2021 Best of the Best in Wheat and Soybean Research program: Jan 25 & 26

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. - Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome: Changing Lessons Learned in the Northern States - Dr. Dean Malvick, Extension Plant Pathologist, U of MN
• 9:45 a.m. - FM Reduction in Soybean (a Twofer): Managing Herbicide Resistant Weeds While Protecting Exports - Dr. Seth Naeve, Extension Soybean Agronomist, U of MN
• 10:15 a.m. - BREAK
• 10:30 a.m. - Videos
• 10:45 a.m. - Top Secret Grain Marketing Strategy (Have a Plan) - Dr. Frayne Olson, Crops Economist/ Marketing Specialist, NDSU
• 11:15 a.m. - Expected Weather Patterns for the 2021 Growing Season - Daryl Ritchison, Director, North Dakota Agricultural Network, Fargo