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SCHEDULE
The OPGA Annual Convention & Trade Show is a 3-day conference designed for the Oklahoma, and surrounding areas, pecan industry. We've created sessions to educate and expand your current businesses to equip you to stay ahead of the game. (Blue indicates CEU credit)
*Agenda is subject to change
DAY 1
JUNE 1st
Annual Meeting Day 1
12:30pm – 5:00pm
Registration Open
Location:
Be sure to check-in and receive your name badge, agenda and more.
Moderator:
TBD
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Tips for a Successful Planting
Speaker: Becky Carroll, Associate Extension Specialist, Fruits & Pecan, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University
Location: Conference Hall A+B
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Seasonal Occurrence of Insect Pests in Pecan
Speaker: Kelly Seuhs, Associate Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University
Location: Conference Hall A+B
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break With Exhibitors
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Pepsi Exhibit Hall A
3:00pm –
Room Check-In
Be sure to make reservations with the DoubleTree by Hilton Tulsa Downtown.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Pecan Disease Management
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Graham, Senior Pecan Specialist, Noble Research Institute
Location: Conference Hall A+B
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Pecan Cultivars
Speaker: Dr. Charles Rohla, Pecan & Specialty Agriculture Systems Manager, Noble Research Institute
Location: Conference Hall A+B
6:00pm – 7:00pm
DAY 2
JUNE 2nd
Annual Meeting Day 2
7:30am –
7:30am – 5:00pm
Registration Open
Location: Pepsi Exhibit Hall A Foyer
Be sure to check-in and receive your name badge, agenda, and more.
8:00am – 5:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Pepsi Exhibit Hall A
8:00am –
Nut Show Viewing
Location: Pepsi Exhibit Hall A
8:00am – 8:15am
Welcome
Speakers: Becky Carroll and Bob Knight
Location: Conference Hall AB
Moderator:
Brian Jervis, Tulsa County Horticulture Extension Educator
8:15am – 8:45am
Could Pecan Absorb More Nutrients with Mycorrhizal Fungi?
Speaker: Dr. Lu Zhang, Assistant Professor in pecan/tree fruit physiology, Oklahoma State University, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Department.
Location: Conference Hall A+B
8:45am – 9:15am
Optimizing the Use of Microbial Biopesticides for Control of Pecan Weevil and Other Pecan Pests
Speaker: Dr. David Shapiro-Ilan, Supervisory Research Entomologist and Research Leader of the SE Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station, Bryon, GA
Location: Conference Hall A+B
9:15am – 9:45am
Efficacy of Microbial Biopesticides for Pecan Weevil Control in Oklahoma
Speaker: Kelly Seuhs, Associate Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University
Location: Conference Hall A+B
9:45am – 10:15am
Break With Exhibitors
Location: Pepsi Exhibit Hall A
Become a break sponsor.
Moderator:
TBD
10:15am – 10:45am
Insect Response to Regenerative Agriculture Practices in Cattle Pecan Production
Speaker: Rodrigo Martins Soares, Master’s Student in the OSU Entomology & Plant Pathology Department
Location: Conference Hall A+B
10:45am – 11:00am
Oklahoma Pecan Festival – Ardmore, OK – Depot Park
Speaker: Sherri Snyder, Ardmore Main Street Authority Board
of Trustees Chair
Location: Conference Hall A+B
11:00am – 11:30am
The State of the Pecan Industry
Speaker: Justin Jones, American Pecan Council, Industry Relations Chair & Larry Don Womack, Owner and President of Womack Nursery Company, President of the American Pecan Council and Chairman of the National Pecan Federation.
Location: Conference Hall A+B
11:30am – 12:00pm
OPGA Business Meeting
Speaker: Bob Knight, President, OPGA
Location: Conference Hall A+B
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Lunch Break
Lunch is on your own.
Moderator:
TBD
1:30pm – 2:00pm
Picturing Pecans: New Cultivar Releases and Modernizing Pecan Breeding at the USDA
Speaker: Dr. Warren Chatwin, Lead Scientist, Research Geneticist (Plants) with USDA ARS Pecan Breeding and Genetics Program
Location: Conference Hall A+B
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Financial Implications of Alternative Pecan Management Systems and Crop Insurance
Speakers: Cody Loganbill, OSU Agricultural Communications and Agribusiness Undergraduate & Amy D. Hagerman, OSU Extension Agricultural and Food Policy Extension Specialist
Location: Conference Hall A+B
2:30pm – 3:00pm
How to Get the Most from Your Soil
Speaker: Dr. Charles Rohla, Pecan & Specialty Agriculture Systems Manager, Noble Research Institute
Location: Conference Hall A+B
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break With Exhibitors
Location: Pepsi Exhibit Hall A
Become a break sponsor.
Moderator:
Brice Callahan, Okfuskee County Extension Educator
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Partners in Progress
Location: Conference Hall A+B
Speakers: Brian Cothran, Professor, Agriculture Program Chair, Dean, Murray State College School of Agriculture, Business, and Occupational Technology and Amy Seiger, Water Resources Planner for Chickasaw Nation Office of Natural Resources
4:00pm – 4:30pm
After the Harvest: Protecting Your Pecan Crop's Quality
Speaker: Josh Grundmann, Owner, Valley View Pecan Company
Location: Conference Hall A+B
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Thinking About Agritourism?
Speaker: Micaela Halverson, Agritourism and Farmers Market Coordinator
Location: Conference Hall A+B
6:30pm –
DAY 3
JUNE 3rd
Annual Meeting Day 3
9:00am –
Field Day - Great Buffalo Pecan Farm
Location: 6898 North 52nd West Ave. Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74126
11:00am
Guest Room Check-Out
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Lunch / Field Day Closing
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