Event Offers DEC Credits

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

Corn Congress - Waterloo Location











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

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)


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