2021 Virtual Soybean and Small Grains Congress
Registration is Now Closed.
Participants Guide to Zoom Webinar (PDF; 4490KB)
Event Details

Date
February 10 - February 11, 2021
Time
10:00am to Noon
Location
Virtually via Zoom
Cost
Registration Fee (for both days) : $45.00
(addl attendee $45.00 ea.)
Enrollee with NWNY Team Price (for both days) : $30.00
(addl attendee $30.00 ea.)
*Enrollees receive the monthly Ag Focus newsletter*
Host
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
February 10, 2021 (10:00am - Noon) DEC Check-in: 9:30am - 9:55am
10:00 - 10:30 Soybean Weed Control Updates
Michael Hunter, Cornell Cooperative Extension, NNY Team
10:30 - 11:00 Precision Planting Wheat
Dennis Pennington, Wheat Systems Specialist, Michigan State University
11:00 - 11:30 How to Grow 140 Bushel Wheat
Dwight Bartle, Wheat Producer, Brown City, Michigan
11:30 - 12:00 Soybean Cyst Nematode - Tracking and Managing the New Threat to NY Soybean Production
Jaime Cummings, NYS IPM Program, Cornell University
February 11, 2021 (10:00am - Noon) DEC Check-in: 9:30am - 9:55am
10:00 - 11:00 Getting Your Best Soybean and Wheat Yields
Dr. Shawn Conley, Soybean & Wheat Specialist, University of Wisconsin
11:00 - 11:30 On-Farm Soybean Research Networks: What are We Learning?
Del Voight, Soybean Specialist, Penn State Extension
11:30 - Noon NY Small Grains Updates
Mike Stanyard, Cornell Cooperative Extension, NWNY Team
The conference will be held using Zoom. Pre-Registration is required - Links to the Zoom meetings will be emailed to you the day before the event. Don't have zoom? Sign up for free at: https://www.zoom.us and click on "Sign Up, It's Free"
2.5 DEC points are available - In order to receive DEC Points, you have to pre-register. You will be required to enter your pesticide applicator ID # during registration. On the day of the event you will be required to Sign-in with your full name, and pesticide license number using the DEC check-in link that will be posted in the chat box. You can enter the meeting 30 minutes prior to the start of the session. At the end of each day you will be required to sign-out using the DEC check-out link in the chat box. If you do not sign-in and out of using the DEC check-in/out link each day, you will not be eligible to receive points.
CCA credits are also available, information will be posted at the end of each day. Please download the certified crop advisor app prior to the conference: https://www.certifiedcropadviser.org/files/certifiedcropadviser/continuing-education/cca-app-instructions.pdf
New to using Zoom?
Here is a short video on How to Join a Zoom Meeting for the First Time- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isp3qPeQ0E
This video shows you how to locate and use the chat box - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK80ovbnvj4
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