Come join Minnesota Crop Production Retailers and the University of Minnesota Extension! The three-day Minnesota Crop Pest Management Short Course program & Minnesota Crop Production Retailers Trade Show starts Tuesday, December 12th and continues through Thursday, December 14th. The Crop Pest Management Short Course educational program starts on Wednesday, December 13th from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and continues on Thursday, December 14th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The trade show and educational sessions will take place at the downtown Minneapolis Hilton Hotel. All the program details, including registration and hotel information for the 2023 Crop Pest Management Short Course & MCPR Trade Show can be found on the Minnesota Crop Production Retailers website.
Schedule Highlights
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
MCPR Plenary Sessions (1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) with speakers:
Fertilizer Market Overview
Josh Linville, StoneX
While the worst of the Black Swan/record high fertilizer price period appears to be behind us, there remains PLENTY of reasons to believe that volatility will remain the only constant in an ever changing fertilizer world. Josh Linville, Vice President – Fertilizer for StoneX, will give an updated look at how the market came to be as well as what is being watched going forward.
High Impact Meteorology in Production Agriculture Eric Snodgrass, Nutrien Ag Solutions Sr
Weather risk in production agriculture is ubiquitous and the successful execution of a crop plan requires accurate weather forecasting and analysis. We plan our operations based on weather averages and our experiences over recent growing seasons, but each year presents a new set of weather challenges. In this talk we will focus on how to use the abundance of weather data to stay ahead to disruptive weather events. We will talk about the limits of predictability for weather events and learn about the resources available to monitor changes in the longer range forecasts. We will review the major lessons from the 2023 growing season and talk about the high impact events like widespread hail damage, Midwest and Southern US Drought, and the hurricane season. We will talk about the big seasonal drivers like El Niño and La Niña and discuss the outlook for the next 3-9 months. We will finish with a discussion about the 2023-24 growing season in South America, which competes directly with major US commodity crops.
Source: umn.edu
Photo Credit: gettyimages-tlillico
Categories: Minnesota, Crops, Weather