Location
Freeman Academy Arboretum
900 Cedar St.
Freeman, SD 57029
Contact
Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Forage Field Specialist
Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Meeting
December 9 @ 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
The Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Meeting will be held on December 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Southeast Research Farm Annual Business Meeting will also occur from 12:45-1:00 p.m.
The educational portion of the day will focus on managing soil fertility, the long-term weather outlook, fungicide use in corn, and profitability managing soil health. Continuing education credits for certified crop advisors will be available.
Agenda
- 9:30 a.m. – Registration, coffee, and rolls
- 9:45 a.m. – Managing Soil Fertility Efficiently: Ray Ward, Ward Labs, Kearny, Nebraska
- 10:45 a.m. – Break
- 11:00 a.m. – Long-Term Weather Outlook: Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climatologist
- 11:30 a.m. – Fungicide Use in Corn: costs and returns: Madalyn Shires, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist
- 12:00 p.m. – Lunch
- 12:45 p.m. – Southeast Farm Board Meeting / elections
- 1:00 p.m. – Southeast Farm Research Update: Pete Sexton, Associate Professor, SDSU Extension Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist and Southeast Research Farm Supervisor
- 1:40 p.m. – Profitably Managing Soil Health: Kurt Stiefvater, Salem farmer
- 2:20 p.m. – Panel Discussion
- 3:00 p.m. – Program Closes
For more information visit: https://extension.sdstate.edu/event/managing-soil-maximizing-profit