2023 Corn Congress - Waterloo, NY
Event Details
Date
January 6, 2023
Time
8:30am - 3:30pm
Location
Quality Inn
2468 NYS Route 414
Waterloo, NY 13165
Cost
Pre-pay Online, Per Person : $60.00
(addl attendee $60.00 ea.)
At The Door Price
Pay at the Event, per person : $60.00
Host
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field CropsMike Stanyard
585-764-8452
email Mike Stanyard

2023 Corn Congress Agenda
8:30am - 9:50am Registration, sign-up for DEC & CCA Credits, Visit Vendors
9:55am Opening Introductions and Announcements: Mike Stanyard
10:00am - 10:3am A Review of Corn Diseases in 2022 - Gary Bergstrom, Plant Pathologist, Cornell University
10:30am - 11:00am Biochar for Field Crop Production - Kathleen Draper, Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence
11:00am - 11:30am Predicting and Managing the Seedcorn Maggot in Upstate New York - Anna DiPaola, PhD Candidate, Entomology, Cornell University
11:30am - 12:00pm Weed Control: Herbicide Performance Results and Atrazine Updates - Lynn Sosnoskie, Weed Scientist, Cornell University
12:00pm - 1:25pm LUNCH and VISIT VENDORS
1:30pm - 2:00pm Biologicals in Corn: Are They the Silver Bullet? - Allen Wilder, Forage Agronomist, Miner Institute
2:00pm - 2:30pm Supporting On-Farm Experimentation with Digital Agronomy - Louis Longchamps, Digital Agronomist, Cornell University
2:30pm - 3:15pm Management Tactics for Key Below Ground Insects Attacking Corn - Elson Shields, Retired Cornell Entomologist
2.25 DEC points for categories 1A, 21 and 10 | 0.5 points for category 4
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