Hastings - 2025 Crop Production Clinic

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

Dectes Stem Borer: Understanding Impacts and Management Tactics-Justin McMechan

CROPPING SYSTEMS

On-Farm Research Update-Jenny Rees

Hi-Clearance Interseeding project update-Jenny Rees

10:00 – 10:50 am

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Soybean Disease Update – Dylan Mangel 

Corn Disease Update – Dylan Mangel Wheat Disease Update– Stephen Wegulo

SOIL HEALTH

Assessing Soil Health: Guide and Color Chart for Soil Organic Matter Determination-Katja Koehler-Cole

11:00 – 11:50 am

WEED MANAGEMENT

Precision sprayer for target weed management-Adam Leise

DIGITAL AG

Spray Drone FAA Regulations -Dirk Charlson

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, Greg Puckett

Tank Contamination issues-Milos Zaric

AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and FutureDecisions-Jim Jensen

Cost of Production, Trends and Outlook for2025-Anatasia Meyer

1:50 – 3:30 pm

WHAT’S NEW IN PLANT PROTECTION

Current considerations in pillbug management in Nebraska soybean systems-Matheus Ribeiro

What’s New in Plant Pathology (Fungicides are for Fungi)-Stephen  Wegulo

Control of volunteer corn in corn -Adam Leise

WATER MANAGEMENT& NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

Demonstration of Digital Nitrogen Calculator-Richard Ferguson

In-Season Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn-Richard Ferguson

Stretching Your Irrigation Dollar in 2025-Steve Melvin, Amy Timmerman

3:30 pm

Survey & CCA Credit