Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Lifelong Learning Center, Northeast Community College, 601 East Benjamin Ave, Norfolk, NE
| AGENDA | Room 1 PEST MANAGEMENT & PESTICIDE SAFETY | Room 2 CROP, ECONOMICS, SOIL & WATER MANAGEMENT |
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| 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 Western Bean Cutworm: Updates & Trapping Network –Silvana Moraes | CROPPING SYSTEMS Tank Contamination: Why does proper sprayer cleanout matter? What are tank contamination issues? –Milos Zaric
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10:00 – 10:50 am
| DISEASE MANAGEMENT Corn Disease Update –Tamra Jackson Ziems Soybean update –Amy Timmerman | WATER MANAGEMENT Fertigation Equipment and Procedures for In-Season Nitrogen Application; Value of an Inch of Water –Steve Melvin |
11:00 – 11:50 am
| WEED MANAGEMENT Dicamba and 2,4-D threshold in sensitive soybean –Stevan Knezevic | DIGITAL AG The Virtual Testing Ag Performance Solutions Computer Program –Chuck Burr |
| 11:50 – 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
12:30 – 1:40 pm
| PESTICIDE & ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY Pesticides: Human Health, the Environment, and the Law –Joshua Villazana Tank contamination: Why does proper sprayer cleanout matter? What are tank contamination issues? –Milos Zaric | AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT Farm Bill Outlook, Crop Budget Trends, and Crop Insurance Updates –Jim Jansen |
1:50 – 3:30 pm
| WHAT’S NEW IN PLANT PROTECTION Katydids and Corn, Soybean Tentiform Leafminer –Wayne Ohnesorg Updates on Wheat Stem Maggot –Justin McMechan What’s New in Plant Pathology –Tamra Jackson-Ziems Herbicide-resistant corn and soybean: 25 years later –Stevan Knezevic | NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT Sensor Based Nitrogen Management –Joe Luck Choosing an Agronomic and Economic Manure Rate –Leslie Johnson
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| 3:30 pm | Survey & Pesticide License Recertification | Survey & CCA Credit |