The highlight of the school is the line-up of speakers sharing their expertise on weeds, insect and disease research, and management strategies. (NDSU photo)
North Dakota State University Extension has set the 2025 Western Crop and Pest Management School for March 5-6 at the Ramada Hotel, Bismarck.
The highlight of the school is the line-up of speakers sharing their expertise on weeds, insect and disease management, soil acidity, soil fertility and nutrient management, agronomy, forage and cover crops research, and markets trends and price forecasts for North Dakota agricultural crops.
Additionally, the program schedule allows for more in-depth discussion with the instructors regarding crop production issues and concerns from the past growing season. The hands-on training portion of the program has been expanded to five breakout sessions, each with more time allotted for learning and discussion, shares Charlie Lim, NDSU Extension weed specialist and event co-organizer.
Check in starts at 9 a.m. CT on March 5, and the program begins at 9:20 a.m.
"Wednesday morning, March 5, will have excellent speakers sharing updates on weed control and management, highlighted by a discussion panel of weed scientists and experts from academia and industry," says Lim. "During the weeds panel, attendees can share their current weed control challenges and ask questions about viable weed control options and strategies for 2025."
Lunch will be provided at noon on Wednesday.
On Wednesday afternoon the concurrent breakout sessions begin. This includes hands-on training on weed identification, soil management and cover crops, insect identification, crop disease identification, and growth staging, abiotic stress diagnosis, and disease inoculation processes. Attendees will rotate through a round of breakout sessions to mark the end of first day.
The remaining hands-on training sessions will continue through mid-morning Thursday, March 6, followed by a program of speakers who will discuss disease management in broadleaf crops and small grains and the latest agronomy research results.
Lunch will be provided at noon on Thursday.
The event will conclude Thursday afternoon with speakers discussing the latest research in forage crops and soils, including research on alleviating soil acidity in western North Dakota. This will be followed by a soils discussion with a panel of soil experts and an ag economics panel discussion.
The event concludes on Thursday at 3:45 p.m.
A total of 12.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered to Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs) who attend the event.
The fee to attend is $100. Pre-registration is required. The deadline to register is Feb. 14, or when the school is full. Event attendance is capped at 120. Notepads, pens, handouts and training materials will be provided at the event.
For a detailed agenda, list of presenters and to register online, visit ndsu.ag/cropsschool25.
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