Wisconsin Crop Diagnostic Training Center-2013 Workshops
Dan Heider, UW-Integrated Pest Management Program
Take time now to register for the 2013 Crop Diagnostic Training Center Workshops. Choose from the July 16th Diagnostic Troubleshooting Workshop where you can practice your troubleshooting skills or the August 9th Crop and Pest Management Workshop covering 5 corn and soybean topics. Utilize our easy and convenient online registration site at: https://www.patstore.wisc.edu/ipm/register.asp
Diagnostic Troubleshooting Workshop
Registration Fee: $60 ($75 after 7/1/13)
CCA CEU’s: 4.0 (categories to be determined)
Location: Arlington Ag Research Station
Tuesday July 16, 2013
Topics covered:
This workshop gives you the opportunity to fine tune your crop diagnostic skills in a fun, interactive setting! Small groups rotate through field problems with UW Specialists role playing as farmers. Through digging up plants, asking questions and consulting references participants will diagnose the problem and make a recommendation for correction. Each participant will experience 8 separate diagnostic scenarios.
Crop & Pest Management Workshop
Registration Fee: $60 ($75 after 8/1/13)
CCA CEU’s: 5.0 (2.0 Soil & Water, 1.0 Crop Mgmt, 1.0 Pest Mgmt, 1.0 Nutrient Mgmt)
Location: Arlington Ag Research Station
Friday August 9, 2013
Topics covered:
Small grain troubleshooting
Shawn Conley, Extension Soybean and Small Grains Specialist
- Are you prepared to handle all the renewed interest in small grains?
- This session will explore crop management practices and troubleshooting in oats and wheat
Weed management strategies to combat herbicide resistance
Vince Davis, Extension Weed Specialist
- Do you really understand best management practices to delay herbicide resistance?
- This section will give you an opportunity to evaluate multiple weed management programs and discuss their potential at affecting herbicide resistance
Cover Crops aren’t just for weed control any more
Matt Ruark, Extension Soils Specialist
- Have you considered using cover crops but don’t know where to start?
- What about all the buzz surrounding tillage radishes? Is it hype or reality?
- Evaluate several cover crop species for biomass, soil effects and stand establishment
Fertility programs following a draught year
Carrie Laboski, Extension Soils Specialist
- In light of dry soils and poor crops last year, where is all the nitrogen?
- What can pre-plant or pre-sidedress nitrogen tests really tell us?
- This section will focus on the tools available to customize your nitrogen fertility program
To till or not to till
Francisco Arriaga, Extension Soils Specialist
- Not just whether to till or not, but also what kind of tillage
- Does vertical tillage make sense for you?
- Evaluate tillage effects on residue, soil structure and crop production
Schedule: Friday – August 9, 2013
8:45 – 9:00 registration / introduction & orientation
9:00 – 12:00 sessions 1-3
12:00 – 12:45 lunch (provided)
12:45 – 2:45 sessions 4-5
For additional information, contact Dan Heider at (608) 262–6491 or via email at djheider@wisc.edu.