Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center
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 Developing New Management Tactics for Wheat Stem Sawfly -Pin-Chu Lai Historically Important and Potential InsectPests in Dry Bean-Pin-Chu Lai | CROPPING SYSTEMS Cropping systems research update-Cody Creech |
| 10:00 – 10:50 am | DISEASE MANAGEMENT Specialty Crops and Panhandle Corn and Wheat Diseases Update – Bob Harveson | SOIL HEALTH Assessing Soil Health: Guide and Color Chart for Soil Organic Matter Determination-Caro Cordova, Katja Koehler-Cole |
| 11:00 – 11:50 am | WEED MANAGEMENT Management of Palmer management in Western NE crops-Nevin Lawrence | DIGITAL AG FAA Spray Drone 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 and Greg Puckett Avoiding Tank Contamination issues-Milos Zaric | AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and Future Decisions -Jessica Groskopf Cost of Production, Trends and Outlook for 2025 - Jessica Groskopf |
| 1:50 – 3:30 pm | WHAT’S NEW IN PLANT PROTECTION Research Update on Western Bean Cutworm-Julie Peterson Current Tools and Challenges for Western Corn Rootworm Management-Julie Peterson What’s New in Plant Pathology (Fungicides are for Fungi)-Bob Harveson Metamitron (Goltix) for 2025-Nevin Lawrence | WATER MANAGEMENT & NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
Demonstration of Digital Nitrogen Calculator - Bijesh Maharjan In-Season Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn - Bijesh Maharjan Stretching Your Irrigation Dollar in 2025 - Steve Melvin, Gary Stone |
| 3:30 pm | Survey & Pesticide License Recertification | Survey & CCA Credit |