8:00 a.m. – Registration

8:20 a.m. – Welcome

8:30 a.m. – Updates on the Biology and Management of Soybean Gall Midge and Soybean Tentiform Leafminer, Dr. Bob Koch, U of MN Extension

9:00 a.m. – Small Grain Diseases in 2024 and FHB Update, Dr. Andrew Friskop, NDSU Extension

9:30 a.m. – Wheat in 2024: A Year to Remember and Forget, Dr. Jochum Wiersma, U of MN Extension

10:00 a.m. – Break

10:30 a.m. – Management of Brown Stem Rot and Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybean, Dr. Dean Malvick, U of MN Extension

11:00 a.m. – Not Your Father’s Weather – Issues and Impacts in Weather and Climate for Agriculture, Dr. Dennis Todey, USDA-ARS

11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Lunch and Hands on Demonstrations

Lunch Speakers:

• • Grand Forks – Market Outlook, Dr. Frayne Olson, NDSU Ext

• • Moorhead – Changing Interest Rates & Operating Loans, Bryon Parman, NDSU

Hands on Demonstrations:

• • Iron Deficiency Chlorosis (IDC) in Soybean – Drs. Ana Carcedo & Jay Goos, NDSU

• • A Closer Look at Hessian Fly & Wheat Stem Sawfly in ND – Dr. Anitha Chirumamilla, NDSU Ext. Langdon

• • Grass Weed Identification – Dr. Angie Peltier, UMN

• • Root Rot Diseases of Soybean – Hope Becton, NDSU Extension

2:00 p.m. – View from the Federal Level: Anticipated Changes to Pesticide Registration and Regulation Moving Forward, Linda Johns, U of MN Extension

2:30 p.m. – Changing Interest Rates & Operating Loans, Bryon Parman, NDSU (Grand Forks) – Market Outlook, Dr. Frayne Olson, NDSU Extension (Moorhead)

3:15 p.m. – Adjourn