2015 Agronomy Update Conference

Tuesday January 20, 2015 - AM Sessions

2014 Year in Review
Steve Leavitt

Insect Management
Insect Update
Scott Meers

Lygus research update.
Dr. Héctor Cárcamo

Bee research at ARD Lethbridge.
Dr. Shelley Hoover

A beekeeper’s perspective on insect pest management and crop production
Calvin Witdouck

Social License
Developing a social license strategy.
Sean Royer

Weed Management
Agronomy Update 2015
Brian Wintonyk

Soil-applied and residual herbicide use in modern crop- ping systems: old and new products
Mike Grenier

Harvest weed seed management.
Breanne Tidemann

Glyphosate resistant kochia.
Dr. Bob Blackshaw

Agronomy
Successful corn and soybean production in southern Alberta.
Gary Csoff

Plant growth regulators.
Dr. Sheri Strydhorst

Rotational diversity in cereal-based cropping systems.
Dr. Brian Beres

Hemp agronomy.
Dr. Jan Slaski

Successful faba bean production in southern Alberta.
Greg Stamp

Brassica carinata agronomy and marketing.
Agrisoma

Field Crop Diseases
Crop disease synopsis for 2014 and forecast for 2015.
Dr. Michael Harding

Clubroot Update.
Dr. Sheau-Fang Hwang

Blackleg in canola.
Dr. Ralph Lange

Root rot in peas: Survey, research, and recommendations.
Dr. Syama Chatterton

The changing situation with FHB and where it occurs.
Trevor Blois

Fusarium Head Blight Management.
Dr. Brian Beres

Technology Tools for Crop Producers
Tom Staples

Fertilizers and Fertilizer Use
Financial analysis of variable rate fertilization.
Mark Wobick

Ultimate canola challenge research.
Keith Gabert