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Private pesticide applicator continuing instruction course
Important change for 2024
Crop Advantage meetings are an approved continuing instruction course for Iowa private pesticide applicators. Applicators must attend the entire meeting (including at least one pest management topic) to receive credit.
Continuing education
This meeting is approved for continuing education credits for Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs). Credits awarded will depend on workshop sessions attended during the program. Program listings use the following credit designations: CM-crop management, PM-pest management, NM-nutrient management, SW-soil and water. All presentations are 1.0 credit.
When
January 25, 2024
Registration check-in 8:30 AM.
Program begins at 8:55 AM and concludes at 4:15 PM.
Where
Radisson Hotel & Conference Center
1220 1st Ave (exit 242, I-80), Coralville, IA 52245
Support
Crop Advantage is supported, in part, by an Iowa Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program mini-grant. Learn more about SARE at www.iowasare.org
Location sponsor
Program for Coralville
Thursday, January 25, 2024Print the program
| 8:30 am | Registration opens |
| 8:55 am | Welcome and opening comments – Clarabell Probasco, extension field agronomist |
| 9:00 am | Growing season 2024: Current conditions, a final 2023 summary, El Niño implications and climatological outlooks – Justin Glisan, State Climatologist of Iowa (CM) |
| 10:00 am | Break |
| 10:10 am | Session A (select one topic) |
|---|---|
| Grain drying and storage 201: Efficiency, aeration, monitoring technology, and safety features – Kapil Arora, extension field agricultural engineer (CM) | |
| Iowa DOT regulations and updates – Sgt. Job Huisman, Motor Vehicle Enforcement, Iowa Department of Transportation | |
| Managing soil to decrease risk during weather extremes – Catherine DeLong, manager, Water Quality Program (SW) | |
| Soybean and corn disease update – Daren Mueller, extension crop plant pathologist (PM) | |
| 11:10 am | Session B (select one topic) |
| Corn rootworm variant management – Ashley Dean, extension education specialist, Entomology (PM) | |
| Impacts of cereal rye on nitrogen cycling and crop production: Benefits, challenges, and potential solutions and opportunities – Richard Roth, extension nitrogen science specialist (NM) | |
| Iowa DOT regulations and updates – Sgt. Job Huisman, Motor Vehicle Enforcement, Iowa Department of Transportation | |
| Soybean and corn disease update – Daren Mueller, extension crop plant pathologist (PM) | |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00 pm | Session C (select one topic) |
| Changes in SCN management recommendations require attention to be effective – Greg Tylka, extension nematologist (PM) | |
| Corn rootworm variant management – Ashley Dean, extension education specialist, Entomology (PM) | |
| Impacts of cereal rye on nitrogen cycling and crop production: Benefits, challenges, and potential solutions and opportunities – Richard Roth, extension nitrogen science specialist (NM) | |
| Pasture management and renovation after drought – Josh Michel, extension field agronomist (CM) | |
| 2:00 pm | Break |
| 2:10 pm | Crop markets in 2024: Can we get back to normal? – Chad Hart, extension crop marketing specialist (CM) |
| 3:15 pm | Iowa Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course – Clarabell Probasco, extension field agronomist |
| 4:15 pm | Meeting adjourns |
Register
Fees
- $75
Early registration, prior to midnight, January 18, 2024 - $100
Late or on-site registration - Registration includes lunch, refreshment breaks and CCA credits.
- Private applicator continuing education is NOT included in meeting registration. That $30 fee is collected at the meeting.
Reminders
- Cancellations requesting a refund must be received no later than 3 days prior to the meeting (except weather related).
- Confirmation of registration and receipts are sent via email. Please provide a valid email address when registering.
- For assistance with registration, receipts, cancellation or questions on the status of your registration please contact ANR Program Services at (515) 294-9487 or anr@iastate.edu.
Weather
- If weather conditions cause a change in meeting plans a notice will be posted on this webpage and provided to local media and radio stations. Any decisions regarding holding the meeting will be announced before 6:00 AM the day of the meeting. Meetings will not be rescheduled. Those registered may transfer to another location or request a refund.
Extension field agronomists
Clarabell Probasco
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(641) 664-2730
caknapp@iastate.edu
Virgil Schmitt
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(563) 260-3721
vschmitt@iastate.edu
@virgilschmitt
Rebecca Vittetoe
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(712) 540-3319
rka8@iastate.edu
@rkvittetoe