EAST LANSING, Mich. — Get yourself started with a productive and profitable dry bean season by tuning into the 2024 Field Crops Webinar Series on Monday, March 11. Scott Bales, a dry bean systems specialist with Michigan State University, will be joined by Justin Edwards from Ackerman Marketing to discuss fundamental agronomic considerations for dry bean production this season and key marketing trends.
Field crop producers, consultants and agribusiness professionals are invited to participate in the Field Crops Webinar Series, a series of eight online programs addressing field crop production and pest management offered by Michigan State University Extension.
The theme for this year’s series continues the Two for the Price of One: Conversations in Row Crop Agriculture. Each session will feature two speakers giving short presentations and discussing various aspects of the topic in an informal talk-show/podcast format with plenty of opportunity for interaction with the audience. Participants will hear how to enhance their row crop production systems in the coming season and can ask agricultural experts questions following their presentations.
The live webinars will run on Monday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m. through March 25, 2024.
Cost of registration is $20 per person for the entire series. Those attending the live webinars will be eligible to earn one Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development pesticide recertification credit per session for application to one of the following categories: Private Core, Commercial Core or Field Crops. One continuing education unit for certified crop advisers will also be available for each session.
Webinars will be recorded and archived, and participants may choose to view the recordings later. Registrants can join the series at any point in the series and have access to sessions they may have missed. Credits are available only for participants in the live sessions.
Register for the Field Crops Webinar Series here.
Prior to each webinar, registrants will receive an email containing a link to connect to the webinar. The webinars may be accessed on a mobile device or a computer with a stable internet connection—no other equipment is necessary. Archived recordings from previous seasons are accessible for free from the MSU Extension Field Crops website.
For additional information or assistance, contact the Montcalm County Extension office at 269-467-5511 or msue.montcalm@county.msu.edu.
— Christine Charles, Michigan State University Extension