News : ISU Extension Offers Ag Chemical Dealer Update

Updates on the latest crop production products and recommendations for seed, fertilizer, and ag chemical dealers are the featured topics of the Ag Chemical Dealer Update on December 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in the Highlander Conference Center in Iowa City. “These meetings are a chance for ag input dealers to meet with Extension specialists to review current research, discuss new products, and learn of new recommendations,” says Jim Fawcett, ISU Extension field agronomist in eastern Iowa.

Featured speakers will be Bob Hartzler, ISU Extension Weed Specialist; Erin Hodgson, ISU Extension Entomologist; Alison Robertson, ISU Extension Plant Pathologist; and John Sawyer, ISU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist. There will also be similar meetings in Ames on December 8 and Storm Lake on December 14. The meetings are approved for Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) credits, and Iowa Commercial Pesticide Applicators can renew their certification for 2010 in categories 1A, 1B, 1C and 10. Registration fees for the meetings are $70 one week prior to the event ($85 at the door).

For more information about this program call Jim Fawcett at (319) 337-2145 (fawcett@iastate.edu) or Virgil Schmitt (563) 263-5701 (vschmitt@iastate.edu). Registration materials and additional information about the meeting is available at http://www.aep.iastate.edu/acu/iacity.html.