“Diversified Indian Agriculture
Challenges in Changing Times”
Conference Program
SWIAA 28th Annual Conference Program
January 19 – 21, 2016
Blue Water Resort & Casino
Parker, Arizona
Tuesday - January 19, 2016
Mohave & Hopi Room
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration
9:00 am “Conference Opening”
Opening Remarks Mr. Homer Marks Sr., President, SWIAA
Welcome Honorable CRIT Tribal Council Member
Invocation CRIT Community Member
Posting of Colors CRIT Tribal Veterans
National Anthem TBA
9:15 am “Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Water Update”
Speaker: Amanda Barrera, Council Member, CRIT
◆◆ 10:00 – 10:15 am ◆◆ Refreshment Break ◆◆
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10:15 am “Bio Terrorism”
Speaker: Extension
11:00 am “New Technology in Agriculture“ (Drones)
Speaker: Dr. Kurt Nolte,Director, County Extension Director, Yuma CALS
Economic Development Area Agent, Agriculture Regional Specialist, Plant
Science, University of Arizona
11:45 am “Alternative Farming“ (Gunja)
Speaker: Paul Cohen
◆◆ 12:15 – 1:30pm ◆◆ Lunch (on your own) ◆◆
(Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - Continued)
1:30 pm “Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Farms”
Speaker: Miguel Gonzalez, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Farm Manager
2:15 pm “Tribal Water Program”
Speaker: Brian Bennon, Tribal Water Systems Manager
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
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◆◆ 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm ◆◆ Refreshment Break ◆◆
3:15 pm “EDEN“
Speaker: Jeanne Benally
4:00 pm “EQIP on the Tohono O’odham Nation”
Speaker: Gilbert Two Two, District Conservationist, Sells Field Office,
Natural Resource Conservation Service
4:30 pm “SWIAA Annual Membership Meeting”
- President’s Report
- Treasurer’s Report
- Election of New Board Members
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– 12:00 Wednesday – January 20, 2016
Mohave & Hopi Room
9:00 am Call to Order:Mr. Brian Davis Sr., Vice-President, SWIAA
Invocation: (TBA)
9:10 am “Tesuque Agriculture and Seed Bank”
Speaker: Emigdio Ballon, Farm Manager of Tesuque Pueblo
9:40 am “Producing Calves for Process Verified Programs”
Speaker: Dr. Dan Faulkner,Anderson Endowed Professor, Extension Beef
Specialist, University of Arizona, Agricultural Research Center
◆◆ 10:15 am – 10:30 am ◆◆ Refreshment Break ◆◆
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10:30 am “Beef Price Outlook”
Speaker: Dr. Russell Tronstad Distingushed Outreach Professor and Ag Econ
ExtensionSpecialist, The University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension,
Department of Ag and Resource Economics
11:15 am “Rural Development: Ag Land Grants”
Speaker: Alan Stevenson, USDA Rural Development
◆◆ 12:00 – 1:30pm ◆◆ Lunch – Mohave & HopiRoom ◆◆
1:30 pm “Marketing Hopi Cattle“
Speaker: Patrick M. Browning, General Manager, Hopi 3 Canyon Ranches
2:15 pm “Foreign Animal Disease“
Speaker: Dr. Lyle Robinson
(Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - Continued)
◆◆ 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm ◆◆ Refreshment Break ◆◆
3:15 pm “CRIT 4-H Program”
Speaker: Debbie Pettigrew, 4-H Program Coordinator, La Paz/CRIT County
Extension Office, University of Arizona
4:00 pm “Collaborative and Resilience Water Management Planning Under Climatic
and Non-Climatic Stressors for Southwestern Tribes”
Speaker: Dr. Karletta Chief, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist,
Dept. of Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona
4:45 pm End of Session
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Mohave & Hopi Room
Thursday – January 21, 2016
9:00 am Call to OrderHomer Marks Sr., President
Invocation
9:10 am “Conservation Stewardship Program”
Speaker: N.R.C.S.
9:40 am “APHIS PPQ Farm Bill Sec. 1007”
Speaker: Carl Etsitty /Dr. Terry Clark
(Thursday, January 21, 2016 - Continued)
◆◆ 10:15 – 10:30 am Refreshment Break ◆◆
10:30 am “Local Beef Market”
Speaker: Clay Parsons, Marana Auction, Marana, Arizona
11:15 am “Commercial Traditional Farming”
Speaker: Ramona Button, Ramona Farms
12:00 Noon
◆◆ LUNCHEON ◆◆
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Mr. Francisco Jose Jr.
Dr. Roe B. Lewis Scholarship Award
Mario Marks Traveling Scholarship Award
2016 SWIAA AWARDS
Trent Teegerstrom
Colorado River Indian Tribes
MEMORIAL AWARDS
Frances Francisco
Robert Olivar
DR. ROE B. LEWIS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
1:30 pm“My Role in Agriculture” – Scholarship Recipient
1:50 pm“My Role in Agriculture” – Scholarship Recipient
2:10 pm“My Role in Agriculture” – Scholarship Recipient
MARIO MARKS TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
2:30 pm“ ” – Scholarship Recipient
2:50 pm Closing Ceremony
Retrieval of Colors:
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Navajo Room
Southwest Indian Agricultural Association Executive Board Meeting
Thursday, January 21, 2016 – 3:00 pm