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Monday, September 26
11:00 am Registration desk opens

12:00 pm Opening luncheon - Room 167-179, Scheman Building
Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and Dr. Wendy Wintersteen, Interim Dean, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University.

Afternoon sessions – Benton Auditorium
Moderator: Rick Cruse, Iowa State University
1:00 Session 1 – Fate and transport of nutrients
Authors: James Baker, Iowa State University; Mark David, University of Illinois; Dean Lemke, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Panelists: Gyles Randall, University of Minnesota and Dan Jaynes, USDA National Soil Tilth Laboratory

2:00 Session 2 – Water management
Authors: Richard Cooke, University of Illinois; Larry Brown, Ohio State University; Gary Sands, University of Minnesota
Panelists: Norman Fausey, USDA Agricultural Research Service and Don Pitts, Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service

3:00 Break

3:30 Session 3 – Wetlands
Author: William Crumpton, Iowa State University
Panelists: David Kovacic, University of Illinois; Don Hey, The Wetlands Initiative; Mary Skopec, Iowa Geological Survey Bureau; Gary Sands, University of Minnesota

4:30 Session 4 – Buffer and vegetative filter strips
Authors: Matt Helmers, Iowa State University; Jeff Strock, University of Minnesota; Tom Isenhart, Iowa State University
Panelist: Mike Dosskey, USDA National Agroforestry Center and Seth Dabney, USDA Agricultural Research Service

5:30 Workshop adjourns

6:00 Dinner and reception at Iowa State University Reiman Gardens

Tuesday, September 27
Morning sessions – Benton Auditorium
Moderator: Dennis Keeney, Iowa State University
7:30 am Morning refreshments

8:00 Session 5 – Nitrogen rates (combined with Session 6)
Session 6 – Nitrogen application timing and different nitrogen forms and additives
Authors: John Sawyer, Iowa State University and Gyles Randall, University of Minnesota
Panelists: Robert Hoeft, University of Illinois; Peter Scharf, University of Missouri; Alfred Blackmer, Iowa State University; Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University; Eileen Kladivko, Purdue University; Larry Bundy, University of Wisconsin; James Baker, Iowa State University

9:45 Break

10:00 Session 7 – Phosphorus fertilizers: Rates, forms, methods and timing
Authors: Antonio Mallarino, Iowa State University and Larry Bundy, University of Wisconsin
Panelists: Brad Joern, Purdue University; Robert Hoeft, University of Illinois; Peter Scharf, University of Missouri

11:00 Session 8 – Animal manures
Authors: John Lory, University of Missouri; Brad Joern, Purdue University; Ray Massey, University of Missouri
Panelists: Carrie Laboski, University of Wisconsin; Stewart Melvin, Curry-Wille & Associates.

12:00 pm Lunch - Room 167-179, Scheman Building
Remarks by Diane Regas, Director of Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Afternoon sessions – Benton Auditorium
Moderator: Tom Hunt, University of Wisconsin
1:00 Session 9 – Erosion control practices to reduce nutrient losses
Authors: George Czapar, University of Illinois; Greg McIsaac, University of Illinois; Dennis McKenna, Illinois Department of Agriculture; John Laflen, Iowa State University
Panelist: Chi-hua Huang, Purdue University

2:00 Session 10 – Alternative cropping, including cover crops and permanent perennials
Authors: Tom Kaspar, USDA National Soil Tilth Laboratory; Eileen Kladivko, Purdue University; Jeremy Singer, USDA National Soil Tilth Laboratory
Panelist: Dale Mutch, Michigan State University; Steve Morse, University of Minnesota

3:30 Session 11 – Soil organic matter content
Authors: Dan Jaynes, USDA National Soil Tilth Laboratory and Doug Karlen, USDA National Soil Tilth Laboratory
Panelists: William Crumpton, Iowa State University; Michael Russelle, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Lowell Gentry, University of Illiniois

4:30 Evening social – cash bar and light hors d’oeuvres – 1st Floor Lobby, Scheman Building

5:30 UMRSHNC stakeholder advisory group meeting – Room 150-154, Scheman Building

Wednesday, September 28
Morning sessions – Benton Auditorium
Moderator: William Kurtz, University of Missouri
7:30 am Morning refreshments

8:00 Session 12 – Field-scale tools
Authors: Larry Bundy, University of Wisconsin and Antonio Mallarino, Iowa State University
Panelists: John Moncrief, University of Minnesota; Wes Jarrell, University of Illinois; Laura Good, University of Wisconsin

9:00 Session 13 – Watershed-scale tools
Authors: Peter Nowak, University of Wisconsin; John Norman, University of Wisconsin; David Mulla, University of Minnesota
Panelists: Max Schnepf, Soil and Water Conservation Society and Mike Burkart, USDA National Soil Tilth Laboratory

10:00 Break

10:30 Session 14 – Nutrient loss reduction effects - evaluation and assessment
Authors: David Mulla, University of Minnesota; Newell Kitchen, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Mark David, University of Illinois
Panelists: Bernie Engel, Purdue University and Greg McIsaac, University of Illinois

11:30 Session 15 – Where do we go from here?
Authors: Dean Lemke, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and Dennis McKenna, Illinois Department of Agriculture
Panelist: Mike Sullivan, National Resources Conservation Service; Jim Gulliford, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Wayne Anderson, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Charles Burney, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Joe Engeln, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

12:30 pm Workshop adjourns

12:45 Author and panelist lunch and meeting - Room 175-179 Scheman Building