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| West Ohio Agronomy Day explores corn genetics and fertilizer issues |
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Planning your cropping program for next year? Want to learn from some of the best? The Jan. 10, 2011 West Ohio Agronomy Day has daytime and evening sessions for the convenience of farmers, agricultural businesses and crop consultants. St. Michael’s Hall in Ft. Loramie, Ohio is the location of this event, designed to offer a comprehensive crop production agenda while providing private and commercial pesticide recertification credits as well as CEU’s for Certified Crop Advisors. Featured speakers include Purdue’s corn specialist Dr. Bob Nielsen and crop disease specialist Dr. Kiersten Wise, as well as Ohio State’s soil fertility guru Dr. Robert Mullen and Entomologist Dr. Ron Hammond.
“Hybrid Selection: Easier Said Than Done, But Well Worth the Effort” is Nielsen’s subject, as he is sure to engage the audience in the choice of corn genetics. Wise will provide her perspective on “Field Crop Diseases … Seed Treatments and Fungicide Recommendations.”
Buckeye speaker Mullen wants to help farmers save money when he spreads “Insight on How to Best Allocate Your Fertilizer Dollars.” On a more technical side, Mullen explores the issue, “P Attachment to Soil Particles.” Hammond deals with what bugs crop farmers in delivering the messages “Insects, Refuges, Transgenics” and “Forage Pests.”
Additional subjects, to be presented by local Extension personnel and other speakers, include 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. grain marketing sessions, weather data systems, timely planter and drill adjustments, FSA’s new Conservation Loan Program and a Grand Lake St. Mary’s update. Up to three hours of private pesticide applicator credits, three hours of commercial applicator credits and 5.5 hours of CCA CEU’s are available. Registration and attendance also includes food, one free OSU Extension publication (like the Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Alfalfa Field Guide), handouts and more. Multiple agricultural businesses are supporting the program.
Advance registration plus a complete tentative agenda is available at http://shelby.osu.edu or by contacting Roger Bender at bender.@cfaes.osu.edu or 937.498.7239. Mail in your registration by Dec. 31 and save $10!
Without question, many private entrepreneurs, including farmers, are self-taught in many ways, often in the school of “Hard Knocks.” While there is no substitute for experience, having ready accesses to good sources of information can reduce the costs of experiences needed to be successful.
The Corn, Soybean, Wheat and Alfalfa Field Guide (Bulletin #827) has been designed as a guide to be used by scouts, agents, consultants and farmers when they are scouting their fields. The guide contains information on insect, disease and weed identification. The publication also contains agronomic information that should be valuable when checking fields.
The guide is divided into seven sections: Corn Management, Soybean Management, Wheat Management, Alfalfa Management, Weed Identification, Sampling, Pesticide Application Technology and General Crop Management. The new version of this spiral bound guide provides easy access to updated identification photos valuable when accessing pest infestations in the field.
The book is a handy reference to have in the pickup truck as you scout your crops for weeds, insects and diseases. The $13 guide puts many essential pieces of information at your fingertips in the field when and where you need it the most.
Readers with questions or comments for Roger Bender may write to him in care of this publication. |
| 12/29/2010 |
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