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West Lafayette, Ind. (May 20, 2014) -- Deadlines for the 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA) to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 22-25, 2014, are fast approaching.
Sign up before May 22 for the following:
Karen Scanlon, executive director of the Conservation Technology Information Center, one of the event's organizers, is encouraging everyone to take advantage of the special rates before the deadline.
"Attendees from more than 40 countries will benefit greatly from the valuable information that WCCA will showcase," Scanlon said. "We've worked hard to make the conference affordable, and we hope attendees will take advantage of all the Congress has to offer."
She noted that the conference focuses on innovation in agriculture and the practical application of conservation practices to improve sustainability of agriculture.
One of the best opportunities to see conservation on farms in the U.S. and Canada is through the tours offered after the sessions end at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. A one-day tour of southern Manitoba and a three and one half-day tour of farms and research in Manitoba, North Dakota and South Dakota will feature the Great Plains of the U.S. and Canada, which saw some of the earliest development of tools and techniques for reducing tillage and erosion.
During the Congress, participants can hear from over 50 conservation agriculture experts, from farmers to researchers and representatives of the industry. Opening keynote speaker David Montgomery, professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, will share how he sees the recent rise of no-till farming as "the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations."
Charlene Finck with Farm Journal Media will have a conversation with Howard Buffett, chair of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, a private family foundation working to improve the standard of living and quality of life for the world's most impoverished and marginalized populations. Buffett also has written several books on conservation. He will share how he first became interested in conservation and where it has taken him.
The conference will close with an address by Dwayne Beck, manager of the Dakota Lakes Research Farm in South Dakota and well-known speaker on minimizing costs and maximizing returns when implementing conservation practices.
Additional speakers will highlight conservation practices in their countries through presentations, panel discussions and research poster presentations. The Congress also will include an Exhibit Hall and Resource Center featuring the latest conservation technologies and resources.
Producers, government agencies, academic institutions, private sector companies, non-governmental organizations and commercial sponsors all play significant roles providing support and expertise for WCCA from their respective fields.
The conference is hosted by the Conservation Agriculture Systems Alliance, a network of conservation agriculture organizations across North America, with the Conservation Technology Information Center and Soil Conservation Council of Canada taking the lead for WCCA.
For more information on WCCA, guest speakers and optional tours, visit wcca6.org and follow WCCA6 on Twitter and Facebook.
To learn more about conservation agriculture and CTIC, visit ctic.org or call 765-494-9555.
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