Liz Stahl, Extension educator-crops and Phyllis Bongard, Educational content development and communications specialist
Pull up a chair and join in or bring the conversation with you as you go about your day. Whatever works best for you, join us this winter to discuss some of the key issues and questions around commodity crop production facing Minnesota farmers today through the “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops” webinar series. This live, online program will provide up-to-date, research-based information to help optimize your crop management strategies for 2025. Sessions will be held over Zoom, which can be accessed via your computer, phone, or other mobile device, and will run from 9:00 to 10:00 am Wednesdays, January 8 through March 26, 2025.
Sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by discussion framed around farmer/participant questions on the topic.
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Sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief presentation by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by discussion framed around farmer/participant questions on the topic.
Topics and speakers:
- January 8: N management given current crop & input economics
Fabián Fernández, Extension nutrient management specialist and Brad Carlson, Extension educator-water quality - January 15: Targeted Spray Technology
Rodrigo Werle, Extension cropping systems weed scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison - January 22: LIVE at the MN AG EXPO - Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)
Anna Cates, State soil health specialist, and other Industry and Commodity Group representatives - January 29: Soybean crop modeling to help farmers make successful decisions
Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist and Annibal Cerrudo, Visiting Professor (Argentina) - February 5: Managing weeds with more than just herbicides
Debalin Sarangi, Extension weed scientist, Tom Peters, Extension sugarbeet agronomist, and Eric Yu, Extension educator-Crops - February 12: Navigating the corn maize - new trends in corn production
Jeff Coulter, Extension corn agronomist and Adam Birr, Executive Director, Minnesota Corn Growers - February 19: Using multi-state trials to address key cover crop questions in soybean
Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist and Axel Garcia y Garcia, Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist - February 26: Keeping track of changes in corn insect challenges
Fei Yang, Extension corn entomologist - March 5: Corn and soybean diseases - looking back as we look forward
Dean Malvick, Extension plant pathologist - March 12: Data Driven Decisions - Determining what really affects the bottom line
Jennifer Rees, Extension educator, University of Nebraska, and Angie Peltier, Extension educator-crops - March 19: Drones- a multifaceted management tool for row crop agriculture
Ryan Huffman Sr. research manager ISU Digital Ag Innovation Lab, Doug Houser ISU Digital Ag Extension specialist, Jorden Kuntz, Founder of Biosphere Drone Solutions - March 26: Seasonal forecast & considerations for 2025 crop success
Dennis Todey, Director, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist and Jeff Coulter, Extension corn agronomist
Register online
For more details on the program and recordings of previous sessions, go to https://z.umn.edu/strategic-farming. There is no charge to participate, thanks to the generous sponsorship from the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council and the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council.Not able to attend a day? No problem. Sessions will be recorded and posted for viewing later at your convenience.
We hope you will take this opportunity to join with U of MN Extension in discussing crop topics at our “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops!” program in 2025!
We hope you will take this opportunity to join with U of MN Extension in discussing crop topics at our “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops!” program in 2025!
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