The Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, February 9-10, at the Holiday Inn in Fargo. The workshop is designed to provide in-depth discussion of selected topics for agricultural professionals to enhance their crop production recommendations for farmers. The event is organized and conducted by the North Dakota State University Extension Service and University of Minnesota Extension.

February 9 educational sessions are:

• Alternate crop disease management
• Microorganisms and cover crops: What positive things can we see?
• What’s emerging with corn stands?
• A fusion of insect and disease topics
• Utilizing Iowa experience to assist us with managing herbicide-resistant weeds

Also, the presentation ‘African and Asian small-scale farming: What can we learn?’ will be given during lunch.

Feb. 10 educational sessions are:

• Current and future farm financial challenges
• What’s your plan to control herbicide-resistant weeds?
• The developing water issues facing agriculture
• Split N application for corn and wheat: Where, when, how and what to expect

Preregistration is required. The workshop fee is $140 if received by Feb. 5 or $75 if attending one day. Late registration fees are $175 or $100 for one day. The fee includes three meals and refreshment breaks, and reference materials.

Certified crop advisers will have the opportunity to receive 11 continuing education units.

A brochure that contains workshop details, including a preregistration form, is at www.ag.ndsu.edu/CarringtonREC/. Electronic preregistration and credit card payment can be made at http://tinyurl.com/CRECstore.

For further information, contact Greg Endres at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center at (701) 652-2951 or Phillip Glogoza, Minnesota Extension in Moorhead, at (218) 236-2008.

Greg Endres
Area Extension Agronomist