Minimizing P Loss from Agriculture SERA-17 Annual Conference

Minimizing P Loss from Agriculture
SERA-17
Annual Conference
July 26-29, 2005
The Banff Centre
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Banff, Alberta, Canada
www.banffcentre.ca
Join us in the majestic Canadian Rockies!!
Conference Highlights
• Opening day tour to view and discuss water quality
issues along the eastern slopes of the Rocky
Mountains, through the Bow River corridor, to the
agricultural lands in Alberta’s great plains near
Calgary.
• Presentations and discussion on important phosphorus
issues facing the North American agricultural
industry.
• Poster session highlighting a wide-range of
phosphorus research and beneficial management
practices.
The Banff Centre
• Set in the majestic Rocky Mountains in Banff,
Alberta; the Banff Centre is a world-class conference
and teaching facility.
• The SERA-17 Conference will be held in the Max
Bell Theatre, a tiered, semi-circular facility with
outstanding audio-visual capabilities and ideally
suited for participant interaction and discussion.
• The Banff Centre boasts first-class accommodation
for all SERA-17 participants.
• Regular shuttle service from the Calgary International
Airport.
Registration
Before June 17, 2005 - $200 Cdn
After June 17, 2005 - $240 Cdn
Registration includes: Reception; Tour; and all meals during conference (except Thursday evening).

Program
Tuesday, July 26
1900–2100 Welcome and “Taste of Alberta” Reception
Wednesday, July 27
0800– 1700 Full day water quality tour that includes the eastern slopes of the Rockies, through the Bow
River Corridor, to the rainfed and irrigated agricultural lands east of Calgary.
Thursday, July 28
0800-0815 Welcome and introduction: Brent Paterson and Peter Kleinman
0815-1300 Theme: Expanding the research
continuum: from the lab to the farm
Session Chair: Peter Kleinman
0815-0845 Extending P research from lab to field:
Old challenges and new opportunities -
Andrew Sharpley and Bill Gburek
0845-0915 Dynamic nature of P in snowmelt runoff
– Barry Olson
0915-0945 Hydrology of catchment area P losses –
Phil Haygarth
1300-1730 Theme: Research updates
Session Chair – David Chanasyk
1300-1330 Reducing fecal P forms through dietary
manipulation – Peter Plumstead, Rory
Maguire and John Brake
1330-1400 Achieving an acceptable N:P ratio in
manure – Chi Chang
1400-1430 P runoff at plot and hillslope scales, from
alum to plot renovators – Philip Moore
0945-1015 Coffee 1430-1500 Coffee
1015-1045 Social dimensions of managing P – Pete
Nowak
1045-1115 Managing P at multiple scales – Tom
Sims
1500-1520 Rethinking C and P interactions in soils –
April Leytem
1520-1540 Tracking P from field edge to
downstream impact – Brian Haggard
1115-1145 Discussion– Peter Kleinman 1540-1600 P transport: catchment and stream
channel processes – Anne McFarland
1145-1300 Lunch and Working Group Meetings 1600-1700 Working Group Reports
1700-1730 Discussion – David Chanasyk
1745-1915 Attitude Adjustment and Poster Display
0800-0830
Friday, July 29
Theme: Practical challenges of reducing P from agriculture
Session Chair – Frank Coale
Making change happen on the farm-
Brent Paterson
1000-1100
Where the law and science meet:
• City of Tulsa vs. Poultry Integrators
update – Sherri Herron;
• Findings of the SERA-17 blue ribbon
panel – Greg Mullins
0830-0900
Economics of phosphorus management –
Judy Annett
1100-1130
Discussion – Frank Coale
0900-0930
Producer realities and challenge to
scientists – John Kolk
1130-1200
Business Meeting and Wrap-up –
Rory Maguire
0930-1000
Coffee
1200-1300
Lunch and Bon Voyage!