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Ag Team Speaker Series Archive
The purpose of the Ag Speaker Series is to improve Region 7's knowledge and understanding of agriculture to enhance customer service towards the agriculture community.
For more information on the Ag Team Speaker Series, contact Alan Banwart
at 913-551-7819 or
toll-free at 1-800-223-0425.
November 2007
Intersections of Agriculture and the Environment in Missouri
Katie Smith, Director of the Missouri Dept. of Agriculture
October 2007
Youth in Agriculture
Keverick Wilson, Kansas City Urban 4-H Program
Peggy Berrier Boyd, Kansas State University Extension 4-H program
in Wyandotte County, Kan.
September 2007
Seeking Kansas City's Farmers from Around the World
Katherine Kelly and Daniel Dermitzel, Kansas City Center of Urban
Agriculture
August 2007
Utilization of Irrigation and Environmental Issues: Livestock Waste
Application, Water Quantity, etc.
Jake LaRue, Valley Irrigation
June 2007
Trends in Midwest Climate and Crop Yields
Elwynn Taylor, Iowa State University
May 2007
Superfund - Pesticide Cleanup at Carmen Chemical
Maryjane Wingett and Randy Schademann, EPA Region 7
April 2007
Ag Week Kickoff - History of Ag
Lee Sigley, Ag Hall of Fame
Ag Week Ethanol Panel
Bret Healy, E3 Biofuels
John Lawrence, Iowa State University Extension
Ashley McCarty, Missouri Corn Growers
December 2006
Intersections of Agriculture and the Environment within USDA Farm Service
Agency
Tim Kelley, Missouri Executive Director of USDA Farm Service Agency
November 2006
Building Relationships with Livestock Producers and Regulatory Agencies
Larry Howard, University of Nebraska at Lincoln Extension
September 2006
Working with Socially Disadvantaged Farmers in Missouri
Rufus Jones, Lincoln University
July 2006
Resolving the Conflicts between Capitalism, Agriculture and the Environment
Dr. John Ikerd, University of Missouri
May 2006
Ag Environmental Management System Benefits
Don Nikodim, Missouri Pork Producers
April 2006
Ag Week Panel - Urban Ag Issues
Tom Jacobs, Mid-America Regional Council
Debbie Sumner, Conservationist for Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Johnson County, Kan.
Dan Lekie, Kansas State University Extension
Ted Guetterman, Farmer
Bob Rhoton, Banker
March 2006
Conservation and Rangeland Health
David Kraft, Rangeland Specialist for Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Kansas
January 2006
Conservation in Rural-Urban Interface
Gayla Speer, Johnson County, Kan., Conservation District
Debbie Sumner, Conservationist for Natural Resources Conservation
Service in Johnson County, Kan.
December 2005
Beekeeping
Joli Winer, Beekeeper
November 2005
Man of Many Ag Professions: Farmer, Broadcaster, Board Member of Ethanol
Plant, and Chair of Ag Coop
Gene Millard, Executive Director of National Association of Farm
Broadcasters
October 2005
Environmental Impacts of Agriculture in Kansas
Craig Volland, Kansas Sierra Club
September 2005
Economics and the Farm Bill
Bradley Lubben, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
August 2005
Kansas Farmworker Health Program
Cyndi Treaster, Director of Farmworker, Immigrant and Refugee Health
for Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment
July 2005
Kansas Watershed Specialist's Job
Herschel George, Kansas Watershed Specialist
June 2005
Premium Standard Farms’ Crystal Peak Manure Recycling System
Dave Townsend, Premium Standard Farms
May 2005
Animal Diseases & Agriterrorism: EPA and Iowa Department of Natural
Resources’ (IDNR’s)
Response to Biosecurity Threats
Kathy Lee, Emergency Response – IDNR
Bethany Grohs, Veterinary Medical Office – EPA’s Emergency
Response Team
April 2005
Natural Systems Agriculture
Wes Jackson, President of The Land Institute
March 2005
U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Programs
Harold Klaege, State Conservationist for Natural Resource Conservation
Service in Kansas
February 2005
The Many Benefits of No-Till Farming Practices
Brian Lindley, No-Till on the Plains
November 2004
Insight from a Farm Broadcaster
Tom Brand, KFEQ Radio, St. Joseph, Mo.
October 2004
Ethanol Facilities: Environmental Impacts and Future Growth
Bill Roddy, ICM
September 2004
Farmer Resources, Constraints & Incentives
Raymond Massey, University of Missouri
August 2004
Practical Tips for Communicating with the Ag Community
Jerry DeWitt, Iowa State University
