Event Offers DEC Credits

Event Details

Date

February 9, 2016

Time

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location

Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake St
Cooperstown, NY 13326

Cost

$30.00
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: February 4, 2016

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2016 Corn Day

February 9, 2016


Agenda
10:00 - 10:30 AM Registration - coffee and danish

10:30 - 11:15 AM Customizing variable rate seeding prescriptions based on field specific properties
Savanna Crossman, Precision Agriculture Research Coordinator, New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association

11:15 AM - Noon A whole farm approach to making notill work
Dave McLaughlin, Little Germany Farms, Vice President, Pennsylvania No-till Alliance, Elliottsburg, PA

Noon - 1:00 PM Lunch

1:15 - 2:00 PM Western Bean Cutworm ID and control
Keith Waldron, Livestock and Field Crops IPM Coordinator, New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, NYS Agricultural Experiment Station - Cornell University

2:00 - 2:45 PM Corn Diseases: the plague that won't go away
Dr. Gary Bergstrom, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology

2:45 - 3:00 PM Questions and Answers


1.5 DEC Pesticide Recertification Credits for Categories: 1, 10 or 21 requested

Certified Crop Advisor CEUs:
Integrated Pest Management: 1
Crop Management: 1

In order to receive credits, participant must be present by 10:30 and have applicator ID with you.

Registration is $30 per person: Pre-registration is required!

Pay online with credit card with link above.

Or fill out the registration form on the attached pdf and return it along with payment to:
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County
5657 State Route 5
Herkimer, NY 13350.
Make checks payable to: Cornell Cooperative Extension

Please call 315.866.7920 if you have any questions.

Registration must be received in the office by noon on Friday, February 5, 2016.

Registration allows us to communicate any cancellations or changes in arrangements.


2016 Corn Day Flyer (PDF; 533KB)


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