Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Hampton Inn & Suites Scottsbluff-Conference Center, 301 US-26 Scottsbluff, NE
| AGENDA | PEST MANAGEMENT & PESTICIDE SAFETY |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:50 am | Registration/Check-in |
| 8:50 – 9:00 am | Welcome and Introduction |
| 9:00 – 9:50 am | INSECT MANAGEMENT Managing Wheat Stem Sawfly using Bracon parasitoids – Pin-Chu Lai Research Update on Thrips in Dry Bean – Pin-Chu Lai Alfalfa Weevil Management: challenges and research initiatives – Pin-Chu Lai |
| 10:00 – 10:50 am | DISEASE MANAGEMENT Specialty Crops Diseases Update – Kyle Broderick Wheat Diseases Update – Kyle Broderick Corn Diseases Update – Kyle Broderick |
| 11:00 – 11:50 am | WEED MANAGEMENT Herbicide-resistance: What, when, where, and why – Nevin Lawrence |
| 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 |
| 1:50 – 3:30 pm | WHAT’S NEW IN PLANT PROTECTION What’s new in Entomology: Spider mites and wheat curl mites, Armyworms and Western Bean Cutworm – Julie Peterson and Pin-Chu Lai What’s New in Plant Pathology – Kyle Broderick What is good herbicide program for the Panhandle? – Nevin Lawrence |
| 3:30 pm | Survey & Pesticide License Recertification |