FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2002
Ag Lime Conference scheduled
RALEIGH, NC---The Ag Lime Conference will be held on August 18-20,2002, at the Marriott Crabtree Valley in Raleigh, NC.
Topics for the meeting on Monday, August 19th, include: "PPI Soil Fertility" - Dr.Terry Roberts , Potash and Phosphate Institute; "No-Till Farming and Ag Lime" – Dr. Lloyd Murdock, University of KY; "Ag Lime Quality/Particle Size and Neutralizing Values" - Dr. Ray Tucker, retired, Chief Agronomist , NC Dept of Agriculture; "Lime Needs & Use: Historical, Present & Future Perspectives" - Dr. David Hardee, Chief Agronomist, NC Dept of Agriculture; "Liquid Lime" (speaker to be announced); and "Shipment by Rail" - Paul Heyman, Norfolk Southern Railroad.
Tuesday’s topics include: "GPS Update and EmergingTechnologies" - Dr. Ron Heiniger, NC State University, "Ag Lime: Spreading, Crop Yield Response, and Promoting Use"- Dr. Mark Alley or W. G. Wysor, Professors of Agriculture Virginia Tech University.
The meeting also includes a tour of the NC Department of Agriculture’s Agronomic Lab Facility" with Dr. Richard Reich, Director of the NCDA Agronomic Division.
Sponsoring organizations include: the Plant Food Association of NC, the NC Department of Agriculture, Virginia Tech University, Clemson University, and the SC Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association.
For more details and registration information, contact John Roche, Rockydale Quarries,Inc. P.O. Box 8425, Roanoke, VA 24014-8425 or call 540-774-1696, Fax: 540-774-9114 or email: johnthelimeman@aol.com.