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 (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: