Thursday, January 17, 2025
Holiday Inn Express, 4005 N 6th St, Beatrice, NE
Room 1 PEST MANAGEMENT & PESTICIDE SAFETY | Room 2 CROP, ECONOMICS, SOIL & WATER MANAGEMENT | |
8:00 – 8:50 am | Registration/Check-in | |
8:50 – 9:00 am | Welcome and Introduction | |
9:00 - 9:50 am | INSECT MANAGEMENT Research Update on Soybean Gall Midge-Justin McMechan Dectes Stem Borer: Understanding Impact and Management Tactics-Justin McMechan | CROPPING SYSTEMS On-Farm Research Update-Matheus Ribeiro Hi-Clearance Interseeding project update-John Nelson |
10:00 – 10:50 am | DISEASE MANAGEMENT Soybean Disease Update–KyleBroderick Corn Disease Update – Kyle Broderick Wheat Disease Update – Stephen Wegulo | DIGITAL AG FAA Spray Drone Regulations DAWN: Dashboard for Agricultural Water Use and Nutrient Management – Guillermo Balboa |
11:00 – 11:50 am | WEED MANAGEMENT Evaluate Target weed control with precision sprayer in corn and soybean-Amit Jhala | SOIL HEALTH Assessing Soil Health: Guideand Color Chart for Soil Organic Matter Determination-Caro Cordova |
11:50 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
12:30 – 1:40 pm | PESTICIDE & ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY Pesticides: Human Health, the Environment, and the Law – Tank Contamination issues-Milos Zaric | AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and Future Decisions Cost of Production, Trends and Outlook for 2025 |
1:50 – 3:30 pm | WHAT’S NEW IN PLANTPROTECTION Research Update on Western bean cutworm-Matheus Ribeiro, TJ Prochaska Current Considerations for Pillbug management in Nebraska soybean systems-Matheus Ribeiro, TJ Prochaska Alfalfa Weevil: Current Management Tactics and Challenges What’s New in Plant Pathology (Fungicides are for Fungi) Control of volunteer corn in corn-Amit Jhala | WATER MANAGEMENT & NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
Demonstration of the Digital Nitrogen Calculator-Richard Ferguson In-Season Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn-Richard Ferguson Stretching Your Irrigation Dollar in 2025-Steve Melvin, John Nelson |
3:30 pm | Survey & Pesticide License Recertification | Survey & CCA Credit |