January 17, 2025

Rhythm City Casino Resort
7077 Elmore Ave, Davenport, Iowa

Crop Advantage Series meetings provide a solid foundation of current, research-based crop production information to help you make informed decisions. Topics for each meeting are selected for your fields and your growing conditions.

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Program

8:30     Registration opens

8:55     Welcome – Virgil Schmitt, extension field agronomist

9:00    2025 Weather Outlook – Madelynn Wuestenberg, extension agricultural climate specialist (CM)

10:00    Session A (select one topic)

• Bug Brawl: Key insect pest challenges of 2024 – Erin Hodgson, extension entomologist (PM)
• Economic outlook for corn and soybeans in 2025 – Gary Schnitkey, professor, Agricultural & Consumer Economics, UIUC (CM)
• Sowing success: Navigating cover crop establishment and termination – Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist (SW)
• Tools and tactics to manage waterhemp – Wes Everman, extension weed management specialist (PM)

10:50    Break

11:10    Session B (select one topic)

• Current strategies for disease management in field crops – Boris Camiletti, assistant professor, plant pathology, UIUC (PM)
• Economic outlook for corn and soybeans in 2025 – Gary Schnitkey, professor, Agricultural & Consumer Economics, UIUC (CM)
• EPA’s Herbicide Strategy – How it will impact you and your operation – Wes Everman, extension weed management specialist (PM)
• Resistance is a sticky situation for soybean aphid – Erin Hodgson, extension entomologist (PM)

12:00    Lunch (provided)

1:00    Session C (select one topic)

• A deep dive into nitrification inhibitors – Richard Roth, extension nitrogen science specialist (NM)
• Bug Brawl: Key insect pest challenges of 2024 – Ashley Dean, extension education specialist, Entomology (PM)
• Economic outlook for corn and soybeans in 2025 – Gary Schnitkey, professor, Agricultural & Consumer Economics, UIUC (CM)
• Tools and tactics to manage waterhemp – Wes Everman, extension weed management specialist (PM)

1:40    Session D (select one topic)

• EPA’s Herbicide Strategy – How it will impact you and your operation – Wes Everman, extension weed management specialist (PM)
• Pasture trees: Economic and ecologic pathways to success – Billy Beck, extension forestry specialist (CM)
• Phosphorus: The old, the new, the future – Andrew Margenot, associate professor, soil fertility, UIUC (NM)
• Resistance is a sticky situation for soybean aphid – Ashley Dean, extension education specialist, Entomology (PM)

2:50     Break

3:10    Session D (select one topic)

• Iowa Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course. Additional fee applies. Applicators must attend the entire meeting to receive recertification credit. – Virgil Schmitt, extension field agronomist
• Lean and Mean Crop Production Panel – Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist

4:10     Meeting adjourns

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Registration Information

Register early and save! Early registration is $75 and ends at midnight on January 10, 2025. Late or on-site registration is $100. Registration includes lunch, refreshment breaks, and CCA credits.

Please note that private pesticide applicator continuing education is NOT included in the registration. The $30 fee for that will be collected on-site.

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 Registration Services at (515) 294-6222 or registrations@iastate.edu.

Weather

If weather conditions cause a change in meeting plans a notice will be posted on this webpage, emailed to pre-registered attendees,  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.

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The Davenport Crop Advantage is presented
by Iowa State University Extension and
Outreach in cooperation with Illinois
Extension.

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A special thanks to these local Crop Advantage Series sponsors: