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Event Details

Date

January 14, 2015

Time

8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location

Clarion Hotel
8250 Park Road
Batavia, NY 14020

Cost

$35.00 Enrolled in NWNY Team
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)

$45.00 Non-enrollee in NWNY Team


Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Cathy Wallace
585-343-3040 x138

Pre-Registration Deadline: January 9, 2015

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WNY - Corn Congress, Batavia

January 14, 2015

WNY - Corn Congress, Batavia

Agenda:

Interseeding Cover Crops into Standing Grain Crops
Matthew Ryan, Cornell University Agroecologist

What's your 30 Second Elevator Speech on GMO's?
Margaret Smith, Cornell University Plant Breeder

Corn Yield Potentials & Sensing Technologies for On the Go Nitrogen Application
Quirine Ketterings, Cornell University Nutrient Management

Western Bean Cutworm Continues to Increase!
Mike Stanyard, Cornell University Cooperative Extension

Status of Herbicide Resistant Weeds in NY
Russ Hahn, Cornell University Weed Scientist

Silage & Grain Corn Hybrid Trials in WNY
Cover Crop Cocktails, Nitrogen Rates, Adapt N & Corn Yields
David DeGolyer, WNY Crop Management

Pest & Crop Managment with Unmanned Aerial Systems in NWNY
Bill Verbeten, Cornell University Cooperative Extension




Corn Congress Brochure (PDF; 930KB)


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