The Managing Soil: Maximizing Profit Meeting will be held on December 10 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.
Location
Freeman Academy Arboretum
900 Cedar St.
Freeman, SD 57029
Contact
Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Forage Field Specialist
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
Registration
The cost to attend this meeting is $25 or free for Southeast Farm members. Registration is required and can be completed using the form below.
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