2020 Agenda

47th Annual Hermiston Farm Fair 

December 2nd, 3rd & 4th 2020

The 47th Annual Hermiston Farm Fair will be held virtually this year. The Hermiston Farm Fair is an agricultural forum sponsored by Oregon State University Hermiston Agricultural Research & Extension Center and local agriculture-related businesses. Farm Fair is a great opportunity to gain knowledge while interacting with your local, regional, and national experts.

Farm Fair will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for three consecutive days in early December with our signature Potato Session as well as Special Agriculture, Modern Technology in Irrigated Agriculture, Vegetables and a new session on Hemp an emerging crop for our region. All sessions will require pre-registration.

Pesticide "Core Program" will also be offered online, those attending will receive pesticide credits. There will be a cost for the Core Program, but all other sessions are free of charge. Oregon, Washington and Idaho pesticide re-certification credits will be available, in addition to CCA credits.

Please view our agenda in pdf form.  Credits will be posted as they become available.  Thank you for supporting our annual Hermiston Farm Fair.

 

AGENDA

 

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

 

POTATO SESSION 1
Organizers: V. Sathuvalli, S.I. Rondon, & R. Qin
 
TIME TITLE SPEAKER
8:00 am Breeding for Resistance to Columbia Root Knot Nematode in Potatoes: Development of Molecular Markers to for the Host and the Pathogen.

Vidyasagar Sathuvalli

Oregon State University

8:30 am Colorado potato beetle in the Northwest: coming soon to a field near you?

Silvia I. Rondon

Oregon State University

9:00 am

Susceptibility of russet cultivars to Fusarium dry rot, Rhizoctonia, pink rot, and leak.

Jeff Miller

Miller Research LLC

9:30 am Potassium fertilization for main potato varieties in the Columbia Basin of Oregon.

Ruijun Qin

Oregon State University

10:00 am BREAK  
     
  POTATO SESSION 2
Organizers: V. Sathuvalli, S.I. Rondon, & R. Qin
 
10:30 am Quality in fresh pack potatoes

Michael Thornton

University of Idaho

11:00 am Factors associated with bruise development of potatoes

Nora Olsen

University of Idaho

11:30 am BMPs for maximizing grower return when producing Clearwater Russet

Mark Pavek

Washington State University

12:00 pm What’s going on with bacterial soft rot of potatoes in the Columbia Basin?

Ken Frost

Oregon State University

12:30 pm ADJOURN  
                                                              Credits:  OR - 2  | WA - 2 |  ID -  1  | CCA - 4
Credits 2 - Oregon
Credits 2 - Washington
Credits 1 - Idaho
Credits 4 - CCA
Thursday, December 3, 2020
  SPECIAL AGRICULTURE SESSION
Organizers: K. Frost
 
TIME TITLE SPEAKER
8:00 am General introduction to soil health

Carl Rosen

University of Minnesota

8:30 am

Establishing soil health baselines and benchmarks across WA specialty crop systems

Deirdre LaHue

Washington State University

9:00 am Cropping systems and their effects on soil health, soilborne disease and productivity

Robert Larkin

USDA-ARS

9:30 am Cropping systems and crop rotation, effects on the soil microbial community

Ken Frost

Oregon State University

10:00 am BREAK  
     
  MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE SESSION
Organizers: C. Kaiser & R. Qin
 
10:30 am How to successfully machine harvest fresh market blueberries

Weiqiang Yang

Oregon State University

11:00 am Precision Nitrogen Management for High Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Protection of the Environment

Yuxin Miao

University of Minnesota

11:30 am Greatly Simplified Irrigation Scheduling Using the Irrigation Scheduler Mobile App

Troy Peters

Washington State University

12:00 pm UASs and other advanced technologies for precision pest management

Manoj Karkee

Washington State University

12:30 pm ADJOURN  
                                                              Credits: OR - 1 | WA - 2 | ID - 3 | CCA - 4 
Credits 1 - Oregon
Credits 2 - Washington
Credits 3 - Idaho
Credits 4 - CCA
Friday, December 4, 2020
  VEGETABLE SESSION
Organizers: S. Lukas & S. I. Rondon
 
TIME TITLE SPEAKER
8:00 am Managing biocontrol agents on your farm

Zsofia Szendrei

Michigan State University

8:30 am Managing onion maggot and Allium Leafminer in Allium crops – a northeastern US perspective

Brian Nault

Cornell University

9:00 am What have we learned from 30 years of sweet corn seed treatment trials?

Carrie Wohleb

Washington State University

9:30 am Understanding and managing Iris Yellow Spot Virus and onion bacterial rots in Columbia Basin onion production

Lindsey du Toit

Washington State University

10:00 am BREAK  
     
  HEMP SESSION
Organizers: S. Lukas & S. I. Rondon
 
10:30 am Update on the GHIC and 2020 hemp trial outcomes

Jeff Steiner

Oregon State University

11:00 am Pests and diseases affecting hemp in Colorado: Biology and management

Punya Nachappa

Colorado State University

11:30 am Exploring visual cues for hemp maturity: Trichome development and cannabinoid accumulation

Gordon Jones

Oregon State University

12:00 pm Weed control in hemp: Current and future options

Michael Flessner

Virginia Tech

12:30 pm ADJOURN  
                                                             Credits: OR - 4 | WA - 4  | ID - 3 | CCA - 4
Credits 4 - Oregon
Credits 4 - Washington
Credits 3 - Idaho
Credits 4 - CCA