Field Research Symposium June 14, 2016 Wes Watkins Center 207 Watkins Farm Road Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK
Great Plains Grazing Year 4 Annual Meeting Field Research Symposium Tuesday, June 14
7:30-8:00am Meeting Registration 8:00am
Welcome & Opening Remarks Dan Devlin, Project Director Jean Steiner, Project Co-Director Richard Todd, USDA-ARS Bushland
8:20am
Mass and Energy Fluxes: Basic Science: Part 1
Session Moderator: Richard Todd Cosmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing Systems (COMOS) in CAP fields at El Reno, Oklahoma Patrick Starks, USDA-ARS El Reno Hyperspectral Canopy Reflectance as a Predictor for Root Concentrations of Nitrogen and Carbon in Native and Non-native Grass Species Patrick Starks, USDA-ARS El Reno Assessment of Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen of Native and Non-Native Perennial Pasture Soil using Hyperspectral Data Patrick Starks, USDA-ARS El Reno Seasonal Greenhouse Gas and Soil Nutrient Cycling in Semi-Arid Native and Non-native Perennial Grass Pastures Brekke Peterson, USDA-ARS El Reno Time Series evapotranspiration maps for Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle Prasanna Gowda, USDA-ARS El Reno
10:00am Break 10:20am Mass and Energy Fluxes: Basic Science: Part 2
Session Moderator: Charles Rice Eddy covariance measurements of methane fluxes over grazed native and improved prairies in Oklahoma Pradeep Wagle, University of Oklahoma Pasture-scale measurement of methane emissions of grazing cattle Richard Todd, USDA-ARS Bushland
This project was supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2013-69002-23146 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Great Plains Grazing
Greenhouse gas emissions from beef-cattle grazing systems Johanie Rivera Zayas, Kansas State University Comparison of Tillage Treatments on Greenhouse Gas and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Established Winter Wheat Production. Brekke Peterson, USDA-ARS El Reno
12:00pm Lunch & Keynote Speaker Kim Stackhouse-Lawson - Executive Director of Sustainability, JBS
1:00pm
Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Applied Science
Session Moderator: Peter Tomlinson Effect of corn-based supplementation on gas emissions, performance and energetic losses of steers grazing wheat pasture Andy Cole, USDA-ARS Bushland Retired Effects of supplementation to steers consuming green-chopped wheat pasture on energy losses and nitrogen balance Andy Cole, USDA-ARS Bushland Retired Influence of protein supplementation on enteric methane production of cattle fed low-quality grass hay Andy Cole, USDA-ARS Bushland Retired Intensified Cow/Calf Production in the Southern Great Plains Adam McGee, Oklahoma State University Stocker cattle performance is greater when grazing patch-burned rather than unburned cross-timbers rangeland Corey Moffet, USDA-ARS Woodward Patch-burning on tallgrass native range results in similar cattle performance as yearly burning Jaymelynn Farney, Kansas State University
3:00pm
Break
3:20pm
Feedback and Discussion: Linkages and Gaps
4:30-5:30pm Poster Session
This project was supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2013-69002-23146 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
