The Holt County Ag Update will be held Tuesday, January 25th at the Holt County Extension office at the Courthouse Annex in Oregon.
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The meeting will start at 8AM with growers needing private applicator pesticide training and will follow with updates from Extension Ag business, horticulture, engineering and livestock specialists The first two of hours of the meeting will be a pest management update included into the private applicator pesticide training. This portion of the meeting will handle the requirements for growers who need to recertify their private pesticide applicator licenses and those who need a license. The pest update will also provide important information for growers for the 2012 growing season such as the corn fungicide results at Graves Chapple and will be handled by Wayne Flanary, Agronomist.
Following pest management update will be presentations from regional staff important to area farmers. Jim Crawford, Ag Engineer, will present the information planter adjustment for uniform emergence in no-till and other tillage systems.
Bob Kelly, Ag Business Specialists, will answer questions about crop rental agreements and cash rent. He will also discuss the increasing crop input costs.
Amie Schleicher, Livestock Specialists, will present current issues in animal agriculture and how they impact all of agriculture.
Whether you are a grower or have woodlands, a new type of stinkbug is moving towards Missouri that will impact horticulture plants and also field crops. Emerald Ash Borer and Walnut Canker are new pests to watch for. Tom Fowler, Horticulture Specialist will visit about these topics and will answer other horticulture questions.
To attend the meeting, please RSVP to help us plan materials by calling the Holt County Extension office at 660-446-3724.
Also, mark your calendar as the Atchison County Ag Update is Tuesday, January 31st and the Nodaway County Ag Update is Wednesday, February 1st.
For more information contact Wayne Flanary at 660-446-3724, Regional Agronomist, University of Missouri Extension.