Damon Smith, Extension Field Crops Pathologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Be sure to get the latest field crop pest management updates, by attending the 2017 PMU Meetings!
Mark your calendars as the UW Extension’s Pest Management Update meetings are just around the corner (November 6-10). This year’s program will follow the same format as in 2016. Meetings will either be in the morning or afternoon and will run for 3 hours. Morning meetings will begin promptly at 9am and run to 12pm. Afternoon meetings will begin at 1pm and conclude at 4pm.
The full schedule with dates, meeting locations, and registration contact information are in the link below. Please register with the host agent at least 1 week prior to the meeting at the location you wish to attend.
CHECK OUT THE FULL MEETING SCHEDULE BY CLICKING HERE!
Please attend the meeting location at which you registered. Each meeting in the series is a separate county-based event and host agents cannot interchange registrant fees or meal counts.
Three hours of Certified Crop Advisor CEU credits in pest management are requested for each session.
The speakers will be extension specialists Mark Renz, weed scientist, perennial cropping systems; Dan Heider, IPM outreach specialist, Bryan Jensen, entomologist, and Damon Smith, field crop pathologist.
2017 Pest Management Update Topics:
- Integrated Pest Management Updates in corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and small grains: Update on new products and/or use of existing products as well as brief highlights of the 2017 pest situations in each crop.
- Wisconsin herbicide resistance update by Mark Renz
- In-depth weed diagnostic and management training by Mark Renz and Dan Heider