Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop

Wednesday, Jan. 24
10:15 a.m. Registration and refreshments 

11 a.m. General Session: Introduction 

11:15 a.m. General Session: How world affairs and weather affect grain prices in the Northern Plains. International trade disputes, wars and weather influence grain prices half a world away. Learn how current affairs, supply, demand and what is projected for 2024 can swell or squeeze average farm profitability. 

12:15 p.m. Lunch

1 p.m. Concurrent Sessions. 

• 1. Can stress tolerance in corn and soybean keep yields moving up? 
• 2. The AI crop adviser 
• 3. Making cents of soil health

2:30 p.m. Break and North Dakota CCA of the Year 

3 p.m. Concurrent Sessions.

• 1. Can stress tolerance in corn and soybean keep yields moving up?
• 2. The AI crop adviser
• 3. Asymbiotic N-fixing organisms — Natural populations and commercial products: What you should know and what questions to ask

4:30 p.m. Social: 2023 growing season discussions and enjoy refreshments 

Thursday, Jan. 25
7:30 a.m. Breakfast and registration

8 a.m. General Session: Historical view of corn and soybean production – What about the future?

9:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions.

• 1. Making cents of soil health
• 2. Identification and management of new and emerging diseases of corn, soybean and canola 
• 3. Soybean’s pest-a-palooza in 2023: Strategies for managing multiple pests simultaneously 

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions.

• 1. Asymbiotic N-fixing organisms — Natural populations and commercial products: What you should know and what questions to ask
• 2. Is biology winning the battle against soybean Phytophthora root and stem rot?
• 3. Avoiding train wrecks: Monitoring and managing rootworms

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1 p.m. Workshop ends