Crops Conference 2015 - Lancaster County

Jan 02, 2015

Online Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 14, 2015

When

Thursday, January 15, 2015
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Where

Lancaster Farm & Home Center
1383 Arcadia Road
Lancaster, PA 17601

The 2015 Penn State Extension Crops Conferences are located in four counties around the state - Lancaster, Bradford, Union, and Lehigh. Each conference offers a day-long program with at least two concurrent breakout sessions, giving attendees the opportunity to select topics that are relevant to them and their agricultural operations.

In addition to hearing valuable cropping information from Penn State Field and Forage Crop Specialists, participants will also earn a minimum of 2 Category and 2 Core pesticide education credits.

Statewide Topics

Update on the New Farm Bill
Soil Testing - What Do the Number Mean?
Grain Crop Management: 204 and Beyond
Is Battling Pigweed and Other Resistant Weeds Your Future?
Insect Issues from 2014, Including Bt Rootworm
Crop Budgeting: Tools to Calculate Your Production Costs

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Video: Adapting to ESA: Mitigation Overview

CropLife America’s “Adapting to ESA” instructional video series is designed to provide clear, field-ready guidance that supports responsible pesticide use while protecting endangered species and their habitats. This is part 1 of the four-part series moderated by Dr. Stanley Culpepper, a leading weed science specialist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension.

Part 2: Bulletins Live! Two
Part 3: Spray Drift
Part 4: Runoff

The video series is part of a new set of educational tools released by CropLife America (CLA), in partnership with the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) and the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA), to help farmers, agricultural retailers, and pesticide applicators better understand the Endangered Species Act (ESA).