ORISKANY, N.Y. — Cornell Cooperative Extension is offering a series of six weekly virtual seminars addressing Maximizing Fertilizer Efficiency with Peak Fertilizer Prices. The series begins Thursday February 23 and continues weekly until March 30. Each session runs from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm and offers Certified Crop Advisory (CCA) credits.
Grab your lunch, tune in and join us for the following sessions.
- February 23: Planning for Fertilizer Efficiency to Maximize Savings.
- March 2: The Value of Manure will be told through Five Stories.
- March 9: Corn Fertility in Times of Peak Fertilizer Prices
- March 16 Small Grain and Soybean Fertility in Times of Peak Fertilizer Prices
- March 23 Hay Crop Fertility – A Foundation of Success
- March 30 Using Precision Technologies to Improve Nutrient Efficiency and Save Fertilizer Costs
Registration for the entire program or individual sessions is an option. This workshop series is offered with no fee.
The first session will present a strategy for planning ahead to minimize fertilizer costs for 2023. Both large and small details for developing and implementing a plan for the entire cropping system will be presented. The value of manure and the role of management practices will address the impact of methods of incorporation on nitrogen conservation and benefits of past manure applications. Three sessions will focus on fertility strategies for our cropping systems specifically addressing corn, small grain and soybean and hay crops. The final session will update on advances in sensor technologies and analytical tools now making it possible for farmers to create management zones to allow informed decisions about crop inputs and nutrient management.
Pre-registration is available at: https://cceoneida.com/events
Please call Jeff Miller, Field Crops Specialist with questions 315-736-3394 x 120.
This meeting is presented by the Cornell Cooperative Extension field crop educators from the CCE of Oneida county, South Central NY Dairy & Field Crops Team and the North Country Regional Ag Team, Delaware County Watershed Ag Program and the Cornell Nutrient Management spear Program and NYS PRODAIRY.
–Cornell Cooperative Extension
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