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Sandra Batie, Michigan Chapter SWCS member, Michigan State University Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Elton R. Smith Chair in Food and Agricultural Policy, will be one of the speakers featured in the Tuesday, July 14, 8:30 a.m., Plenary Session “Can CEAP Help Us Deliver More Conservation?” at the SWCS 64th  International Annual Conference.  Sandra is a member of the mini-blue ribbon panel on the Croplands CEAP Upper Mississippi River Basin Report. 


Organized by SWCS Science and Policy Committee members, and based on the activities of the SWCS CEAP (Conservation Effects Assessment Project) Blue Ribbon Panel, this plenary session will address the question, “To what extent does CEAP research allow us to focus on where and how we deliver our conservation programs?”

Following a brief presentation on the latest CEAP report (CEAP in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Robert Kellogg, USDA-NRCS), will be a panel discussion. The panel will include perspectives from USDA, the SWCS Science and Policy Committee, and members from the CEAP Blue Ribbon Panel. This will be followed by moderated discussion among the panel and a question and answer session with audience members.

Session outline:

• Overview of how the Science & Policy Committee arrived at this question
Pete Nowak, University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member of the SWCS Science & Policy Committee

• NRCS Summary - Overview of CEAP cropland modeling results to date
Bob Kellogg, USDA-NRCS

• Me
mber of mini-blue ribbon panel on the Croplands CEAP Upper Mississippi River Basin Report with their thoughts on the question
Sandra Batie, Michigan State University & mini-blue ribbon panel member

• Panel discussion and audience moderated discussion 
Tom Christianson, USDA-NRCS & Steve Shafer, USDA-ARS joining Batie & Nowak on panel
Jeff Zinn, moderator

For more information on the SWCS 64th International Annual Conference, go to www.miswcs.org/5.html. The deadline for early registration for the Conference is June 2nd.
To volunteer to help the Michigan Chapter staff the Conference, contact rebekah.dewind at miswcs.org. 

For information on the Silent Auction go to: http://www.miswcs.org/2.html. 

Daniel F. Kesselring, Secretary
Michigan Chapter SWCS
113 North Dr. E.
Marshall, MI 49068
Daniel.Kesselring at miswcs.org


. The deadline for early registration for the Conference is June 2nd.

To volunteer to help the Michigan Chapter staff the Conference, contact rebekah.dewind at miswcs.org. 

For information on the Silent Auction go to: http://www.miswcs.org/2.html. 

Daniel F. Kesselring, Secretary
Michigan Chapter SWCS
113 North Dr. E.
Marshall, MI 49068
Daniel.Kesselring at miswcs.org



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