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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 3, 2024
Registration check-in 9:30 AM.
Program begins at 10:00 AM and concludes at 4:35 PM.
Where
Northwest Iowa Community College, Building A
US Hwy 18 West, Sheldon, IA 51201
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 Sheldon
Wednesday, January 3, 2024Print the program
| 9:30 am | Registration opens |
| 9:55 am | Welcome – Leah Ten Napel, extension field agronomist |
| 10:00 am | Crop markets in 2024: Can we get back to normal? – Chad Hart, extension crop marketing specialist (CM) |
| 11:00 am | Out of the box soybean management – Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist (CM) |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:45 pm | Session A (select one topic) |
|---|---|
| Carryover, resistance, and control failures: Oh my! – Meaghan Anderson, extension field agronomist (PM) | |
| Managing crap – Dan Andersen, associate professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (NM) | |
| 1:40 pm | Session B (select one topic) |
| Beginning farmer workshop – Craig Winquist, Farm Credit Services | |
| Corn rootworm variant management – Ashley Dean, extension education specialist, Entomology (PM) | |
| 2:35 pm | Break |
| 2:40 pm | Session C (select one topic) |
| Climate resilience: Soil erosion and water resource management are key – Rick Cruse, professor, Agronomy and director, Iowa Water Center (SW) | |
| Soybean disease update and green stem in soybeans – Daren Mueller, extension crop plant pathologist (PM) | |
| 3:35 pm | Iowa Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course – Leah Ten Napel, extension field agronomist |
| 4:35 pm | Meeting adjourns |
Register
Fees
- $75
Early registration, prior to midnight, December 27, 2023 - $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
Leah Ten Napel
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
(712) 541-3493
lre@iastate.edu