Climate Resilient Agriculture: Tools and Resources for Ag Decisions

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration and Refreshments
9:30 – 9:40 AM Introductions and program overview
    Tapan Pathak – Extension Educator in Climate Variability
    Tyler Williams – Extension Educator in Phelps/Gosper County
9:40 – 10:00 AM Overview of Climate Services in Nebraska and High Plains Region
    Martha Shulski – Director of High Plains Regional Climate Center
10:00 – 10:25 AM Climate outlooks for agricultural decision making
    Al Dutcher – Nebraska State Climatologist
10:25 – 10:50 AM Mobile tool to monitoring soil temperature
    Kenneth Hubbard – Professor and Climatologist
10:50 – 11:10 AM Break
11:10 – 12:15 Panel Discussions
12:15 – 1:15 PM Lunch
1:15 – 1:35 PM U2U: Climate based decision support tools for the US corn belt
    Tapan Pathak – Extension Educator in Climate Variability
1:35 – 1:55 PM Agri tools – Nebraska specific climate tools for smartphones
    Tyler Williams – Extension Educator in Phelps County
1:55 – 2:15 PM Cover Crops – Management Option to minimize climate risks
    Roger Elmore – Professor and Agronomist
2:15 – 2:30 PM Break
2:30 – 2:50 PM How could weather and climate information be used in making farming
decisions?
    Steve Hu – Professor in School of Natural Resources
2:50 – 3:10 PM Drought Resources – NDMC
    Mike Hayes – Professor and Director of National Drought Mitigation Center
3:10 – 3:30 PM Crop Climate – Web based decision support system
    Guillermo Baigorria – Assistant Professor
3:30 Conference Adjourned