Annual Meeting of the Association of Warm Season Grass Producers
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Morgan Hills Golf Course
Harveyville Rd, Hunlock Creek
9:30 am - 10:00 am - Registration - Judy Box (Secretary / Treasurer)
10:00 am - 10:15 am - Welcome and Logistics - Will Brandau (Chairman)
10:15 am - 11:00 am - Breeding Genetically Improved Warm Season Grass for Improved Yield and Quantity - Roger Samson and Don Nott - Ontario Biomass Producers CO-Operativeyoutu.be/9hLvFDCIPo8
11:00 am - 11:45 am - I grow switchgrass and miscanthus on mined lands for biofuel and biomass production. The idea of using marginal lands for these crops has been around for a while and I started doing it about 20 years ago. I will give a summary of the work with these two grasses on a variety of mined land sites with soil properties and biomass levels. - Jeff Skousen Professor of Soils and Reclamation Specialist West Virginia Universitywww.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjllA97Xt8&t=1631s
11:45 am - 12:30 pm - MASBio - a $10m project to research biomass opportunities - 500 foot overview - Shawn Grushecky, West Virginia University, MASBio Teamyoutu.be/s3cjeZjJXNs
12:30 noon - 01:30 pm - Lunch
01:30 pm - 02:15 noon - Business Meeting - Will Brandau
02:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Travel to Bruce Trumbower’s Farm
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - New Idea Uni-Processor Demonstration - Bruce Trumbower
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Portable Poultry Bedding Processor and bag closing Demo - Len Reggie
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Stationary Poultry Bedding Processing - Bruce Trumbower
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Morgan Hills Golf Course
Harveyville Rd, Hunlock Creek
9:30 am - 10:00 am - Registration - Judy Box (Secretary / Treasurer)
10:00 am - 10:15 am - Welcome and Logistics - Will Brandau (Chairman)
10:15 am - 11:00 am - Breeding Genetically Improved Warm Season Grass for Improved Yield and Quantity - Roger Samson and Don Nott - Ontario Biomass Producers CO-Operativeyoutu.be/9hLvFDCIPo8
11:00 am - 11:45 am - I grow switchgrass and miscanthus on mined lands for biofuel and biomass production. The idea of using marginal lands for these crops has been around for a while and I started doing it about 20 years ago. I will give a summary of the work with these two grasses on a variety of mined land sites with soil properties and biomass levels. - Jeff Skousen Professor of Soils and Reclamation Specialist West Virginia Universitywww.youtube.com/watch?v=oWjllA97Xt8&t=1631s
11:45 am - 12:30 pm - MASBio - a $10m project to research biomass opportunities - 500 foot overview - Shawn Grushecky, West Virginia University, MASBio Teamyoutu.be/s3cjeZjJXNs
12:30 noon - 01:30 pm - Lunch
01:30 pm - 02:15 noon - Business Meeting - Will Brandau
02:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Travel to Bruce Trumbower’s Farm
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - New Idea Uni-Processor Demonstration - Bruce Trumbower
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Portable Poultry Bedding Processor and bag closing Demo - Len Reggie
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Stationary Poultry Bedding Processing - Bruce Trumbower