AMES, Iowa -- Converting CRP grassland to crop production and pasture is the focus of  a Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative  webcast on Sept. 15 from 10 - 11:45 a.m. The session will feature four speakers and an opportunity for Web participants to submit questions during the session.

Topics and speakers include: Converting CRP to Corn and Soybean Rotations – Charles Shapiro, University of Nebraska; Converting CRP to Wheat and Grain Sorghum in Dry Regions – Alan Schlegel, Kansas State University; Converting CRP to Pasture Production – Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska; and Converting CRP with No-till Methods – Mark Carlton, Iowa State University.
 
Join these presentations live by accessing http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/nebraska/.  Computer users without functional speakers can use the phone as the sound system by dialing (866) 433-4616. Once prompted for a passcode followed by the pound sign, enter 882477, then mute by pushing *6.
 
The audience will be able to submit questions and comments by typing into a "chat box."  The presentations will be archived at www.heartlandwq.iastate.edu/Bioenergy/Webcasts/ for later viewing. For more information, contact Tom Franti, UNL at tfranti@unl.edu or Amanda Schielke, KSU at aschielk@ksu.edu or (785) 532-0124.
 
More information on the Heartland Region Water Coordination Initiative is available at http://www.heartlandwq.iastate.edu/.

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