Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop in January 2024
The Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop is scheduled on January 24-25 at the Fargo Holiday Inn. “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 and workshop co-chair.
Registration begins at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24 with the program scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Educational sessions include:
- How World Affairs and Weather Affect Grain Prices in the Northern Plains
- Can Stress Tolerance in Corn and Soybean Keep Yields Moving Up?
- The AI Crop Adviser
- Making Cents of Soil Health
- Asymbiotic N-fixing Organisms – Natural Populations and Commercial Products: What You Should Know and What Questions to Ask
To close the first day program, participants can enjoy a social while discussing the past season’s crop production challenges and successes.
Registration and breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25 and educational sessions are scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon. Topics include:
- Historical View of Corn and Soybean Production – What About the Future?
- Making Cents of Soil Health
- Identification and Management of New and Emerging Diseases of Corn, Soybean and Canola
- Soybean’s Pest-a-palooza in 2023: Strategies for Managing Multiple Pests Simultaneously
- Asymbiotic N-fixing Organisms – Natural Populations and Commercial Products: What You Should Know and What Questions to Ask
- Is Biology Winning the Battle Against Soybean Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot?
- Avoiding Train Wrecks: Monitoring and Managing Corn Rootworms
Visit www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/events/advanced-crop-advisers-workshop for details and electronic preregistration. The workshop fee is $200 per person or $150 if attending only one day of the workshop.
Greg Endres
Gregory.Endres@ndsu.edu
Extension Cropping Systems Specialist
