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| Agronomy Update Conference Agenda - January 17 - 18, 2017
Tuesday January 17, 2017 - AM Sessions
Weathering the Weather
Crop production issues in 2016.
Harry Brook
Agriculture and Forestry
“Normal” weather and Alberta Climate Information Service.
Ralph Wright
Agriculture and Forestry
Using weather and other data to make production decisions.
Dan Heaney
Farmer’s Edge
Soils and Soil Fertility
Pulses for soil, crop, and environmental health.
Newton Lupwayi
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Effects of management over 25 years on soil properties and crop productivity.
Eric Bremer
Western Ag
Soil phosphorus and P fertilization: A look at lab analytical processes and how these affect soil test results and fertilization.
Len Kryzanowski
Agriculture and Forestry
Investing fertilizer dollars in products that will return additional income.
Rigas Karamanos
Koch Agronomic Services
Tuesday January 17, 2017 - PM Sessions
Crop Health Chairperson
Overview of crop health issues and survey results in 2016.
Michael Harding
Agriculture and Forestry
Temporal and spatial distribution of Sclerotinia ascospores in canola.
Luis del Rio-Mendoza
North Dakota State University
Update on root rot in peas.
Syama Chatterton
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Understanding stripe rust.
Reem Aboukhaddour
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Technology
Soil Sensibility and Data Utility .
Lewis Baarda
Farming Smarter
Local research perspective on management zone delineation.
Doon Pauly
Agriculture and Forestry
Wednesday January 17, 2017 - AM Sessions
Agronomy Part 1
Corn agronomy for non-traditional corn growing areas.
Nicole Rasmussen
DuPont Pioneer
A big picture look at pulse production in Alberta.
Mark Olson
Agriculture and Forestry
Soybean row spacing, plant densities, and benefits to follow crops.
Frank Larney
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Including Group 14 and 15 products in weed management programs.
Eric Johnson
University of Saskatchewan
Agronomy Part 2
Cleavers control strategies for southern Alberta.
Eric Johnson
University of Saskatchewan
Improving agronomic input efficiency: Advanced Agronomic Practices Project Review.
Sheri Strydhorst
Agriculture and Forestry
Cereal lodging.
Rob Graf
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Wednesday January 17, 2017 - PM Sessions
Agronomy Last Words
Applying Lessons learned from fertigation research to irrigated and dryland crop production.
Doon Pauly
Agriculture and Forestry
Insect Management
Overview of insect concerns and insect survey work in 2016.
Scott Meers
Agriculture and Forestry
Establishing and refining insect pest economic thresholds.
Scott Meers and Hector Carcamo
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Enhancing beneficial insects to prevent pest outbreaks.
Vincent Hervet
Agriculture and Forestry
Development of near real-time weather-based insect pest forecasting system for Alberta.
Swaroop Kher
Agriculture and Forestry
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This document is maintained by Amrit Matharu.
This information published to the web on January 27, 2017.
Last Reviewed/Revised on January 31, 2017.
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