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Reminder: Register now for 2024 Nitrogen, Nutrient Management conferences

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Registration is now available for the 2024 Nitrogen Conference and the 2024 Nutrient Management Conference. The Nitrogen Conference will take place in St. Cloud on Tuesday, February 13th. The Nutrient Management Conference will be in Mankato on Tuesday, February 20th. Both conferences will also be available online. For both in-person and virtual attendance, the cost to attend each conference is $20. 

Nitrogen: Minnesota’s Grand Challenge & Compelling Opportunity Conference

Tuesday, February 13th in St. Cloud, Minn.

This annual event brings together soil scientists and educators from Minnesota and neighboring states to share their research and recommendations on nitrogen management and water quality issues. This year’s topics include: sugarbeet nitrogen needs, manure management, mitigating nitrogen loss using cover crops, conducting your own on-farm studies, funding opportunities for growers, nitrogen management at the edge of field, and more.

Cost: $20 (for either in-person or virtual attendance). Lunch is included if you attend in person.

Register now: In-person event or online webinar (Zoom)

In-person event location: Holiday Inn and Suites, 75 37th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56301

Certified crop advisers (CCAs) can earn continuing education credits (CEUs) in soil & water and nutrient management by attending the conference.

Presentations:
  • Enhanced efficiency fertilizers and new horizons in nitrogen sources - Alan Blaylock, Nutrien
  • Conducting your own on-farm studies - Tyler Nigon, Sentera
  • Funding opportunities for implementation of innovative practices in nitrogen management - Will Bomier, MDA
  • Performance of asymbiotic N-fixing products in the North Central Region - David Franzen, NDSU
  • Nitrogen management with manure - Chryseis Modderman, U of M
  • Variable rate irrigation and nitrogen management for corn production - Vasudha Sharma, U of M
  • Nitrogen for sugarbeet production - Daniel Kaiser, U of M
  • Nitrogen management in and at the edge of fields to mitigate nitrate leaching - Matt Helmers, ISU
  • Nitrogen loss mitigation: Lessons from an exhaustive review - Laura Christianson, U of M
  • Optimizing irrigated corn production along with cover crops to mitigate nitrogen losses - Fabian Fernandez, U of M
Learn more about this event: z.umn.edu/2024Ncon

Nutrient Management Conference

Tuesday, February 20th in Mankato, Minn.

This annual event brings together soil scientists and educators from Minnesota and neighboring states to share their research and recommendations. This year’s topics include: nutrient bioavailability, agricultural biologicals, effective nutrient management with cover crops, a farmer panel, best practices for manure sampling, and more!

Cost: $20 (for either in-person or virtual attendance). Lunch is included if you attend in person.

Register now: In-person event or online event (Zoom)

In-person event location: Mayo Clinic Health Systems Event Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza Mankato, MN 56001

Certified crop advisers (CCAs) can earn continuing education credits (CEUs) in soil & water and nutrient management by attending the conference.

Presentations:
  • Nutrient bioavailability: The role of nutrients, water, roots, and temporal nutritional needs of the crop - Fabian Fernandez, U of M
  • Understanding mechanisms of sulfur cycling in Minnesota soils and availability from fertilizer - Daniel Kaiser, U of M
  • Chloride in agriculture - Carl Rosen, U of M
  • Nitrogen rate and timing for corn production in southeast Minnesota - Jeff Vetsch, U of M
  • In-season nitrogen and sulfur application for continuous corn - Jeff Coulter, U of M
  • Cover crops and effective nutrient management - Matt Ruark (Univ. of Wisconsin)
  • Nutrient management for sugarbeet production and the role of cover crops - Lindsay Pease, U of M
  • Farmer panel: Lessons from our own experience managing nutrients in the farm
  • Agricultural biologicals - Paulo Pagliari, U of M
  • Best practices for manure sampling and an update on the ManureDB manure database project - Nancy Bohl Bormann, U of M
Learn more about this event: z.umn.edu/2024NMcon

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