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2002 Delta Farm Forum
Saturday March 2nd
Delta Junction School - Small Gymnasium
9:00- 9:15	Chad Padget Welcome Address	State Director, Farm Service Agency
9:15-9:45	Keeping accurate farm records/ small farm management	Manager, Wells Fargo, Delta Branch
9:45-10:15	Pat Holloway Berry and Vegetable Trials	Associate Professor, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Department of Plant, Animal and Soil Science
10:15-10:45	Ray Gavlak Soil testing and fertilizer management	Professor/Extension Specialist Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Agronomy Specialist
10:45-11:00	Break
11:00-12:00	Burt Gore Foreign livestock diseases	State Veterinarian
12:00	Delta Junction FFA Chapter Safety Skit	FFA students
12:00 - 1:30	Potluck Luncheon
1:30-2:00	Mike Carlson SWCD Cooperator of the year award 2002 Speach Contest Winner 2002 Poster Contest Winner	Chair, Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation District
	Jeff Durham Video Presentation Annual Report	Conservation Specialists
2:00-3:00	Lyall Braiser Noxious weed committee update and inforamtion	Farmer, Noxious weed committee member
3:00-4:00	Norm & Lois Cosgrove Emily Keaster Joe & Paul Nistler History of homesteading the clearwater area	Homesteading farm families of the Delta/Clearwater area.
4:00-4:30	Rob Wells Annual Update	Director, Division of Agriculture
4:30	Adjourn

" Upcoming activities " ,

Alaska Forage Conference - March 05, 2002

Alaska Potato Conference - March 06, 2002

Alaska Vegetable Conference - March 07, 2002

Lake Lucille Resort

Wasilla, Alaska

Alaska FFA State Convention - April 22-24, 2002

FFA Awards Banquet : April 24th

University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks , Alaska

25th Annual Alaska Agricultural Symposium

November, 2002 Anchorage, Alaska

For more information contact Alaska Farm Bureau, Executive Secretary tel: 907-745-2403

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Created February 27, 2001 Updated January 02, 2002