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Strategic Farming program

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Crop producers and agricultural professionals face many challenges, including pests and pest resistance, agronomic issues, and questions about soil fertility.

The Strategic Farming program addresses your crop-related concerns in research-based webinars during the winter and regular podcasts during the growing season.

Strategic Farming: Field Notes podcast

Field Notes is an interactive, discussion-based podcast for farmers and agricultural professionals recorded during the growing season to address crop-related concerns. Register to attend live at the links below or listen to current or past episodes at your convenience.

Upcoming Field Notes podcasts

Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops

Join us during the winter to discuss some of the key issues and questions around commodity crop production facing Minnesota farmers and other ag professionals through the “Let’s talk crops” webinar series. This live, online program provides up-to-date, research-based information to help optimize your crop management strategies for the coming year. Sessions are held on Zoom from 9 to 10 a.m. on Wednesdays, January through March.

Listen to recordings from this year’s sessions at your convenience.

Webinar archive

Recordings of past sessions are available on the following playlists:

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