Alabama Bulletin No. 250-8-8

The AACD Conservation Practices and Research Committee will hold its summer meeting in Auburn on June 24-25, 2008. The meeting will be at the Agricultural Research Service Tillage Lab on the Auburn University Campus (map attached) beginning at 1:00 p.m. on June 24 and will end on June 25 at 11:30 a.m.

June 24 will include presentations on soil quality, bio-energy, grazing systems, and carbon credit trading in Alabama. The June 25 activities include a tour of the Tillage Lab and the Frank Randle Farm, which is approved for a Conservation Innovation Grant to demonstrate no-till vegetable production.

A pre-registration form is attached for your use. Pay your registration fee ($15) and file this expense on your travel voucher. If you are not on travel, you can file a SF-1164 Form (Reimbursement for Expenses on Official Business). Registration will begin at 12:30 p.m. for those that do not pre-register.  The on-site registration fee will be $20.

NRCS employees are authorized to attend this meeting provided they have a District Supervisor who is attending and you have prior approval from your direct supervisor.

If you have any questions relating to this bulletin contact Bill Hughes at 334-887-4520.

/s/

GARY KOBYLSKI
State Conservationist

The following documents may require  Microsoft Word.

Enclosures (5)

1.  Registration Form (Doc, 29 KB)
2.  Agenda (Doc, 31 KB)
3.  Location map (html)
4.  List of motels (html)
5.  Conservation Practices and Research Committee Letter to Supervisor (Doc, 34 KB)