Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Lifelong Learning Center, NECC, 601 East Benjamin Ave., Norfolk, NE
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 Research Update on Soybean Gall Midge: Updates on Risk and Management Tactics – Justin McMechan Dectes Stem Borer: Understanding Impact and Management Tactics-Justin McMechan | CROPPING SYSTEMS On-Farm Research Update-TJ Prochaska, Adam Leise Hi-Clearance Interseeding project update-TJ Prochaska |
| 10:00 – 10:50 am | DISEASE MANAGEMENT Corn Disease Update - Tamra Jackson – Ziems Soybean update-Amy Timmerman | SOIL HEALTH Assessing Soil Health:Guide and Color Chart for Soil Organic Matter Determination - Katja Koehler-Cole |
| 11:00 – 11:50 am | WEED MANAGEMENT Dicamba and 2,4-D threshold in sensitive soybean-Stevan Knezevic | 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 Tank contamination issues-Milos Zaric | AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and Future Decisions-Jim Jansen Cost of Production, Trends and Outlook for 2025-Anatasia Meyer |
| 1:50 – 3:30 pm | WHAT’S NEW IN PLANT PROTECTION Research update on Western bean cutworm-Wayne Ohnesorg Soybean aphid: Biology and Management Strategies – Wayne Ohnesorg What’s New in Plant Pathology (Fungicides are for Fungi)-Tamra Jackson-Ziems Herbicide resistant corn and soybean: 25 years later-Stevan Knezevic | WATER MANAGEMENT & NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT Demonstration of Digital Nitrogen Calculator - Javid Iqbal In-Season Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn - Javid Iqbal Stretching Your Irrigation Dollar in 2025 -Amy Timmerman, Aaron Nygren |
| 3:30 pm | Survey & Pesticide License Recertification | Survey & CCA Credit |