Save the date: Register now for the 11th annual Nitrogen Conference on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Mankato
View the full agenda and registration information below.
University of Minnesota Extension and the Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center’s Nitrogen Conference brings experts together to focus on this valuable input.
Agricultural producers and professionals benefit from the latest research and information about crop production and environmental stewardship.
The conference takes place annually in February. Certified crop advisers (CCA) can earn continuing education credits (CEUs) in soil and water and nutrient management by attending the conference.
2025 conference
Nitrogen: Minnesota’s Grand Challenge and Compelling Opportunity Conference
Feb. 4, 2025. in Mankato
Bruce Montgomery, Moderator
Cost: $20
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8 a.m. - Welcome
Nitrogen management and crop production
- 8:10 a.m. - Kenny Blumenfeld, Minnesota State Climate Office - Climate conditions update for Minnesota: Observations, trends and outlooks
- 8:50 a.m. - Brad Carlson, University of Minnesota - On-farm evaluation: Can I be sure?
- 9:30 a.m. - Tarah Young, University of Minnesota - Optimizing nitrogen management for hybrid rye as a grain and forage crop in Minnesota
10:10 a.m. - Break
Nitrogen Management and the environment
- 10:20 a.m. - Jeff Strock, University of Minnesota - Drainage water recycling: Performance of cropping systems in SW Minnesota
- 11 a.m. - Swetabh Patel, University of Minnesota. - Advancing nitrogen BMPs: Insights from Nebraska to Minnesota for sustainable corn production and nitrate management
- 11:40 a.m. - Fabian Fernandez, University of Minnesota - Nitrogen best management practices (N-BMPs) are best for crops and the environment
12:20 p.m. - Lunch
- 1 p.m. - Jeff Vetsch, University of Minnesota - How do cover crops, nitrogen rate and cropping system affect nitrate loss in tile drainage water?
Nitrogen and soil productivity
- 1:40 p.m. - Julie Howe, Texas A&M University - Influence of fertilizer and manure inputs on soil health
- 2:20 p.m. - Farmer panel - Lessons from our own experience managing nitrogen in the farm
- 3 p.m. - Anna Cates, University of Minnesota - Predicting corn nitrogen needs with biological testing: What's possible in Minnesota?
3:40 p.m. - Adjourn
Past conference presentations
- 2024 Nitrogen Conference (YouTube)
- 2023 Nitrogen Conference (YouTube)
- 2022 Nitrogen Conference (YouTube)
- 2021 Nitrogen Conference (YouTube)
Fabián Fernández, Extension nutrient management specialist
[email protected], 612-625-7460
Warren Formo, Executive director, MAWRC
[email protected], 952-237-9822
Or visit: www.mawrc.org/events
This conference is a joint effort with the Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center (MAWRC)
Thank you to our supporters!
- Corteva
- Koch Agronomic Services
- Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC)
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association
- Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories (MVTL)
- Nutrien Ag Solutions
- Minnesota AgriGrowth Council
- Syngenta
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council (AFREC)
- University of Minnesota Extension
- Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center (MAWRC)