Purdue Extension and University of Illinois Extension to host Bi-State Crops Conference

Purdue University Extension and University of Illinois Extension are collaborating to offer the annual Bi-State Crops Conference, being held at The Beef House Restaurant at 16501 Indiana State Road 63, Covington, Indiana, on Thursday, December 9^th.  Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. ET / 7:30 a.m. Central and the conference begins at 9:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. Central. The conference includes a Beef House lunch and concludes at approximately 1:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m Central.  Social distancing will be encouraged. 

The conference program includes:

• “Lessons Learned from the 2021 Corn Growing Season” by Dan Quinn, Purdue Extension Corn Specialist, recapping the 2021 corn growing season in Indiana and research trial updates from projects involving corn response to seeding rate, starter fertilizer, and sulfur.
• “Office of the Indiana State Chemist Update” by Joe Becovitz, Pesticide Program Specialist, reviewing the latest information regarding pesticide application regulations for row crop agricultural production.
• “Parallels to 2021 Soybeans” by Shaun Casteel, Purdue Extension Soybean and Small Grains Specialist, reviewing the 2021 growing season and responses as it relates to previous growing seasons such as wet feet and soybean rescue trial, compromised root systems and limitations to seed fill.
• “Illiana’s Growing Season Climate Recap and Future Outlooks” by Beth Hall, Indiana State Climatologist, reviewing the 2021 growing season by examining the extremes, trends, and variability from a climatological perspective and what the rest of the 2021-2022 winter is predicted to look like with early outlooks for the 2022 growing season climate.