
This year's theme:
Western Colorado Agriculture:
Then and Now
Featuring a pictorial historical walk provided by George Cutting, Silt Historical Park and Rifle Museum
Agenda
8:00- 9:00 Check in and Coffee - Come early and check out the exhibits
9:00- 9:45 Break Out One
New Developments in Hemp Production, Terry Moran, Colorado Dept. of Agriculture
Protecting, Verifying, and Valuing Your Water Rights - Sara Dunn, Balcomb & Green
Weed Sprayer Calibration - Steve Anthony, Garfield County
10:00-11:00 Keynote Speaker
"Is Our Climate Really What We Expect?"
Nolan Doesken, Colorado Climate Center
11:00 – 1:00 Lunch
12:00-12:45 Break Out Two
Breaking Ground, Soil Health - NRCS Soil Health Team
Greenhouse Gardening - Abi Saeed, CSU Extension
1:00-1:45 Break Out Three
Grass Species Selection & Management During Drought
Granite Seed Company, Daryle Bennett and
Pawnee Buttes Seed Company , Don Hijar
Garfield County's Top Ten Weeds, Steve Anthony, Garfield County
Precautions When Rebuilding the Herd After Drought and
Biosecurity Considerations, Franklyn B. Garry, DVM, MS, DACVIM
2:00 – 2:45 Break Out Four
Pollinator Habitat - Abi Saeed, CSU Extension
Disaster Management for Livestock, Dr. Ragan Adams
Education Corner will include 4-H, FFA, and colleges with agriculture degrees! Learn how to be active from youth to adult!
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Exhibitors
Abundant Terraced Earth
Aspen Valley Land Trust
Bookcliif, Mount Sopris & South Side Conservation Districts
Chelewski Pipe and Supply
Colorado State Forest Service
Colorado Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Program
FFA - Future Farmers of America
Garfield County Farm Bureau
Grand Junction Pipe and Supply
Granite Seed Company
Holy Cross Cattlemen's Association and Holy Cross Cattlewomen's
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Pawnee Buttes Seed Inc
R & L Cattle Company
Riding Institute for Disabled Equestrians RIDE
Rivendell Distribution and Sod Farm
Roaring Fork Valley Co-op
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Warren Roberts - Get the Most Out Or Your Water
West Divide Water Conservancy District
Western Implement
Gold Sponsors


West Divide Water Conservancy District
CHELEWSKI PIPE & SUPPLY, INC.
(970)625-1433
SELLING AND INSTALLING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS SINCE 1972
Bronze Sponsor

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