Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center (ENREEC) near Mead, 1071 Co Rd G, Ithaca
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-Aaron Nygren Hi-Clearance Interseeding project update-Aaron Nygren |
| 10:00 – 10:50 am | DISEASE MANAGEMENT Soybean Disease Update – Dylan Mangel Corn Disease Update – Kyle Broderick | SOIL HEALTH Assessing Soil Health: Guide and Color Chart for Soil Organic Matter Determination- Katja Koehler-Cole |
| 11:00 – 11:50 am | WEED MANAGEMENT Dicamba and 2,4-D threshold in sensitive soybean-Stevan Knezevic | DIGITAL AG FAA Spray Drone Regulations- Guillermo Balboa DAWN: Dashboard for Agricultural Water Use and Nutrient Management-Guillermo Balboa |
| 11:50 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:30 – 1:40 pm | PESTICIDE & ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY Pesticides: Human Health, the Environment, and the Law – Frank Bright, and Greg Puckett Tank contamination issues-Milos Zaric | AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and Future Decisions-Jim Jensen Cost of Production, Trends and Outlookfor 2025-Anatasia Meyer |
| 1:50 – 3:30 pm | WHAT’S NEW IN PLANT PROTECTION Current Tools and Challenges for Western Corn Rootworm Management-Justin McMechan Research Update on Western Bean Cutworm-Justin McMechan What’s New in Plant Pathology (Fungicides are for Fungi)-Dylan Mangel Herbicide-resistant corn and soybeans: 25 years later-Stevan Knezevic | WATER MANAGEMENT & NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT Demonstration of Digital Nitrogen Calculator-Javed Iqbal In-Season Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn-Javed Iqbal Stretching Your Irrigation Dollar in 2025 - Aaron Nygren, Steve Melvin |
| 3:30 pm | Survey & Pesticide License Recertification | Survey & CCA Credit |