Due to the ongoing uncertainty related to the Coronavirus pandemic, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team has decided to use the virtual format again for the Soybean & Small Grains Congress scheduled for February 9 & 10, 2022. The conference will be held using Zoom. Pre-Registration is required. 2.5 DEC Points are available and CCA Credits are also available.  Cost: $45 per person, includes both days. $30 per person, if enrolled in NWNY Team. Pre-registration is now open on the NWNY Team’s website, https://nwnyteam.cce.cornell.edu/.  Sponsorship opportunities are also available.

 

AGENDA

February 9, 2022 (10:00am – Noon)

10:00 – 10:30     Disease Updates in Soybean & Small Grains
Dr. Gary Bergstrom, Plant Pathologist, Cornell University

10:30 – 11:30    High Management Wheat in the Great Lakes Region
Joanna Follings, Cereals Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs

11:30 – 12:00    Soybean Weed Control 2022: How Will it be different?
Michael Hunter, Cornell Cooperative Extension, NNY Ag Team

 

February 10, 2022 (10:00am – Noon)

10:00 – 10:30    The Current State of Herbicide Resistance in New York and the Future of Weed Management Technology
Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, Weed Specialist, Cornell University

10:30 – 11:30    Neonic Ban Experience from Ontario, Canada
Dr. Tracey Baute, Entomologist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs

11:30 – 12:00    New York Small Grains Updates
Mike Stanyard, Cornell Cooperative Extension, NWNY Team

To view the full conference agenda and to register online, visit : https://nwnyteam.cce.cornell.edu/  Questions, contact: Brandie Waite at: 585-343-3040 x138

 

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team will be hosting its annual Soybean and Small Grains Congress for producers from across the region on Feb. 5 and 6.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., presentations begin at 10 a.m. DEC Recertification points and Certified Crop Adviser credits will be available.

• Wednesday, Feb. 5 – Quality Inn & Suites, 8250 Park Road, Batavia
• Thursday, Feb. 6 – Quality Inn, 2468 Route 414, Waterloo

Guest speaker Dennis Pennington, wheat extension specialist, Michigan State University Extension will present: "Managing Wheat for High Yield Potential." His current research program includes the wheat state performance trials, precision planting, high management BASF project and on farm research and demonstration. Pennington is committed to excellence and strives to fulfill the MSU Extension mission by bringing science-based information and knowledge to critical needs and issues.

Additional topics to be discussed by Cornell University researchers include:

• Disease Management Issues in Small Grains and Soybeans
• Effective Programs for Controlling Waterhemp in Soybeans
• Building a Soybean Yield Potential Database in New York
• Cereal Leaf Beetle: History, Biology, Management and Biocontrol
• Managing Spray Drift
• Assessing Pesticide Hazard vs. Risk: Glyphosate, a Case Study

Registration is $65 per person and includes proceeding book, morning refreshments and hot buffet lunch.

To register online, and choose your location: https://nwnyteam.cce.cornell.edu/events.php

To register by phone, contact: Brandie Waite at: 585-343-3040, ext.138

The Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team is a partnership between Cornell University and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations serving dairy, livestock, and field crop farm businesses and supporting industries in these nine northwest New York counties: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and Wyoming.