Event Offers DEC Credits

Event Details

Date

February 13, 2018

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 9, 2018

2018 Corn Day

February 13, 2018


Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake St, Cooperstown
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Agenda

10:00 - 10:30 am Registration, Coffee and Danish
You must be present by 10:30 and have your Applicator ID with you upon signing roster to receive credit.

10:30 - 11:30 am Making the most of your nitrogen supply in times of wet conditions and low market prices Dr. Douglas Beegle, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Agronomy, Penn State University

11:30 am - Noon Choosing hybrids for milk production on dairy farms Dr. Eric Young, Agronomist / Soil Scientist, Miner Institute

Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 - 2:00 pm Dicamba: What is all the fuss?
Michael Hunter, Field Crops Specialist, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team

2:00 - 2:30 pm Profitable corn on variable yield potential soils Dr. Eric Young, Agronomist / Soil Scientist, Miner Institute

2:30 - 3:00 pm Non-glyphosate herbicide programs for corn
Michael Hunter, Field Crops Specialist, CCE North Country Regional Ag Team 

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

Pay online with credit card with link above. Note: Your transaction may take up to 60 seconds to complete. To help avoid duplicate payments, please wait and do not click the "Register for Event" button more than once.

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 9, 2018.

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


2018 Corn Day (PDF; 811KB)


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