Registration now open for the 2024 Integrated Crop and Pest Update
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Join the Michigan State University Extension field crops team in person or virtually Dec. 17, 2024, for the Integrated Crop and Pest Management Update. Historically hosted at the Livestock Pavilion on the Michigan State University (MSU) campus, this meeting is making the move to the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility in East Lansing, Michigan.
As always, all participants will receive an updated copy of the MSU Weed Control Guide for Field Crops for 2025. The agenda features some familiar names along with some new members of the MSU team, including MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics’s new insect diagnostician Sarah Hughson and MSU Extension’s new conservation systems agronomy educator Rich Price. Eric Anderson will be giving his first On-Farm Soybean Research Program Update in his first year as soybean educator.
Agenda (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
- Commodity group update from Michigan Wheat Program, Michigan Soybean Association, and Michigan Corn
- On-Farm Soybean Research Update – Eric Anderson, MSU Extension soybean educator
- MAEAP Update – Josh Appleby, MAEAP verifier
- Field Crops Disease Management Update – Marty Chilvers, MSU field crop pathologist
- Soil Fertility Research Update – Kurt Steinke, MSU Soil Fertility
- Agronomy Research Update – Manni Singh, MSU cropping systems agronomist
- Nematode Management Update – Marisol Quintanilla, MSU nematologist
- Insect Pest and Slug Management Update – Chris Difonzo, MSU Entomology, and Sarah Hughson, MSU Plant and Pest Diagnostics lab
- Breakout sessions
- Input markets and purchasing strategies – Jon LaPorte, MSU Extension Farm business management educator
- Commodity Market and Farm Bill Outlook – Alan Ker, MSU Food and Agricultural Policy
- Forage Research Update – Kim Cassida, MSU forages specialist
- Precision ag and remote sensing applications – Richard Price, MSU Extension conservation systems agronomy educator
Credits
The following credits will be made available to those who attend the entire meeting:
- 5 Michigan pesticide recertification (RUP) credits
- 5 continuing education units (CEUs) for certified crop advisers
- 1 MAEAP Phase I credit
Registration for the in-person meeting is $75 per person when pre-registering or $85 per person when registering onsite. Registration for the virtual option is $45 per person. The in-person meeting will include breakfast, a hot lunch and snacks. Registrants for the virtual option will receive information on how to join via Zoom.
Registration
Register for the in-person option by Dec. 9 and for the virtual option by Dec. 12. For help with registration please contact ANR Event Services at events@anr.msu.edu or Megghan Honke Seidel at honkemeg@msu.edu or 989-666-3773. For program questions please contact Madelyn Celovsky at celovsk2@msu.edu or 517-768-2048 or Christine Charles at charl122@msu.edu or 973-255-6097.
