December 10 , 2002

OATA Board Announces First Sponsored Event at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference in March

The Ohio Agricultural Technologies Association is sponsoring a special afternoon session at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference on March 3, 2003 at Ada, Ohio.

The theme is on Exploring Communication and Record Keeping Technologies for Today’s Agriculture.

Featured Keynote Presentation Grant Mangold "The Future of Agricultural Technologies"

Grant Mangold tracks agricultural information technologies from a northwest Iowa farm, where he launched "agInnovator" in 1993. He has also served as Senior Technology Editor for Successful Farming and @griculture Online, as Editor of Soybean Digest, and as a regular photo-journalism contributor to major agricultural communication companies since 1977. He says agricultural information technologies promise to help farmers "know what you grow" and make better management decisions through improved information management.

OATA Program

2:00-2:15 Introduction and OATA Organization Update, Jim Wolf, ICorn, Harold Watters, OSU Extension

2:15 – 3:00 The Future of Agricultural Technologies, Grant Mangold

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15 Handheld Technologies, Nathan Watermeier, OSU Extension

3:50 Broadband and Wireless Technology Defined, Russ Trantina, DTN SpeedNet

4:25 Bar-coding and location verification (fertilizer, pesticides, manures, conservation plans) Patrick Trail, AgCode

The Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference is a two-day conference with concurrent sessions on crop management, fertility, water quality/water management, farm policy and management, and precision agriculture. On March 4 a full day precision agriculture track will also be provided. Visit the conference web site for more details.

More information about the program directions, registration and other presentations at the Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference is forthcoming.

For more information about this event please contact Nathan Watermeier, watermeier.2@osu.edu, 614-688-3442.