Meetings

Monday, November 09, 2009 10:49 AM

MU Delta Center Continuing Education for Certified Crop Advisors

A two-day Certified Crop Advisor program will be conducted at the University of Missouri-Delta Research Center in Portageville, Missouri on November 23 and 24, 2009. Separate classes will be taught in Soil Fertility, Pest Management, Soil and Water, and Crop Production with 4 CEU’s pending per course. Classes will begin at 8:00 a.m. each day. Registration will be $25 per course or $75 for all four which will include lunch. For more details and to pre-register, contact Gene Stevens (573-379-5431, stevensw@missouri.edu) or Anthony Ohmes (573-683-6129, ohmesg@missouri.edu).

Schedule may change due to speaker availability.

Agenda

November 23, 2009

Pest Management

8:00 am – 8:30 am          Disease Research Update in MO Crops                                Dr. Allen Wrather, MU-Delta Center

8:30 am – 9:00 am          Red Banded Stink Bugs                                                       Dr. Kelly Tindall, MU-Delta Center

9:00 am – 10:00 pm        Insect Management in Corn and Soybeans                            Dr. Wayne Bailey, MU-Columbia

10:00 am – 10:10 am       Break

10:10 am – 11:05 am       Weed Control Update Mid-South                                          Dr. Angela McClure, UT-Jackson,TN

11:05 am – 12:00 pm       Weed Control Update                                                          Dr. Kevin Bradley, MU-Columbia

12:00 – 1:00                     Lunch

Crop Management

1:00 pm – 1.45 pm           Crop Scouting 101                                                               Wendell Minton, Bootheel Crop Consulting

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm           Cotton Variety Testing                                                           Andrea Jones, MU-Delta Center

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm           Sweet Sorghum for Biofuel                                                     Roland Holou, MU-Columbia

3:00 – 3:10                       Break

3:10 pm – 4:05 pm           Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture & Cap-and-Trade Markets     Dr. Ray Massey, MU-Columbia

4:05 pm – 5:00 pm           Legal Issues for Crop Managers                                              Dr. Vern Pierce, MU-Columbia 

November 25, 2008

Nutrient Management

8:00 am – 8:30 am            Outlook for Fertilizer prices in 2010                                   Eddie Barnhill, River Bend Ag.

8:30 am – 9:00 am            New Fertilizer Technologies                                              David Dunn, MU-Delta Center

9:00 am – 10:00 am          Nutrient Management for Vegetable Production                  Jeffery Kindhart, UI-Extension

10:00 am – 10:10 am       Break

10:10 am – 11:05 am       New Soil Nitrogen Test for Rice                                          Dr. Rick Norman, UA-Fayetteville

11:05 am – 12:00 pm       On-the-Go Sensors for Cotton Nitrogen                               Dr. Peter Scharf, MU-Columbia

12:00 – 1:00                     Lunch

Soil and Water

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm           Nutrient Loading in Upper MS River Basin                           Bob Perry, Perry Analytical Lab

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm           Water Management Issues in MS                                        Dr. Dean Pennington, Yazoo Water District

3:00 – 3:10                       Break

3:10 pm – 4:05 pm           MS River Basin Initiative in Missouri                                    Michael Sullivan, USDA-NRCS

4:05 pm – 5:00 pm           Subsurface Drainage                                                            Dr. Michael Aide, SEMO Univ.

Schedule may change due to speaker availability.

Actual times are a 40 to 45 min presentation with 5 to 10 min of question and answer and a 5 to 10 minute break between speakers.

David Reinbott, reinbottd@missouri.edu Agriculture Business Specialist Last modified: November 09, 2009