Sustainable Agriculture
Professional Development Projects
Names and Addresses for Professional Development Program Contacts
| Craig Dobbins Dept. of Agricultural Economics 1145 Krannert Building W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1145 dobbins@agecon.purdue.edu (765)-494-9041 |
Tom Jordan |
| Gary Maners USDA-NRCS 6013 Lakeside Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46278 gmaners@nrcs.in.usda.gov (317)-290-3200 |
Topics at Training Events:
Innovations in soil and crop management
Practical applications of mechanical and biological control
Designing multiple use borderlands
Management intensive grazing strategies
Alternative enterprises
Innovative marketing strategies
Whole farm planning
Evaluation of state strategic plan for sustainable agriculture
Format of Training Events:
Farm tours
Roundtable discussions
Workshops
Study groups
Trainers:
Hugh Pence, farm manager and agroforester
Brian Miller, CES wildlife management specialist
Keith Johnson, CES forage specialist
Ed Heckman, county educator
Steve Bonney, president, Indiana Sustainable Ag Assn.
Rob Weideman, entomologist, Illinois Natural History Survey
Dave Swaim, independent crop consultant and ag systems extension specialist
Jim Wilkinson, farmer and conservation tillage advocate
Bob Leader, farmer and oilseed processor
Jerry Lish and Richard Huntrods, NRCS and CES watering systems specialists
Charles Carter, dairyman
Bob and Bruce Guernsey, cow-calf producers
Michelle Wander, soil quality researcher, University of Illinois
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