541 Improving Production Management

Oral Session
A08 Integrated Agricultural Systems
Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:55 AM-11:45 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371D

Presiding:
Michael Russelle
8:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:00 AM
Alleopathy in An Integrated Rye-Cotton-Beef Cattle System.
Yue Li, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; Junping Chen, USDA-ARS; Fujiang Hou, LANZHOU UNIVERSITY; Philip Brown, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; Vivien Allen, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
9:15 AM
Corralling Dairy Cattle to Improve Manure N Collection and Cycling Through Crops.
J. Mark Powell, US Dairy Forage Research Center; Michael Russelle, US Dairy Forage Research Center Center
9:30 AM
9:45 AM
Impact of Tillage and Crop Rotation on Wheat Grain Quality.
Patrick Carr, North Dakota State University; Glenn Martin, North Dakota State University; Richard Horsley, North Dakota State University
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Evaluation of Fallow Methods Study: No-till, Reduced Tillage, & Traditional Fallow.
Mary Corp, Oregon State Univ.; Stewart Wuest, USDA-ARS
10:30 AM
The Effect of Phosphorus Fertilizer Placement on Weed and Algae Growth in Rice Systems.
Mark Lundy, University of California-Davis; Albert Fischer, University of California-Davis; Chris van Kessel, Univ. of California, Davis; Matthew D. Ruark, Univ. of California, Davis; James Hill, University of California-Davis; Bruce Linquist, Univ. of California, Davis
10:45 AM
Soil Chemical and Physical Characteristics in Conventional and Sod-based Crop Rotations.
David Wright, Univ. of Florida; James Marois, Univ. of Florida; Duli Zhao, USDA-ARS-SAA; Cheryl Mackowiak, Univ. of Florida
11:00 AM
Adaptability of Cuphea, a New Oil Seed Crop, to Climate and Soil Environments.
Ki-In Kim, USDA-ARS; Russell Gesch, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
11:15 AM
Crop Management to Optimize Corn Grain for Ethanol Yield.
Adam S. Henninger, University of Illinois; Matias L. Ruffo, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Fred E. Below, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
11:30 AM
Discussion
11:45 AM
Adjourn