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West Ohio
Agronomy Day
By Sam Custer
OSU Extension, Darke County
West Ohio Agronomy Day will be held on Monday, January 14th at St.
Michael’s Hall in Fort Loramie. The day will begin at 7:30 a.m.
with a “Listening Session” and breakfast sponsored by the Ohio Soybean
Association, followed at 8:30 a.m. by an update from the grain
marketers of Cargill and Trupointe Cooperative. The programs
dealing with Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credits for
farmers and Continuing Education Units for Certified Crop Advisors then
begin at 9:00 a.m.
Once again, Purdue’s Dr. Fred Whitford (AKA “Fred from Purdue”) will be
with us, this time talking about “Keeping the Trailer Hitched to the
Truck.” This year’s line-up will also see Dr. Robert Mullen from
Potash Corporation presenting on Phosphorus and Nitrogen Management as
it relates to Soil Fertility and Dr. Terry Niblack from OSU discussing
nematodes in corn and soybean cyst nematodes. Dr. Laura Lindsay,
also from OSU, will talk about Using all the Tools of the Trade in
Maximizing Soybean Production. Additional topics to be addressed
include cover crops, resistant weed management, fumigation, manure
management and fly control. Pesticide Recertification Credits are
available in CORE and Categories 1, 2, and 6.
We will also be holding the same program/same categories that evening
beginning at 5:30p for those not able to attend during the day.
Farmers
who want to recertify their private pesticide applicator’s
license should go online at http://pested.osu.edu to either register
with a credit card or to download the form to pay by check. Forms may
also be picked up at any Ohio Extension office. If not registered
online, the completed form can be submitted with the $35 fee on January
14.
For those just wanting to attend for the information (and the
fellowship!), the cost is $10 if signed up by January 7th to be paid at
the door on January 14. A single call to 937-498-7239 or email to
brown.1522@osu.edu saves you Five Bucks!
For more detailed information, visit the Darke County OSU Extension web
site at www.darke.osu.edu, the OSU Extension Darke County Facebook page
or contact Sam Custer, at 937.548.5215.
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