Specialty Crops & Topics Covered

Brambles (raspberries,

blackberries, boysenberries)

Strawberries

Grapes

Guar

Hops

Native seed production

Herbs

Quinoa

Proso Millet

Markets & Marketing

From Beef to Berries

The Wyoming Apple Project

University of WY Extension Platte County Office

57 Antelope Gap

Wheatland, WY 82201

Phone: 307-322-3667

Fax: 307-322-4410

Email:mmckinl2@uwyo.edu

Conference Information

Oct. 31st 9:00 am—5:00 pm

Nov. 1st 9:00 am—4:00 pm

Location:

Platte County Public Library

904 9th St.

Wheatland, WY

Cost: $50.00

Registration check in

Oct. 31st from 8:30—9:00 am

Registration limited to 60 people

Lunch will be on your own

Break snacks will be provided by

UW Platte County Master

Gardeners

TARGET ATTENDEES

Ag Producers

Small Acreage Owners

Home Owners

Sponsored By:

Specialty Crop

Workshop

Oct. 31 - Nov 1, 2014

Wheatland, WY

Registration Form

Name:

_______________________________

Address:

_______________________________

City, State & Zip

Code:__________________________

Phone

Number:_______________________

Please make your checks Payable to:

Platte County Master Gardeners

Send registrations to:

UW Extension Platte County

57 Antelope Gap Rd.

Wheatland, WY 82201

For questions please call:

307-322-3667

Registration $50.00

Deadline Oct. 27, 2014

Itinerary

Saturday,

November 1st

9:00-10:00 Hops & Guar Brian Lee, UW SAREC 10:00-10:30 Specialty Crop Grant Program Ted Craig, WY Dept. of Ag 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:30 Markets & Marketing Cole Ehmke-UW Extension Specialist 11:30-12:30 Lunch 12:30-1:00 From Beef to Berries Greg Jarvis-Raspberry Delights Farm 1:00-1:30 Growing & Marketing Herbs Rusty Brinkman-Professional Chef 1:30-1:45 Break 1:45-2:45 The Wyoming Apple Project Steve Miller-UW Professor, Botany 2:45-3:15 “Quinoa, a potential crop for Wyoming” Anowar Islam-Forage Specialist-UW Extension and William Stump (presenting)-Plant pathologist-UW Extension

Itinerary

Friday, October 31st

8:30-9:00 Registration Check In

9:00-9:45 Proso Millet Bob Baumgartner-UW SAREC 9:45-10:30 Strawberries Jeff Edwards-Specialty Crops-UW Extension 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12;15 Grapes Joel Reich-Reich Consulting-Longmont, CO 12:15-1:15 Lunch 1:15-2:15 General Ideas, Tips & Practices for Successfully Managing Small Farms for Local Sales Joel Reich-Reich Consulting-Longmont, CO 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-3:30 Native Seed Production Susan Winslow-NRCS Plant Materials Center- Bridger, MT 3:30-5:00 Brambles (raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries) Jeff Edwards-Specialty Crops-UW Extension