Cropping Issues in Northwest Minnesota

Text for this article was written by Tana Haugen-Brown, a UMN Extension pesticide safety and environmental education educator and co-coordinator. It originated from the private applicator training website . Applicators in need of license renewal in 2021 should have received an 8 page document through the mail that would have explained the four different ways that someone can recertify in 2021. Recertification workshops Regionally adapted workshops have been scheduled for those accustomed to attending workshops in a specific region. Register soon as a virtual spot is reserved for the first 50 people to register for a workshop and workshops that have fewer than 10 registrants will need to cancel. Northwest workshops   Jan 26, 12:30 to 4:30 PM   Jan 28, 8 AM to 12 PM Feb 1, 8 AM to 12 PM West-central workshops  Feb 3, 12:30 to 4:30 PM Feb 11, 8 AM to 12 PM Feb 22, 8 AM to 12 PM Re

This article was written by Greg Endres, NDSU Extension cropping systems area specialist. University of Minnesota Extension and North Dakota State University Extension will conduct the annual Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop as a virtual event Feb. 9 and 10, 2021. “This workshop is designed to provide in-depth discussion on selected topics to help agricultural professionals enhance their crop production recommendations for farmers,” says Greg Endres, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist at the Carrington Research Extension Center and workshop co-chair. Educational sessions during the afternoon of Feb. 9 More acres and less time: How do you address climate weirdness? What’s old is new again: The art and science of using 2,4-D and dicamba Managing low-production fields: Soil tests and solutions Goss’s wilt and other emerging corn diseases How to break up compaction in no-till and reduced-till systems Soybean cyst nematode, sudden death syndrome and brown stem rot Ins and out

Logistics When: Monday, January 25: 1:00 to 3:45 p.m. AND Tuesday, January 26: 9:00 to 11:45 a.m Where: Online via Zoom Cost: FREE To register: Visit the Minnesota Wheat website devoted to the conference . CCA CEUs offered: Jan 25: 1 PM, 0.5 NM, 0.5 CM; Jan 26: 1 CM, 1 PM Topics and Speakers Monday, January 25 1:00 p.m. - Welcome & Introductions 1:15 p.m. - What Current Research is Telling Us About Managing Fertilizer for Soybean - Dr. Daniel Kaiser, Extension Soil Fertility Specialist, U of MN 1:45 p.m. - 2020: Wet Year, Yet Spider Mite and Grasshopper Injury? - Dr. Janet Knodel, Extension Entomologist, NDSU 2:15 p.m. - BREAK 2:30 p.m. - Videos 2:45 p.m. - Considerations for the Xtend and Enlist Soybean Systems - Dr. Joseph Ikley, Extension Weed Specialist, NDSU 3:15 p.m. - More Acres and Less Time – How Do You Address Climate Weirdness? - Dr. Jochum Wiersma, Extension Small Grains Agronomist, U of MN Tuesday, January 26, 2021 9:00 a.m. - Welcome & Introductions 9:15 a.m. - S