Pest Management Update Meeting Reminder

Chris Boerboom, Extension Weed Scientist

Please remember to register for the Pest Management Update meetings coming in November. The full schedule, meeting locations, and directions were announced in the September issue of the newsletter, but here is a quick recap. Please register 1 week before the meeting with the county agent listed below.

Date	Location	Contact	Phone
Nov. 9	Belmont	Ted Bay	608-723-2125
Nov. 10	Marshfield	Matt Lippert	715-421-8440
Nov. 11	Chippewa Falls	Jerry Clark	715-726-7950
Nov. 12	Sparta	Bill Halfman	608-269-8722
Nov. 13	Green Bay	Mark Hagedorn	920-391-4612
Nov. 16	Arlington	Joe Bollman	608-742-9682
Nov. 17	Fond du Lac	Mike Rankin	920-929-3170
Nov. 18	Janesville	Jim Stute	608-757-5696

Please note a couple changes to the traditional schedule so you show up at the right location or on the right date. The Platteville meeting site has been moved to Belmont. Also, the traditional order of the Sparta and Marshfield meetings has been flipped in the week. The Marshfield meeting will be on Tuesday and the Sparta meeting will be on Thursday.

A recap of many topics to be covered is listed below. We hope to see you next month. 

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.