Provisional Program
(Workshop website: http://healthysoilwater.greenleafadvisors.net/)
Sunday, September 14
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Registration and specialty meetings
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Meet and Greet Reception (cash bar and light snacks)
Dinner on your own.
Monday, September 15
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM Registration and refreshments - registration open until 10:30 AM.
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
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Session 1: Federal, State and Stakeholder Initiatives
(Moderator: John Andersen, Greenleaf Advisors)
Welcome Bruce McPheron, Dean College of Food Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, The Ohio State University (10 min)
Why we are here! Andy Ward, The Ohio State University (5 min)
Federal Agency Initiatives (10 minutes each)
 EPA Initiatives, Katie Flahive, U.S. EPA
 USDA- NRCS Initiatives, Eric Shwab, USDA-NRCS
State of Ohio Initiatives (15 minutes)
• Ohio EPA Initiatives, Karl Gebhardt, Ohio EPA
An Industry Initiative: The 4 Rs (10 minutes each)
• The 4Rs, Cliff Snyder, International Plant Nutrition Institute Nitrogen Program
• The 4Rs Certification Program, Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, The Nature Conservancy
Multi-Scale Systems Approach (10 minutes each)
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• A Watershed Approach, Eileen McLellan, Environmental Defense Fund
• Adoption and Socio-economic Challenges, Linda Prokopy, Purdue University
 Nutrient Runoff Forecasting, Dustin Goering, NOAA
A Farmer’s Perspective (15 minutes) Bill Richards, Farmer/Former Chief NRCS & Jim
Moseley, AGREE Director/Former Deputy Director Department of Agriculture
Case Study and Breakout Session Overview Andy Ward, The Ohio State University (10
minutes)
10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
10:15 AM to 12:15 PM
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Session 2: Healthy Soils and Integrated Farming Systems
(Moderator: Norm Fausey, USDA-ARS)
In-field BMPs Invited Panel (3-4 x 9 min talks, 9 min questions for panel)
Scott Shearer (OSU), Warren Dick (OSU), Dean Baas (MSU), Dennis Busch (UWI)
Breakout Session 1 with a focus on Healthy Soils and In-field BMPs
Case Study Overviews (4 x 5 minutes each)
Questions to be addressed (50-60 minutes):
1. What are the target N, P and DRP concentrations/loads?
2. What in-field practices work best in these case study areas?
3. What knowledge, tools and other information are available to define and
quantify the problem and then develop a solution?
4. What expertise from outside of the core case study teams that would be
beneficial to the team?
5. What are the knowledge and education gaps?
6. What are the impacts to yields and profits?
12:15 PM to 12:45 PM
LUNCH
Speaker: Jim Moseley – AGREE/Former Dep. Dir. Dept. of Agriculture (15 min)
12:45 PM to 2:30 PM
Session 3: Edge-of-field Conservation and Treatment Systems
(Moderator: Joe Magner, University of Minnesota)
Edge-of-field BMPs Invited Panel (4 x 9 min talks, 9 min questions for panel)
Kevin King (USDA-ARS), Richard Cooke (Univ. of Ill.), Pete Kleinman (USDA-ARS), Merrin
Macrae (University of Waterloo)
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Breakout Session 2 with a focus on Edge-of field BMPs and case study participation
Questions to be addressed (60 minutes):
7. What edge-of field practices work best in these case study areas?
8. What knowledge, tools and other information are available to define and
quantify the problem and then develop a solution?
9. What expertise from outside of the core case study teams would be beneficial to
the team?
10. What are the knowledge and education gaps?
11. Which individuals and groups should interact with the core team and/or will
benefit from interacting with the core team or attend the future symposium?
2:30 to 2:45 PM
2:45 PM to 4:30 PM
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Session 4: Healthy Waters and Watershed Solutions
(Moderator, Larry Antosch, Ohio Farm Bureau)
Integrated Approaches that Extend Beyond the Field Invited Panel (4 x 9 min talk, 9
min questions for panel)
Jennifer Tank (Univ. of Notre Dame), Bruce Wilson (Univ. of Minn), Jay Martin (OSU),
Richard Moore (OSU)
Breakout Session 3 with a focus on In-Stream BMPs, Adoption Strategies and Case
Study End Products
Questions to be addressed (60 minutes):
12. What edge-of field practices work best in these case study areas?
13. What knowledge, tools and other information are available to define and
quantify the problem and then develop a solution?
14. What expertise from outside of the core case study teams would be beneficial to
the team?
15. Probable end-products and how the team anticipates obtaining those endproducts?
16. How will the team members communicate and how frequently will you interact
as focused subgroups, as a whole team and across case studies?
17. Resource needs and potential bottlenecks to achieving the case study objectives
by the 2015 Spring Symposium?
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4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Session 4: Healthy Soils for Healthy Waters: The next step!
(Moderator: Andy Ward, OSU)
Breakout Group Feedback & Q&A (John Andersen and Breakout Group Facilitators)
Dinner on your own.
