Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Lifelong Learning Center, NECC, 601 East Benjamin Ave., Norfolk, NE
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Room 1 PEST MANAGEMENT & PESTICIDE SAFETY |
Room 2 CROP, ECONOMICS, SOIL & WATER MANAGEMENT | |
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| 8 – 8:50 am | Registration/Check-in | |
| 8:50 – 9 am | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 9 - 9:50 am |
INSECT MANAGEMENT Soybean Gall Midge: Updates on Risk and Management Tactics – Justin McMechan Corn Insect Update – Wayne Ohnesorg |
CROPPING SYSTEMS Evaluation of Corn Residual Herbicide Carry-over on Early-Season Interseeded Cover Crop Establishment – Chris Proctor |
| 10 – 10:50 am |
DISEASE MANAGEMENT Soybean Disease Update – Dylan Mangel Corn Disease Update – Tamra Jackson-Ziems |
SOIL HEALTH Soil Health Practices and Tests: What You Need to Know –Katja Koehler-Cole |
| 11 – 11:50 am |
WEED MANAGEMENT Various Dicamba Thresholds in Soybean – Stevan Knezevic |
DIGITAL AG Optimizing Profitability in Irrigated Corn Production Through Sensor-based Nitrogen Management Technologies – Joe Luck |
| 11:50 am – 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:30 – 1:40 pm |
PESTICIDE & ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY Pesticides: Human Health, the Environment, and the Law – Jennifer Weisbrod, Frank Bright, and Greg Puckett |
AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and Future Decisions – Jim Jansen Cost of Production, Trends & Outlook for 2023 – Glennis McClure |
| 1:50 – 3:30 pm |
WHAT’S NEW IN PLANT PROTECTION What’s New and Critical Issues in Plant Pathology: Consequences of Inaccurate Diagnoses – Kyle Broderick Dectes Stem Borer: Understanding its Potential as a Pest Management Options – Justin McMechan What’s New in Weed Science – Milos Zaric and Chris Proctor |
WATER MANAGEMENT& NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT A Year-round Approach to Water and Nitrogen Management (From Harvest to Harvest) – Amy Timmerman, Katie Pekarek, Steve Melvin |
| 3:30 pm | Survey & Pesticide License Recertification | Survey & CCA Credit |