UMN Extension Upcoming Webinars, Seminars, and Meetings

Crookston, MN — The winter season is meeting in the ag world and that holds true with the University of Minnesota Extension Office, who has a number of upcoming trainings, meetings, seminars, webinars, and retreated coming up in early 2023. Heather Dufualt, Extension Educator for Norman and Polk County, previews some of the upcoming opportunities for farmers.

And a new season of the online webinar series “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops” also gets underway in January as well, according to Dufault.

Topics for the upcoming Strategic Farming webinars include:

January 11: Forecast for the season – Weather, economics & supply chains

January 18: What’s bugging my corn? An outlook on corn rootworm and more

January 25: Climate factors and nitrogen management

February 1: Semi-dwarf corn & SCN breeding efforts

February 8: Are biologicals in corn & soybean logical?

February 15: Weed management in the era of increasing herbicide resistance

February 22: “Can I take an N credit?” and other cover crop FAQs

March 1: Expanding your rotation with small grains

March 8: Corn Tar Spot: Distribution, development, and management

March 15: Alfalfa weevil and other alfalfa management challenges

March 22: Soybean Pests – What’s up with the new and old…are they a big deal?

March 29: Get your planters ready