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Field School for Ag Professionals
July 25 & 26, 2012 — St. Paul, MN

Description

A hands-on, in-field program emphasizing crop and pest management diagnostic skill building in field crops.

A 2-day program completely taught in the field. Participants may choose to attend either day or both days of the field school. The first day's program on July 27 will consist of four disciplines - weed science, soil science, entomology, and a crop diagnostics session. The second day program held on July 28 will consist of multiple concurrent one-hour sessions, allowing participants to obtain one Certified Crop Advisor CEU per session. Students can self-select different sessions from a menu of session topics, ranging across all of the four major agronomy disciplines which are designed to be timely, cutting-edge topics for today's ag professionals.

  • Hands-on activities examining current pests, diseases, varieties, and other crop issues.
  • Offered July 25 & 26 (Wednesday & Thursday), 2012
  • The location for the 2012 Field School is on the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus.
  • 12 CEUs offered

This program is targeted towards agronomists, crop production retailers, seed sellers, consultants, Extension Educators, agriculture government agency personnel, farm managers and summer scouts. Participants will have the opportunity to enhance their troubleshooting and crop management skills in specially designed plots that display actual cropping situations.

Small learning groups are a key feature of the Field School. Each subject is led by experienced instructors offering personalized instruction and small group activities.

Contact

Questions about future Field Schools can be directed to David Nicolai, IAP Program Coordinator, nico0071@umn.edu or 612-625-2778.

Past Participant Comments

The Herbicide Mode of Action injury plots provided me with a good real world experience. 
Crookston, 2009

Crop diagnostics-learning about different growth stages was very helpful
Waseca, 2008

The large gathering [of ag professionals] is good for networking and the instructor/student ratio was very good.
Rosemount, 2001

The entomology section on the first day was a good refresher as well as a timely update in current insect issues.
Crookston, 2009

The tillage discussion in the soil pit area was important because of discussion of soil structure, movement of water, and compaction.  Discussion leader knew a lot about compaction, PSI, tires vs. tracks, equipment weights, etc.
Waseca, 2008

I deal with a lot of soybean aphids and corn rootworm problems and the Entomology section offered great, practical instruction.
Lamberton, 2005

I enjoyed the discussion on soybean treatments.  I probably learned the most about soybeans in the past 2 days.
Waseca, 2008