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Nebraska-Colorado Crop Clinic focuses on conservation tillage systems
Published Monday, November 17, 2008 at 07:40 PM
The Nebraska and Colorado Crop Clinic, set for Dec. 9 and 10 at Sidney, will focus on conservation tillage cropping systems. With one day set aside for dryland crops and the second for irrigated crop systems, the conference is aimed at crop advisors, farmers, agricultural professionals, and ag chemical dealers and applicators. It is sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension and Colorado State University Extension. The dryland program on the first day will focus on millet and winter wheat. Topics will include water use; plant growth and placement in rotations; fertility; weed, insect, and disease management; marketing millet; millet equipment issues; summer fallow management; and harvest considerations. The irrigation program on the second day will include the following topics: insect and disease management for corn, dry beans, and winter wheat; strip/zone tillage and no-till farming management for soil temperature, compaction and residue issues; carbon sequestration in agriculture; Atrazine degradation and weed and resistance management for cropping rotations; making sense out of fertilizer expenditures; and irrigated and limited irrigation cropping systems. The registration fee is $60 per day or $100 for both days if received by Nov. 28. For registrations received after Nov. 28, the fee is $75 and $130. For registration and information about the conference or exhibitor booths, contact Extension Educator Karen DeBoer at the UNL Extension Office, P.O. Box 356, 920 Jackson St., Sidney, NE 69162. Phone: 308-254-4455 or 866-865-1703; Email: kdeboer1@unl.edu. To download a brochure and registration form, point your browser to http://www.ckb.unl.edu. In Colorado, contact Extension Agent Bruce Bosley at 970-522-3200, ext. 285, or e-mail bruce.bosley@colstate.edu. Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) credits are available in pest management, crop management, soil and water management, and crop fertility management. Lunch will be served.

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