University of Minnesota Extension and the Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center’s Nutrient Management Conference brings experts together to focus on current topics in crop production and environmental stewardship.
Topics presented are relevant and informative for agricultural producers and professionals and anyone else who appreciates high-quality, research-based information.
Certified crop advisers (CCA) can earn continuing education credits (CEUs) in soil and water and nutrient management by attending the conference.
2024 conference
Videos of the 2024 Nutrient Management Conference presentations
Agenda
Feb. 20, 2024 in Mankato
Tom Rothman, Moderator
8 a.m. - Welcome
Back to Basics After the 2023 Growing Season
- 8:10 a.m. - Fabian Fernandez, University of Minnesota: Nutrient bioavailability: The role of nutrients, water, roots, and temporal nutritional needs of the crop
- 8:50 a.m. - Daniel Kaiser, University of Minnesota: Understanding mechanisms of sulfur cycling in Minnesota soils and availability from fertilizer
- 9:30 a.m. - Carl Rosen, University of Minnesota: Chloride in agriculture
10:10 a.m. - Break
Nutrient Management in Crop Production
- 10:20 a.m. - Jeff Vetsch, University of Minnesota: Nitrogen rate and timing for corn production in southeast Minnesota
- 11:00 a.m. - Jeff Coulter, University of Minnesota: In-season nitrogen and sulfur application for continuous corn
- 11:40 a.m. - Matt Ruark, University of Wisconsin: Cover crops and effective nutrient management
12:20 p.m. - Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - Lindsay Pease, University of Minnesota: Nutrient management for sugarbeet production and the role of cover crops
Beyond Inorganic Fertilizers
- 1:40 p.m. - Farmer panel: Lessons from our own experience managing nutrients in the farm
- 2:20 p.m. - Paulo Pagliari, University of Minnesota: Agricultural biologicals
- 3:00 p.m. - Nancy Bohl Bormann, University of Minnesota: Best practices for manure sampling and an update on the ManureDB manure database project
3:40 p.m. - Adjourn
Fabián Fernández, Extension nutrient management specialist
fabiangf@umn.edu, 612-625-7460
Warren Formo, Executive director, MAWRC
warren@mawrc.org, (952) 237-9822
This conference is a joint effort with the Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center (MAWRC)
Thank you to our supporters!
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Mosaic
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Corteva
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Koch Agronomic Services
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Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC)
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Minnesota Corn Growers Association
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Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories (MVTL)
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Nutrien Ag Solutions
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Minnesota AgriGrowth Council
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Syngenta
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Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
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Minnesota Department of Agriculture
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Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council (AFREC)
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University of Minnesota Extension
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Minnesota Agricultural Water Resource Center (MAWRC)