2009 Crop Injury Diagnostic Clinic

July 28-29 & July 30-31, 2009

This program is sponsored by University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and University Outreach and Extension

Purpose of Clinic

This clinic is designed to train or update agricultural professionals in the management of crop health and field crop diagnostics. Participants will have the opportunity to fine tune their skills in diagnosing crop production and pest problems. In addition, the Crop Injury Diagnostic Clinic will focus on hands-on training in the following areas:

• Soil, water and nutrient management
• Precision Agriculture
• Biotechnology and variety development
• Soil Conservation
• Identification of insects and herbicide injury
• Effect of environmental conditions on disease incidents

Program Fee

Cost of each of the two-day clinics is $150 per person. This registration fee includes instruction, reference materials, noon lunches, refreshment breaks and a dinner on the evening of the first day of the clinic.

Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Continuing Education Units (CEU)

CEU credit has been applied for under the CCA Program.

Registration

Early registration is encouraged because attendance is limited to 70 people for each clinic. On the attached registration form, mark the preferred date of the clinic you wish to attend and indicate whether you are able to attend the alternate clinic if your first choice is filled. Please rank your preference for all ten sessions with (1) as your first choice and (10) as your least desired choice. To ensure your first choice of dates, please register early:

Assignment of clinic sessions will be made on July 17, 2009. Registrations postmarked after July 17, 2009, will be charged a $20 late-registration fee. On-site registrations can only be accommodated if space permits. See "Registration Options" below for registration form.

Program Outline for Each Two-Day Clinic

Day One:	7:30 am	Check-in (coffee, juice, donuts, bagels, fruit)
	8:15 am	Introductions and directions
	8:30 am-5:45 pm	Four two-hour sessions and lunch
	5:45 p.m.	Social dinner (free)
Day Two:	7:00 am	Coffee, juice, donuts, bagels, fruit
	7:30 am-2:30 pm	Three two-hour sessions and lunch

Seven two-hour sessions will be held for groups of 15-20 people for sessions selected by the participants. Participants will receive a three-ring binder containing reference material. Enrollment for each clinic will be limited to 70 people.

Cancellations

All registration fees will be refunded if the Crop Injury Diagnostic Clinic is canceled by the University of Missouri. Written cancellation requests postmarked before July 17, 2009, will be refunded minus a $20 processing fee. If you fail to attend the program and do not notify Thresa Chism at the Bradford Research & Extension Center at (573) 884-7945, you are liable for the entire fee.

Program Sessions of the Crop Injury Diagnostic Clinic

1. Agricultural Practices & Environmental Issues - What’s The Fuss - 2.0 CEU in Soil & Water Management
   Bob Broz and Dan Downing, University of Missouri

   Participants will have the opportunity to exam several examples of situations that have occurred around the state relating to agricultural practices and how they connect to environmental regulation. Agency reaction to these situations, and changes made by, or imposed upon the agricultural sector as a result of these situations will be discussed in an engaging participant driven format.

   As a primer for discussing these profiles a brief overview of water quality related environmental regulations will be presented. Upon completion of the workshop participants will have learned what environmental regulations directly impact them, why they are in place, potential impact of these regulations, who enforces them, and how to prevent compliance problems before the occur.

2. Grain Production: P and K - 2.0 CEU in Nutrient Management
   Peter Scharf, Manjula Nathan, Ray Massey, Peter Motavalli, University of Missouri

   This session will discuss:

   • NPK removal by grains, new removal values in MU recommendations, variability in grain NPK content by year and region
   • Subsoil P and K in Missouri, contributions to crop nutrition, crop rooting depths (we’ll dig some up)
   • Economics of P and K placement, variable-rate P and K management, new software to compare management scenarios
   • Foliar K (and N?): how & why

3. Making and Taking Yield - 2.0 CEU in Crop Production
   Bill Wiebold, University of Missouri

   Yield and yield components of corn and soybean will be discussed. Plants at critical stages of development will be examined and dissected to view how plants establish yield. Formulas for estimating yield will be compared.

