2009 Pest Management Update Meetings

Chris Boerboom, Extension Weed Scientist

We are pleased to announce the schedule and topics for the 2009 Pest Management Update Meetings. See the attachment to this article for the schedule. Please check the dates and locations and reserve a date on your calendar. Registration details are listed at the top of the schedule. Please pre-register with the host agent as they have to make the meal reservations. Most agents have added an additional “walk-in” fee for those who have not pre-registered. 

Although we have only recently received a decent dose of summer-like temperatures and crops are still lagging behind in maturity, insects, weeds and diseases came through the cool summer just fine.   Consequently, we will have many topics and issues to discuss as we review this year and forecast for next year. The speakers at the meetings will be Chris Boerboom and Mark Renz, weed scientists, Eileen Cullen and Bryan Jensen, field crop entomologists, and Paul Esker, field crop plant pathologist. We hope to see you this fall at the meetings and hope these warm days continue to aid with the coming harvest in the mean time. 

2009 Pest Management Topics will include:Weed Management: 1) herbicide updates; 2) field horsetail control in corn; 3) resistance – you be the judge; 4) summary of pre herbicide performance in soybeans; 5) Boerboom’s Top 10; 6) fall perennial weed control with herbicides; 7) volunteer wheat effects on alfalfa establishment; 8) weed suppression in pastures; and 9) NR 40, what ag professionals need to know.

Disease Management:  1) white mold in 2009; 2) hail damage and fungicides for corn; 3) anthracnose of corn; and 4) wheat diseases in 2008/09 and management for 2009/10.

Insect Management: 1) managing soybean aphid and spider mites in late season (R4-R5) soybean; 2) soybean host plant resistance for soybean aphid; 3) corn insect pests: WI distribution and control updates (corn rootworm and corn ear pest complex); and 4) corn insect Bt traits - new registration updates for 2010.

2009 Wisconsin Pest Management Update Meetings   The schedule for the Wisconsin Pest Management Update meetings series is listed below. Presentations will include pest management and biology information for Wisconsin field crops. Speakers will include Eileen Cullen or Bryan Jensen, entomologists, Paul Esker, plant pathologist, Mark Renz and Chris Boerboom, weed scientists.   All meetings start with registration and coffee at 9:30 a.m. Presentations start promptly at 10 a.m. and we will conclude by 3 p.m. Four hours of Certified Crop Advisor CEU credits in pest management are requested for each session. The $30 registration fee per participant includes a noon meal and information packet. Extra packets of materials can be purchased for $15 each.
Make your reservations with the host agent one week prior to the scheduled meeting date.
DATE	LOCATION	HOST AGENT
Monday November 9	Belmont Baymont Inn North of Hwy 151 at exit 26	Ted Bay Grant County Extension P.O. Box 31 Lancaster, WI 53813-0031 (608) 723-2125
Tuesday November 10	Marshfield Marshfield Ag Research Station 1 mile north of Hwy 10 on Hwy 13 (old Cty A), east on A, then immediate right onto Yellowstone Drive	Matt Lippert Wood County Extension P.O. Box  8095 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-8095 715-421-8440
Wednesday November 11	Chippewa Falls Eagles Club (2588 Hallie Road) Business Hwy 53 south of Hwy 29 between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls (across from Farm & Fleet)	Jerry Clark Chippewa County Extension 711 N. Bridge Street Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 (715) 726-7950
Thursday November 12	Sparta Jake’s Northwoods Northeast edge of Sparta on Hwy 21	Bill Halfman Monroe County Extension 14345 County Hwy B Sparta, WI 54656 (608) 269-8722
Friday November 13	Green Bay Rock Garden (Comfort Suites Hotel) Hwy 41, take Hwy 29 (Shawano) exit, east to frontage road and north one block	Mark Hagedorn Ag & Extension Service Center 1150 Bellevue St Green Bay, WI 54302 (920) 391-4612
Monday November 16	Arlington Public Events Building Turn west at sign for Ag Research Station on Hwy 51, about 2 miles north of DeForest	Joe Bollman Columbia County Extension P.O. Box 567 Portage, WI 53901-0567 (608) 742-9682
Tuesday November 17	Fond du Lac Rm 113 University Center, UW-Fond du Lac Hwy 41, exit east on Hwy 23 for 3 miles, north on University Drive, continue right when entering campus	Mike Rankin Fond du Lac County Extension 227 Admin/Extension Bldg. 400 University Dr. Fond du Lac, WI 54935 (920) 929-3170
Wednesday November 18	Janesville Best Western Hwy 26 just north of I-90 at Janesville	Jim Stute Rock County Extension 51 S. Main Street Janesville, WI 53545-3978 (608) 757-5696