2009 Year in Review

Corn Nematode Management & Insect Species Monitoring Update

Crops Training Center, University of Illinois, Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, Shabbona, Illinois - 9:00 am – Noon, Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The dates for the annual summer Crops Training Center Updates at the University of Illinois Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, located near Shabbona, Illinois, have been the set. All sessions will be of interest to grain producers, agribusiness dealers and crop scouts. The first session, held on Wednesday, June 3 will focus on Corn Nematode Management including proper field sampling and research results. Participants will have the opportunity to view corn nematodes under a microscope. The discussion will be led by Dr, Terry Niblack, University of Illinois Extension Nematologist. Also, a western bean cutworm trapping protocol and emerald ash borer update will be presented.

Registration begins at 8:30 am, and the workshop will be conducted from 9:00 am to noon (lunch not provided). The cost is $30.00 per person and reservations are due by June 1 to University of Illinois Extension, Whiteside County Unit, % Greg Clark, 100 E. Knox Street, Morrison, IL 61270, telephone 815-772-4075. Checks should be made payable to University of Illinois Extension. Walk-in registration is $40 per person. Reservations can also be made online at: U of I Extension. A program brochure for the workshop is available from Whiteside County Extension and other Extension offices in northern Illinois. A minimum of 20 reservations is needed or the program will be cancelled.

Additional workshops at the Crops Training Center are set for July 6 (sprayer technology and field pest updates) and August 11 (soil fertility & results of the statewide field phosphorus and potassium surveys, soybean rust & fungicide updates). The programs are sponsored by University of Illinois Extension.

The U of I Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, located in DeKalb County, can be reached by going 1 mile east of Shabbona on Route 30, then 5 ½ miles north on University Road. Continuing education units for Certified Crop Advisers will be available for participants.

by  Editor, theCity1.com
May 21, 2009