Event Offers DEC Credits

Event Details

Date

January 9, 2019

Time

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Location

Quality Inn & Suites
8250 Park Road
Batavia, NY 14020

Cost

$35.00 Enrolled in NWNYDLFCP (receive AG Focus)
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)

$50.00 NOT Enrolled in NWNYDLFCP -do Not receive AG Focus
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)

At the Door
$35.00 Enrolled in NWNYDLFCP (receive AG Focus)
$50.00 NOT Enrolled in NWNYDLFCP -do Not receive AG Focus
$30 additional person from same farm

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: January 3, 2019

EVENT HAS PASSED

Corn Congress - Batavia Location

January 9, 2019

Corn Congress - Batavia Location


Morning Agenda


CORN DISEASES in 2018,
Dr. Gary Bergstrom, Plant Pathologist, Cornell University

FERTILITY MANAGEMENT FOR HIGH YIELDING CORN, Dr. Julian Smith, President, CZO Agronomics, LLC
PIGWEED INVASION: WATERHEMP AND PALMER AMARANTH, Mike Hunter, NNY AG Team, Cornell Extension
•Lunch


Afternoon Agenda



•PESTICIDES & POLLINATORS
, Dr. Scott McArt, Entomologist, Cornell University
•NY 300 BUSHEL CORN CLUB - HOW DID THEY DO IT?, Grower Panel: Everman, Kludt & Swede Farms
WHAT DOES THE NEW FARM BILL DO FOR YOU?, Dean Norton, NY Corn & Soybean Growers Association
•CORN CATERPILLAR PESTS ON THE RISE, Mike Stanyard, NWNYDLFCP Team, Cornell Extension


Corn Congress brochure (PDF; 2111KB)


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