4. Soil Compaction - Measurement and Management - 2.0 CEU in Soil and Water Management
   Ken Sudduth, USDA-ARS, Peter Motavalli, University of Missouri

   Soil compaction degrades soil physical properties and can lead to yield reductions. In this session we will discuss how to measure compaction, how to interpret readings from compaction measurement tools, and potentially how those readings may be incorporated into management recommendations. Participants will gain hands-on experience with different compaction measurement tools that measure both surface and subsoil compaction.

5. Herbicide Injury and Symptomology - 2.0 CEU in Pest Management
   Kevin Bradley, University of Missouri

   Participants will have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the symptoms associated with various classes of herbicides through a hands-on training session. An inside lecture with electronic media will be followed by a hands-on demonstration outside where participants will be able to see and discuss some of the most common herbicide injury symptoms that occur on crop plants. A final component of this session will be a brief tour of selected weed management trials that evaluate new and experimental herbicides and common weed management programs utilized in today’s agronomic production systems.

6. Agronomic Weed Identification - 2.0 CEU in Pest Management
   Reid Smeda, University of Missouri

   A selection of common broadleaf and grass weeds troubling MO fields will be displayed and used for identification purposes. Expectations are that participants will be able to recognize weeds at growth stages important for implementing management practices.

7. Use of Crops for Biofuels: Implications on Soil Organic Matter Dynamics - 2.0 CEU in Soil & Water Management
   Bob Kremer and Randy Miles, University of Missouri

   The use of grain crops and their residue for biofuel production poses many challenges for land owners and producers on soil organic matter levels and associated soil properties. This session will review properties/benefits of soil organic matter as well as crop management considerations which influence soil organic matter levels. Discussion of various expressions of soil organic matter properties will also be portrayed. Final discussion will center on the influence of removal of various crop components (grain, stover, and/or both) on soil organic levels and subsequent soil quality parameters.

8. Genetic Engineering and Crop Biotechnology - 2.0 CEU in Crop Management
   Georgia Davis, University of Missouri

   Genetic engineering and crop biotechnology will be discussed. Participants will make DNA from strawberries, test for transgenes in crop plants, and tour the corn genome.

9. Field Crop Insects - 2.0 CEU in Pest Management
   Wayne Bailey and Ben Puttler, University of Missouri

   The entomology session will focus on current and emerging insect problems, management methods, and field demonstrations. The effects of weather and cultural practices on specific insects along with the precision of predictive pest models and thresholds will be discussed.

10. Field Crop Diseases - 2.0 CEU in Pest Management
    Laura Sweets, University of Missouri

    This session will focus on the identification and management of common corn, soybean and wheat diseases. The effects of weather and cultural practices on the development of field crop diseases will be discussed. Results from current research trials emphasizing field crop disease management will be presented.

Registration Options

By Phone
Call (573) 884-7945 and ask for Thresa Chism. If registering by phone, please have your 10 session choices completed and available.

By Mail
Mail completed registration form to:
Crop Injury Diagnostic Clinic
Bradford Research & Extension Center
4968 Rangeline Road South
Columbia, MO 65201

By Fax
Fax the completed registration form with your MasterCard, VISA or Discover number to: (573) 884-5554.

PDF registration form

Lodging

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Best Western Columbia Inn, 3100 I-70 Dr. S.E., for participants of the clinics. Call the hotel directly at (573) 474-6161 and identify yourself with the MU Crop Injury Diagnostic Clinic to receive the special $62.00 rate. Call soon to reserve your room as the block will be released on July 4, 2009. The Best Western Columbia Inn is located on the southeast corner of the 63 & I-70 interchange just behind T.G.I. Friday’s.

Directions to the Bradford Research & Extension Center

From Highway 63 south of I-70, take the Broadway and Route WW exit. Go east on Route WW for 6.5 miles. Turn right on Rangeline Road (look for the sign), and go south for 2 miles. The Bradford Research & Extension Center is on the right at 4968 Rangeline Road South. Look for the Crop Injury Diagnostic Clinic sign at the entrance.

Map to Bradford Research & Extension Center

More Information

For additional registration information, please contact Thresa Chism at the Bradford Research & Extension Center, (573) 884-7945 or by e-mail at ChismT@missouri.edu.

For information on the content of the clinic sessions - not registration - please contact Tim Reinbott, Superintendent of the Bradford Research & Extension Center, at (573) 884-7945 or by e-mail at ReinbottT@missouri.edu.