January 16, 2025

Hawkeye Community College – Tama Hall
1501 East Orange Road, Waterloo, 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

8:15     Registration opens

9:00     2025 Weather Outlook – Justin Glisan, State Climatologist of Iowa (CM)

10:00    Session A (select one topic)

• Dollars and sense of on-farm forestry – Billy Beck, extension forestry specialist (CM)
• Drone use cases for agriculture – Doug Houser, digital agriculture extension specialist (CM)
• Out damned spot! Out, I say. – Alison Robertson, extension crop plant pathologist (PM)
• Tools and tactics to manage waterhemp – Wes Everman, extension weed management specialist (PM)

11:00    Session B (select one topic)

• A deep dive into nitrification inhibitors – Richard Roth, extension nitrogen science specialist (NM)
• How low can you go? Playing limbo with soybean seeding rates and row spacing – Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist (CM)
• Pasture trees: Economic and ecologic pathways to success – Billy Beck, extension forestry specialist (CM)
• Resistance is a sticky situation for soybean aphids – Erin Hodgson, extension entomologist (PM)

12:00    Lunch (provided)

12:45    Session C (select one topic)

• Adding efficiency to your planter operation in the current ag market – Doug Houser, digital agriculture extension specialist (CM)
• How low can you go? Playing limbo with soybean seeding rates and row spacing – Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist (CM)
• The right tool for the job: Selecting appropriate cover crop species – Ethan Thies, extension conservation field specialist (SW)
• Tools and tactics to manage waterhemp – Wes Everman, extension weed management specialist (PM)

1:45    Session D (select one topic)

• A deep dive into nitrification inhibitors – Richard Roth, extension nitrogen science specialist (NM)
• Are corn rootworms taking a bite out of your silage production? – Erin Hodgson, extension entomologist (PM)
• Out damned spot! Out, I Say – Alison Robertson, extension crop plant pathologist (PM)
• The right tool for the job: Selecting appropriate cover crop species – Ethan Thies, extension conservation field specialist (SW)

2:45     Lean and Mean Crop Production Panel –Mark Licht, extension cropping systems specialist, Wes Everman, extension weed management specialist, Erin Hodgson, extension entomologist, Alison Robertson, extension crop plant pathologist, Richard Roth, extension nitrogen science specialist (CM)

3:45     Iowa Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course. Additional fee applies. Applicators must attend the entire meeting to receive recertification credit. – Josh Michel, extension field agronomist

4:45     Meeting adjourns

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Registration Information

Register early and save! Early registration is $75 and ends at midnight on January 9, 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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A special thanks to these local Crop Advantage Series sponsors: