Crop Management Topics

1. Crop markets in 2023: The good, the bad, and the mildly amusing (1.0 CM)

Chad Hart, professor and extension economist, Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

We'll chat about U.S. and global agricultural supplies and demands, prices, and potential returns to farming. We will also explore the factors shaping the markets, including international trade, extreme weather events, and bio-energy developments.
Session E - Wednesday, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Session F - Wednesday, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

2. 2022 cropping year in review (1.0 CM)

Sotirios Archontoulis, associate professor, Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

We will review the 2022 cropping year: 1) corn and soybean yields, and 2) factors affecting yield, including weather, soil, and management decisions.
Session I - Thursday, 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Session J - Thursday, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM

3. Growing season 2023: Finally post-La Nina? Climate outlook implications (1.0 CM)

Justin Glisan, State Climatologist of Iowa, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Des Moines, IA

The Midwest may finally have its first summer without the impacts of La Nina in the last several years. Learn what that may mean for crop conditions. Soil moisture and drought implications for Iowa and the Midwest will be reviewed.
Session M - Thursday, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Session O - Thursday, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

4. New ag-climate tools for producers: Helping improve information for agricultural decisions (1.0 CM)

Dennis Todey, director, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, USDA-ARS, Ames, IA

Several new decision tools are available for producers in the region. We will review these tools and their uses for in production agriculture.
Session G - Wednesday, 3:10 PM - 4:00 PM
Session H - Wednesday, 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM

5. Exploiting management to achieve higher soybean yields (1.0 CM)

Mark Licht, associate professor and extension cropping systems specialist, Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

This session will explore how changing soybean management practices affects soybean growth and development and influences yield potential. Additionally, how corn management tweaks may improve soybean yields.
Session A - Wednesday, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Session B - Wednesday, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

6. Risk-rewards from ag carbon credits: What's at stake for farmers? (1.0 CM)

Alejandro Plastina, associate professor and extension economist, Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Let's analyze the costs, rewards, and risks associated with carbon programs through a hands-on simulation game, and create our own list of questions to ask carbon programs when considering carbon farming.
Session A - Wednesday, 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Session B - Wednesday, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

7. Swath grazing summer annuals: A strategy for winter feeding (1.0 CM)

Garland Dahlke, research scientist, Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

The use of high yielding summer annuals in a winter swath grazing system allows adequate cow feed, minimal commitment to summer forage production and works into an existing crop rotation. Now entering our fourth year, this strategy has become a standard practice for cow feeding at the ISU teaching herd and McNay research herd.
Session K - Thursday, 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM
Session L - Thursday, 11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

8. Quality and handling of the 2022 crops (1.0 CM)

Charles Hurburgh, professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and professor in charge, Iowa Grain Quality Initiative, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Weather patterns across Iowa were highly variable in temperature and rainfall. This affected crop quality and and value. Management for the year will be affected. This presentation will show the quality and recommendations for the year, as best we know them at the time of the conference
Session E - Wednesday, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Session F - Wednesday, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

9. Timber is a crop: Grow it right, sell it right! (0.5 CM)

William Beck, assistant professor and Extension forestry specialist, Natural Resource and Ecology Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Do you know the true value of the trees in your woodland? Timber, when grown right and sold right, can add sustainable income to the agricultural enterprise. Learn how!
Session C - Wednesday, 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Session D - Wednesday, 11:35 AM - 12:00 PM