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at Minnesota State
University, Moorhead campus
8:00 am - Registration
in Science Lab Building
December 20
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a copy of the
registration brochure
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A Corn College will be held on
Thursday, December
20, 2007, on the
Minnesota State University, Moorhead campus featuring the
latest in applied information and hands-on workshops focused on corn
production and livestock production.
The livestock portion of the program at Moorhead will focus on
alternative feeds, only.
The Corn College involves in-depth, hands-on workshops designed
for corn producers featuring top extension and research specialists
from the University of Minnesota and North Dakota State University.
The Corn College is being co-sponsored by the University of
Minnesota Extension Service, the Northwest Research and Outreach
Center, the University of Minnesota, Crookston, Minnesota State
University Moorhead (MSUM) and the Minnesota Corn Growers
Association.
The day-long workshops are designed to provide participants with
the latest applied information for managing aspects of corn
production and livestock feeding.
Registrations for the Corn College in Moorhead
will be handled by the Extension Regional Center in Crookston. There
is a $40 pre-registration fee or $50 at the door if there is no
pre-registration. Lunch will be served at noon. Contact Jolene
Pedersen, Extension Regional Center, Crookston at 218-281-8027 or
toll free at 1-888-241-0781 (beis0011@umn.edu) if you plan to
attend.
The workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. with a presentation on
Corn: Food, Fuel and Feed by Marcia Taylor from DTN, the
leading provider of real-time market, news and weather information
services for agricultural and energy markets. The rest of the
morning and early afternoon will rotate lectures and laboratories.
Lecture topics include:
- Corn Storage with Bill
Wilcke, U of MN Extension
engineer
- Cost of Corn Production with Bret Oelke and
Bill Craig, U of MN Extension educators
- Genetics and Agronomy with Zach Fore, Pioneer
- Alternative Feeds with Greg Lardy, Livestock
Specialist, NDSU
Lab topics include:
- Weed Control with Jeff Gunsolus, U of MN
Extension Weed Scientist
- Growth Staging Corn with Dave Nicolai, and
Phil Glogoza, U of MN Extension educators
- Corn Fertility with John Lamb, U of MN
Extension soil scientist, and Russ Severson, Extension educator
- Entomology with Ken Ostlie, U of MN
entomologist (Moorhead only)
- Diseases/Fungicides with Dean Malvick, U of M
plant pathologist
For more information please call: (218) 281-8027
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