Tuesday, September 16
Breakfast on your own.
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
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Farm Science Review.
Early return to hotel or airport by arrangement. Travel to Farm Science Review is 40-60
minutes each way. Admission is free. Lunch on your own.
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Breakout Group Questions
Items A to D will be provided by the case study team leaders. Items E to J will be addressed in
the breakout sessions.
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The location and boundaries of the case study.
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The cause, constituents and magnitude of problems being addressed in the case study.
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The core team and the leader or co-leaders.
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The agricultural practices and BMPS that are being studied for the case.
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Knowledge, tools and other information that are available to define and quantify the
problem and then develop a solution.
F.
Experts from outside of the core team that would be beneficial to the team.
G.
Individuals and groups who should interact with the core team and/or will benefit from
interacting with the core team or attend the future symposium.
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Probable end-products and how the team anticipates obtaining those end-products.
I.
How the team will communicate and how frequently they will interact as focused
subgroups, as a whole team and across case studies.
J.
Resource needs and potential bottlenecks to achieving the case study objectives by the
date of the proposed follow-up symposium in 2015.
Missouri River Basin
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Case Study 1: NE (Derrel Martin, University of Nebraska)
Arkansas-White- Red Basin
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Case Study 2: AR (Mike Daniels, University of Arkansas)
Lower Mississippi River Basin
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Case Study 3: MS (Joby Czarnecki, Mississippi State Univ.)
Upper Mississippi River Basin
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Case Study 4: MN (Bruce Wilson, University of Minnesota)
Case Study 5: WI (Dennis Busch, University of Wisconsin)
Ohio River Basin
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Case Study 6: IL (Richard Cooke, University of Illinois)
Case Study 7: IN (Jennifer Tank, University of Notre Dame)
Case Study 8: OH (Kevin King, USDA-ARS)
Case Study 9: IN (Eileen McLellan, EDF)
Case Study 10: TN (Forbes Walker, Univ. of Tennessee)
Lake Erie Basin
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Case Study 11: OH (Libby Dayton, OSU)
Case Study 12: OH (Dan Peerless, Greenleaf Advisors, LLC)
Case Study 13: ON (Merrin Macrae, Univ. of Waterloo)
Case Study 14: OH (Rick Wilson, Ohio EPA)
Case Study 15:IN (Lauren Lindemann, TNC)
Case Study 16: OH (Jay Martin, OSU)
Breakout Groups
Breakout Group A
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Case Study 1: Derrel Martin, University of Nebraska (Missouri River Basin)
Case Study 7: Jennifer Tank, University of Notre Dame (Ohio River Basin)
Case Study 14: Rick Wilson, Ohio EPA (Western Lake Erie Basin)
Case Study 16: Jay Martin, OSU (Western Lake Erie Basin)
Breakout Group B
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Case Study 3: Joby Czarnecki, Mississippi State University (Lower Mississippi)
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Case Study 5: Dennis Busch, University of Wisconsin (Upper Mississippi)
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Case Study 9: Eileen McLellan, Environmental Defense Fund (Ohio River Basin)
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Case Study 12: Dan Peerless, Greenleaf Advisors (Western Lake Erie Basin)
Breakout Group C
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Case Study 6: Richard Cooke, University of Illinois (Ohio River Basin)
Case Study 8: Kevin King, USDA-ARS (Ohio River Basin)
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Case Study 13: Merrin Macrae, University of Waterloo (Eastern Lake Erie Basin)
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Case Study 15: Lauren Lindemann, The Nature Conservancy (Western Lake Erie Basin)
Breakout Group D
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Case Study 2: Mike Daniels, University of Arkansas (Arkansas White-Red Basin)
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Case Study 4: Bruce Wilson, University of Minnesota (Upper Mississippi)
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Case Study 10: Forbes Walker, University of Tennessee (Ohio River Basin)
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Case Study 11: Libby Dayton, The Ohio State University (Western Lake Erie Basin)
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Each Breakout Session Group Composition
Facilitator:
1 preselected person
Reporter:
1 preselected person
Case Study Leaders:
2-4 preselected leaders
Panel Experts:
4 in-field, 3 edge-of-field, 5 in-stream or watershed
(some team leaders are also panel experts)
Case Study Team Members: 2-12 people (excluding the leaders and farmers/SWCD)
State Agency:
1+
Federal Agency:
1+
Farmer/SWCD:
1+
Extension Educator:
1+
Social Scientist:
1+
Agronomist:
1+
Soil Scientist:
1+
Economist:
1+
Industry:
1+
NGO:
1+
Students:
1+ (Each reporter is a FABE graduate student)
Other Participants:
<10
(Note: Some agency, farmer, extension, social scientist, agronomist, soil scientist, economist,
industry, NGO and student participants will be case study team members)
Probable breakout group sizes: 4-5 groups consisting of 15-30 people.
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