Schedule at a Glance | Program Booklet pdf | Presentation Notes
Schedule at a Glance
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
1-5 p.m. Vender Set Up Time
6 p.m. Optional Dinner at B-Lux Grill (not part of conference meal plan)
Thursday, January 9, 2025
7 a.m. Registration opens
9 a.m. Educational Sessions Begin
12 p.m. Lunch Served w/ Roundtables
1:30 p.m. Educational Sessions Continue
5 p.m. Trade Show Social
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Networking Social Time
Friday, January 10, 2025
7 a.m. Registration opens
7 a.m. Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Early Riser Sessions
8:15 a.m. Educational Sessions Begin
12 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Educational Sessions Continue
3:30 p.m. Evaluation and Adjournment
For full schedule, download the Program Booklet PDF.
2025 Presentations
Thursday, January 9, 2025
9:15 a.m.
General Session #1 - My Organic Grain Journey
Damon DeSutter, DeSutter Farms and Hoosier Grassfed Beef, Attica, IN
10:15 a.m.
Import Fraud of Organic Grains information
10:30 a.m.
General Session #2 - Setting Up Weed Control Equipment for Success
Sophie Rivest-Auger, Centre for Expertise and Transfer in Organic and Local Agriculture, Quebec
1:30 p.m.
Breakout Session # 1 - Ohio Organic Corn Performance Trials: A Four-Year Summary + Sunflower Update
Osler Ortez, OSU Corn and Emerging Crop State Specialist
Breakout Session # 2 – Organic Study Circles: Lessons learned from peer-to-peer extension programming in Pennsylvania & Ohio
Anna Hodgson, Penn State and Cassy Brown, Ohio State
2:35 p.m
Breakout Session # 3 - Alternative Crops for Rotation
Farmers Tim Schacht, ancient grains; Justin Helt, industrial hemp; and Miles von Stein, alfalfa and rye
Breakout Session # 4 - Organic Grain Grower Practices, Trends, and Attitudes
Douglas Jackson-Smith, Director of OSU Agroecosystem Management Program
4:00 p.m.
General Session #3 - Market Signals from End Users
Michelle Ajamian, Shagbark Seed & Mill; Rex Marquart, Miller Poultry; Annette Cook, Simmons Grain; Moderated by Ashley Adair, Purdue Extension
Friday, January 10, 2025
8:15 a.m.
General Session # 4 - Row Spacing and Interseeding Cover Crops into Organic Corn
Erin Silva, University of Wisconsin-Madison Organic & Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist
9:30 a.m.
Breakout Session # 5 - Let the Sparks Fly! Strategies for Flame Weeding
Farmer Panel: Seth Bebow (MI), Eli Dean (OH), and Doug Yoder (OH). Moderated by Eugene Law, OSU Weed Ecology
Breakout Session # 6 - Where's the Money? TOPP, 823, and Other Funds
Ben Lehman, Rodale Institute; and Casey Brooks, Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
11:00 a.m.
Breakout Session # 7 - Biologicals for Practical Use in Organic Grains
Connor Sible, Assistant Professor, Univ. of Illinois
Breakout Session # 8 - Farm Succession: Getting Your Farm and Affairs in Order
David Marrison, OSU Farm Management
1:30 p.m.
Breakout Session # 9 - Strategies for Organic Farm Management in a Down Year
Farmer Panel: Gary Cooper (IL), Noah Schlabach (OH), Bucky Ziegler (PA), Moderated by Bruce Clevenger, OSU Farm Office
Breakout Session # 10 - Nitrogen Credits from Cover Crops and Manure
Manbir Rakkar, OSU Soil Fertility State Specialist and Sarah Noggle, OSUE-Paulding County
2:30 p.m.
General Session # 5 - Economics, Experiments, and Extras
Eric Richer, OSU Field Specialist, Farm Management