Event Details
Date
January 9, 2020
Time
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location
Quality Inn
2468 Route 414
Waterloo, NY 13165
Cost
$65.00 not enrolled in the NWNY Team
(additional attendee $65.00 ea.)
$40.00 if enrolled in the NWNY Team (receive Ag Focus)
(additional attendee $40.00 ea.)
At the Door
$65.00 not enrolled in the NWNY Team
$40.00 if enrolled in the NWNY Team
Host
Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program
Pre-Registration Deadline: January 5, 2020
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Corn Congress - Waterloo Location
January 9, 2020
MORNING AGENDA
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Registration, sign-up for DEC & CCA Credits, Visit Vendors
9:50 AM 50th Anniversary of Corn Congress
Nate Herendeen, Father of Corn Congress
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Changing Pathogens, Hybrids, and Weather: Whither Corn Diseases?
Gary Bergstrom, Plant Pathologist, Cornell University
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Talking Plants: The Science Behind Good Weed Management
Clarence Swanton, Weed Scientist, University of Guelph
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Effective Programs for Controlling Waterhemp in Corn
Bryan Brown, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM Lunch & Visit Vendors
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Registration, sign-up for DEC & CCA Credits, Visit Vendors
9:50 AM 50th Anniversary of Corn Congress
Nate Herendeen, Father of Corn Congress
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Changing Pathogens, Hybrids, and Weather: Whither Corn Diseases?
Gary Bergstrom, Plant Pathologist, Cornell University
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Talking Plants: The Science Behind Good Weed Management
Clarence Swanton, Weed Scientist, University of Guelph
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Effective Programs for Controlling Waterhemp in Corn
Bryan Brown, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University
12:00 PM - 1:25 PM Lunch & Visit Vendors
AFTERNOON AGENDA
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Soil Compaction: Measuring and Mediating Machinery Damage
Jake Kraayenbrink, Farmer/Entrepreneur, Ontario Canada
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Building a Corn Yield Potential Database in New York
Quirine Ketterings, Nutrient Management, Cornell University
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Biocontrol of Corn Rootworm
Elson Shields, Entomologist, Cornell University
2020 Corn Congress Brochure (PDF; 1929KB)
