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

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Corn Congress - Batavia Location

January 9, 2019

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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We are screening weed species for herbicide resistance.

Species we are looking for include, but aren't limited to:

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Reach out to Katelyn Miller at 716-640-2047 or km753@cornell.edu for more information.

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