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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 23, 2024
Registration check-in 9:30 AM.
Program begins at 9:55 AM and concludes at 4:35 PM.
Where
Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center
1405 US Highway 71, Okoboji, IA 51355
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 Okoboji
Tuesday, January 23, 2024Print the program
| 9:30 am | Registration opens |
| 9:55 am | Welcome – Gentry Sorenson, extension field agronomist |
| 10:00 am | Corn response to long-term seasonal weather stressors – Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist (CM) |
| 11:00 am | Outlook 2024: El Niño, drought and a whole lot more – Dennis Todey, director, Midwest Climate Hub, USDA-ARS (CM) |
| 12:00 am | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:45 am | Session A (select one topic) |
|---|---|
| Assessing and communicating Iowa agriculture's vulnerabilities to climate – Dennis Todey, director, Midwest Climate Hub, USDA-ARS (CM) | |
| Herbicide carryover and weed resistance issues – Gentry Sorenson, extension field agronomist (PM) | |
| Short corn and ultra early soybeans: What is new for 2024? – Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist (CM) | |
| 1:40 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) | |
| Soybean disease update and green stem in soybeans – Daren Mueller, extension crop plant pathologist (PM) | |
| 2:35 am | Break |
| 2:40 am | Session C (select one topic) |
| Crop markets in 2024: Can we get back to normal? – Gary Wright, extension farm management specialist (CM) | |
| Impacts of cereal rye on nitrogen cycling and crop production: Benefits, challenges, and potential solutions and opportunities – Richard Roth, extension nitrogen science specialist (NM) | |
| Soybean disease update and green stem in soybeans – Daren Mueller, extension crop plant pathologist (PM) | |
| 3:35 am | Iowa Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course – Gentry Sorenson, extension field agronomist |
| 4:35 am | Meeting adjourns |
Register
Fees
- $75
Early registration, prior to midnight, January 16, 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 agronomist
Gentry Sorenson
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(641) 430-6715
gentrys@iastate.edu
@GentrySorenson