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West Ohio
Agronomy Day Jan. 9
From Sam Custer
OSU Extension, Darke County
The 2017 West Ohio Agronomy Day will be held on Monday, January 9th at
St. Michael’s Hall in Fort Loramie. A light breakfast will be
available starting at 8 a.m. with a marketing update from Sunrise
Cooperative at 8:30 a.m. At 9 a.m. the Private Pesticide
Applicator Recertification (Core and Categories 1, 2, and 6) and the
two-hour Fertilizer Applicator Certification Training for those who
already hold a Pesticide Applicator’s License (commercial or private)
will begin. In addition, Certified Crop Advisor CEUs have been
approved and Commercial Pesticide Applicator Credits are available in
2A and 2C.
Once again, Purdue’s Dr. Fred Whitford will be there, this time to talk
about “Safety is in Your Hands.” Attendees will also participate
in a “Corn and Soybean Insect Update” by Dr. Kelley Tilmon, OSU
Entomologist; “Finding Value in your Data” by Elizabeth Hawkins, OSU
Agronomy Specialist; and a “Weed Management Update” and “Weed
Management 201” by Dr. Jeff Stachler, OSU Extension, Auglaize
County. In addition, Dennis Riethman (OSUE Mercer County) will be
presenting on “Forages and Livestock,” Amanda Bennett, (OSUE Miami
County) will be providing the update on “Fumigation, and Sam Custer
(OSUE Darke County) will be offering “Budgeting for your 2017 Corn and
Soybean Crops.”
The evening portion of the 2017 West Ohio Agronomy Day will be held on
Tuesday, January 17th at the Days Inn (SR 47 & I-75) in
Sidney. This program will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a light supper
and a marketing update from Sunrise Cooperative personnel. We
will be providing only Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification
credits (Core and Categories 1, 2, and 6) and the two-hour Fertilizer
Applicator Certification Training for those who already hold a
Pesticide Applicator’s License. These trainings will be held from
5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and will be conducted by OSU Extension
personnel.
Farmers who want to recertify their private pesticide applicator’s
license can visit http://pested.osu.edu to register online with a
credit card or to download the form to pay by check. These forms can
also be picked up at OSU Extension offices.
Others who want to attend can register by contacting the Shelby County
Extension office at 937.498.7239 or by emailing Debbie Brown at
brown.1522@osu.edu by December 30th. Be sure to indicate which
program you wish to attend and whether you’re coming for Pesticide
Applicator Recertification ($35) or just for the Fun, Food, Fellowship,
and Lots of Information!! ($10).
Sponsors for the 2017 West Ohio Agronomy Day (to date) include Personal
Crop Insurance (Warsaw, IN), Fertilizer Dealer Supply (Anna), Bambauer
Fertilizer and Seed (Jackson Center), New Ag Horizons (Minster), Lena
Ag Center (Conover), Farm Credit Mid-America (Versailles), Ohio Soybean
Council, B&B Ag Vantages (Conover), Precision Agri Services Planter
and Technology Services (Minster), A.G. Boogher & Son, Inc.
(Wapakoneta), Kroeger Sales and Service (Delphos), Precision
Agri-Services, Inc. (Minster), Otte Ag, LLC (Maria Stein), and Shelby
County Farm Bureau. Thank You for your support!!
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