The 2024 Nebraska Extension Crop Production Clinics will kick off Jan. 3 in Gering and head east across the state. Session topics will include crop production, insect management, pesticide safety, disease management, soil fertility, water management, weed management, and pesticide applicator recertification training will be available.
The day-long event will present research updates and information tailored to regional crop issues and grower interests. In the Panhandle and other areas, weed management of Palmer amaranth is a major issue.
“I’ll be presenting data on comparing corn programs, which allows rotation to dry beans and sugar beets. Some of the crops sometimes limit what we can apply in our corn the previous year,” said Nevin Lawrence, Nebraska Extension weed management specialist. “So, we’ll be comparing products, which have great flexibility in rotation for palmer amaranth management.”
The clinic will also offer Pesticide Applicator Recertification, where applicators can renew their license.
The Crop Production Clinic will be held on Jan. 3 at the Gering Civic Center. A lunch will be served. To learn more about all the clinics held this month or to register, visit https://agronomy.unl.edu/cpc.
Crop Clinic Agenda
8 to 8:50 a.m. – Registration and check-in
8:50 – 9 a.m. – Welcome and introduction
Room One – Pest Management and Pesticide Safety
9 – 9:50 a.m. – Insect Management
Status, Needs, Opportunities for Managing with the Wheat Stem Sawfly – Jeff Bradshaw
Ladybugs, worms, and Other Ways to Help Manage Challenging Pests of Corn – Julie Peterson
10 – 10:50 a.m. – Disease Management
Specialty Crops and Panhandle Corn and Wheat Diseases Update – Bob Harveson
Corn Disease Update – Tamra Jackson – Ziems
Wheat Disease Update – Stephen Wegulo
11 – 11:50 a.m. – Weed Management
Managing Palmer amaranth in the Panhandle – Nevin Lawrence
12:30 – 1:40 p.m. – Pesticide and Environmental Safety
Pesticides: Human Health, the Environment, and the Law – Jennifer Weisbrod, Frank Bright, and Greg Puckett
1:50 – 3:30 p.m. – What’s New in Plant Protection
What’s New and Critical Issues in Plant Pathology: Consequences of Inaccurate Diagnoses – Kyle Broderick
What’s New in Entomology? – Julie Peterson and Pin-Chu Lai
50 Years of Ecofallow, Weed and Crop Residue Management are the Keys to this Cropping System – Bob Klein
3:30 p.m. – Survey and Pesticide License Recertification
Room Two – Crop, Economics Soil and Water Management
9 – 9:50 a.m. – Cropping Systems
Impacts of 40 Years of Continuous Tillage on Soil Parameters and Yield – Cody Creech
Long-Term Impacts of Fallow Replacement in Winter Wheat Yield in Western Nebraska – Amanda Easterly
10 – 10:50 a.m. – Soil Health
Cover Crops for Healthy Soils: Lessons from Spring-Planted Cover Crops in Western Nebraska (2022-2023) – Vesh Thapa
11 – 11:50 a.m. – Digital Ag
Are You Ready to Fly Your Drone Legally? – Dirk Charlson
12:30 – 1:40 p.m. – Agribusiness Management
Farm Bill Outlook: Prospects and Future Decisions – Jessica Groskopf
Cost of Production, Trends & Outlook for 2023 – Jessica Groskopf
1:50 – 3:30 p.m. – Water Management and Nutrient Management
A Year-round Approach to Water and Nitrogen Management (From Harvest to Harvest) – Chuck Burr, Xin Qiao, Gary Stone
3:30 p.m. – Survey and CCA credit
