Register now for Field School for Ag Professionals

The Field School for Ag Professionals will be held July 29 and 30 at the University of Minnesota Agriculture Experiment Station in St. Paul.

This event is the premier summer training opportunity that combines hands-on, interactive training with real-world field scenarios to help you enhance your troubleshooting and crop management skills.

Features

• A two-day program taught primarily in the field with real world scenarios.
• Hands-on activities examining current crop management, insect and diseases issues.
• Each subject is led by experienced instructors offering personalized instruction and small group activities.
• Certified Crop Advisor CEUs offered.

Join us for a group outing at Target Field for a MN Twins game vs Red Sox on Tuesday, July 29. Ticket(s) available for purchase during online registration.

Curriculum

Detailed session descriptions and lists of instructors can be found on the event page.

The first-day program focuses on core principles to build a strong foundation of skills and knowledge:

• Herbicide mode of action and crop injury symptoms
• Corn and soybean growth, development, and agronomics
• Assessing soil for maximum productivity
• Insect pest identification, and soybean cyst nematode (SCN) identification and management

The second day builds on this foundation with timely, cutting-edge concurrent sessions that participants can select from:

• Basic crop diagnostics and tools of the trade
• Advanced crop diagnostics
• Successful cover crop establishment and the potential impacts of PRE herbicides
• Corn stand establishment and yield formation
• Identification of seedling and mature weeds
• Practical disease diagnosis and problem solving
• Small grain growth and development
• Scouting and decision making for corn and soybean insects
• Manure management planning for crop-livestock systems

Audience

This program is targeted toward agronomists, crop production retailers, seed dealers, consultants, crop protection industry representatives, Extension educators, government agency personnel, and summer field scouts. Early career ag professionals, their mentors and managers, and the general ag professional community are encouraged to attend.

Cost

Early bird registration until May 31

• Attend both days for $299 or one day for $169

Standard registration June 1 to July 16

• Attend both days for $349 or one day for $199

No refunds will be issued for cancellations after registration closes, substitutions from within your organization will be accepted. Cancellations prior to close of registration will be refunded minus a $25 administration fee.

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Questions?

Questions regarding the program content or disability accommodations can be directed to Larisa Hohrman, 651-480-7732 or jenri001@umn.edu.