---- Rescheduled due to Blizzard ----
Wednesday, Jan 24th
same times - 12:30 to 4:40
and same place - auditorium
Northwestern Research & Outreach Center Auditorium
(2900 University Ave)
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Face the 2018 crop year armed with the latest University of Minnesota research. At the 2018 University of Minnesota Research Update for Ag Professionals, you will find research-based strategies to deal with today's changing pests, diseases, varieties, and nutrient and environmental recommendations. Presentations and discussions at the update will allow you to visit with experienced university researchers and offer you the opportunity to visit with colleagues to discuss topics of interest to you in your region. You will leave with research-based knowledge and field-tested solutions that will help you in the field for the year 2018.
The
program will be held in Crookston on
Thursday, January 11 from 12:30 pm to 4:40 pm. at the Northwestern
Research & Outreach Center Auditorium (2900 University Ave.; phone: (218)
281-8602).
The registration fee is $60 and on-site
registration will begin at 11:30
am. Online registration (www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/ag-professionals/research-updates) is open until midnight on Wednesday, January 10.
Continuing
education units for Certified Crop Advisors have been applied for including: 1
in nutrient management, 3 in pest management and 1 in crop management.
Educational
Sessions will include:
·
Small grain
weed control update and herbicide resistance management –
Dr.
Beverly Durgan
·
Soybean aphid:
Population dynamics, pyrethroid resistance and developing management strategies
– Dr. Phillip Glogoza
·
Small grains
disease management toolbox – Dr. Madeleine Smith
·
Small grain
variety update – Dr. Jochum Wiersma
·
What's the
scoop on potassium research in western Minnesota – Dr. Daniel Kaiser
Questions regarding program content or disability
accommodations can be directed to Program Coordinator Dave Nicolai at: (612)
625-2778 or nico0071@umn.edu.
