Apr 26

Drought Hour: April 2021

Monday, April 26

SDSU Extension will be hosting weekly webinars beginning on April 12 at 11 a.m. to discuss various topics throughout the month.

Webinar Information

April 12 - Seed Treatments and Other Early Season Pest Considerations presented by Adam Varenhorst, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Field Crop Entomologist; Fungicide Seed Treatment Considerations Under Dry Soil Conditions, Emmanuel Byamukama, Associate Professor & SDSU Extension Plant Pathologist, Adam Varenhorst, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Field Crop Entomologist, and Connie Strunk, SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist
April 19 - Focus on Numbers for Drought Plan presented by Jack Davis, SDSU Extension Crops Business Management Field Specialist, and Climate Update presented by Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension State Climatologist
April 26 - Considerations Before Turning Cattle Out to Graze presented by Krista Ehlert, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Range Specialist, Jameson Brennan, Assistant Professor/Research and Extension Specialist-Livestock Grazing, and Adele Harty, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist and Robin Salverson, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist

Registration

Please use this Zoom registration link to sign up for the April zoom sessions. You will receive information to join all three sessions in the one confirmation. Please contact Hector Menendez, SDSU Extension Livestock Grazing Specialist, or Connie Strunk, SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Field Specialist for more information or with questions.

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