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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.
Location sponsors
When
January 11, 2024
Registration check-in 8:30 AM.
Program begins at 8:50 AM and concludes at 4:00 PM.
Where
Catfish Bend Convention & Event Center
3001 Winegard Dr, Burlington, IA 52601
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
Program for Burlington
Thursday, January 11, 2024Print the program
| 8:30 am | Registration opens |
| 8:50 am | Welcome – Virgil Schmitt, extension field agronomist |
| 9:00 am | 2024 Crop weather outlook – Dennis Todey, director, Midwest Climate Hub, USDA-ARS (CM) |
| 10:00 am | Crop markets in 2024: Can we get back to normal? – Charles Brown, extension farm management specialist (CM) |
| 10:50 am | Break |
| 11:10 am | Economics of carbon credits – Alejandro Plastina, extension economist (CM) |
| 12:00 am | Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00 am | Session A (select one topic) |
|---|---|
| Does foliar feeding your crops pay? – Antonio Mallarino, extension soil fertility specialist (NM) | |
| Keeping crops healthy for maximum profit – Diane Plewa, plant diagnostic outreach specialist, University of Illinois (PM) | |
| Navigating the inevitability of herbicide resistance – Kathryn Seebruck, extension educator, agronomy/crop sciences, University of Illinois (PM) | |
| 2:00 am | Session B (select one topic) |
| Micronutrients and nutrient tissue testing for corn and soybean – Antonio Mallarino, extension soil fertility specialist (NM) | |
| Navigating the inevitability of herbicide resistance – Kathryn Seebruck, extension educator, agronomy/crop sciences, University of Illinois (PM) | |
| SCN management: Are we turning the corner? – Greg Tylka, extension nematologist (PM) | |
| 2:50 am | Break |
| 3:10 am | Session C (select one topic) |
| Evaluating and renovating pastures and hay fields – Josh Michel, extension field agronomist (CM) | |
| Iowa Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course – Virgil Schmitt, extension field agronomist | |
| SCN management: Are we turning the corner? – Greg Tylka, extension nematologist (PM) | |
| 4:00 am | Meeting adjourns |
Register
Fees
- $75
Early registration, prior to midnight, January 4, 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.
Meeting hosts
Virgil Schmitt
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(563) 260-3721
vschmitt@iastate.edu
@virgilschmitt
Clarabell Probasco
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(641) 664-2730
caknapp@iastate.edu
Rebecca Vittetoe
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(712) 540-3319
rka8@iastate.edu
@rkvittetoe
Meagan Diss
extension educator, commercial agriculture
University of Illinois Extension
(217) 300-5386
mcdiss@illinois.edu