The 2012 PFI Annual Conference was our biggest ever, with more than 500 people in attendance! Below you will find links to download some of the presentations and handouts used during the conference. This year, we are pleased to offer free audio and video downloads of certain sessions.
Presentations and Handouts |
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| Session | Presenter | Title | Download |
| Keynote Address | Fedele Bauccio | "Food Services for a Sustainable Future" | PPT (92 MB) |
| Soils 101 | Dr. C. Lee Burras | "Iowa’s soils – origin, productivity & SOM" | PPT (65 MB) |
| Soils 101 | Amber Anderson Mba | "Soil Properties" | PPT (1.7 MB) |
| Soils 101 | Dr. Andrew Manu | "Plant Nutrients" | PPT (8.9 MB) |
| Soils 101 | Dr. Thomas Loynachan | "Soil Biology 101" | PPT (37.4 MB) |
| The Curious Grazier | Abe Collins | "The Curious Grazier" | PPT (88 MB) |
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Dave Robison | "The Benefits of Cover Crops" | PDF (1.5 MB) |
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Tom Kaspar | "Research on Benefits of Cover Crops" | PDF (3.2 MB) |
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Nathan Anderson | "Adding Winter Small Grains to a Corn and Soybean Rotation" | PDF (551 KB) |
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Paul Ackley | (Untitled) | PDF (2.0 MB) |
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Paul Ackley | Handout | DOC (22 KB) |
| Cover Crops: 101 and Advanced | Dave Robison | "Eastern Corn Belt expereinces with Specific Cover Crops" | PDF (2.2 MB) |
| Extending the Season in Your Kitchen | Nancy Levandowski | "Local Purchasing: ISU and Extending the Use of Products" | PPT (5.3 MB) |
| Growing and Selling Vegetables to a Hungry Market | Rufus Haucke | "Growing and Selling Vegetables to a Hungry Market" | PPT (13 MB) |
| Off-farm Inputs: Using Less to Earn More | Craig Chase | "Alternative Cropping Systems: Comparison to a Conventional C-Sb Rotation" | PPT (652 KB) |
| Off-farm Inputs: Using Less to Earn More | Matt Liebman | "Productive and Profitable Low-External-Input Farming in Iowa" | PDF (16 MB) |
| Responding to Regulations: Pig Production in Denmark | Kaj Munck | "Boegekaergaard" (The name of Kaj's farm) | PPT (14.4 MB) |
| Producing an Abundance for your CSA | Laura Krouse | "Producing an Abundance for your CSA" | PPT (12.3 MB) |
| Producing an Abundance for your CSA | Laura Krouse | Resources Handout | DOC (12 KB) |
| Balancing Steel and Herbicides to Reduce Resistance | Craig Fleishman | "Farmer Perspective" | PPT (10.3 MB) |
| Balancing Steel and Herbicides to Reduce Resistance | Mike Owen | "Why Resistance?" | PPT (2.9 MB) |
| Mobile Meat Processing | Jim Knopick | (Untitled) | PPT (52.7 MB) |
| Mobile Meat Processing | Tom Parker | "Mobile Poultry Processing" | PPT (2.5 MB) |
| Eating Locally: Supporting Farmers, Growing Your Own | Rich Schuler | "Eating Locally" | PPT (3 MB) |
| Mastering Strawberry Production | Angela Tedesco | "Matted Row System" handout | DOC (41 KB) |
Audio |
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| Session | Presenter | Title | Download |
| Balancing Steel and Herbicides to Reduce Resistance | Craig Fleishman, Mike Owen | - | MP3 (54 MB) |
| Increase Sales through Season Extension | Mike Bollinger | - | MP3 (109 MB) |
| Mobile Meat Processing: Successes and Failures | Jim Knopick, Tom Parker | - | MP3 (104 MB) |
| Off-farm Inputs: Using Less to Earn More | Craig Chase, Matt Liebman | - | MP3 (112 MB) |
| Profitable Nut and Fruit Tree Crops | Tom Wahl, Kathy Dice | - | MP3 (52 MB) |
| Growing and Selling Vegetables to a Hungry Market | Rufus Haucke | - | (coming soon) |
Video coming soon!
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