, which strives to continue a seven-generation tradition of sustainable and environmentally responsible farming. The farm was originally homesteaded in 1869.. Rulon Enterprises has been recognized with numerous honors including the No-Till Innovator Award, regional and national Conservation Legacy Award, and they served as hosts for the CTIC Conservation in Action Tour in 2009. Rodney Rulon received his bachelors and masters degrees from Purdue University in Agricultural Systems Management using the degree as the farms technology and resource manager. Rulon works very hard on their farm and as the chairman for the Hamilton County SWCD to promote the benefits and adoption of no-till and cover crops throughout Indiana.

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