Thursday; Jan 14  from 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Jan 14    -     Crop Stress        Allen Goodwin,  Pioneer Field Agronomist- Eastern NY/NE Managing 
Crop Stress - Tips for Management
Mother nature's curve ball.  You carefully select the 'right' hybrid for your soil and growing season.  You try to minimize any potential stresses by maintaining soil fertility to feed the crop and weed control to minimize competition for the crop. And then there is weather, the big unknown of the growing season.  Any extremes create challenges; wet and cold, hot and dry, hail, high levels of insects or disease, lack of water, excess water, cold snaps. In some ways these are unpredictable, but we have experienced all of them in different years.  This presentation will discuss the consequences of different crop stressors and management strategies to minimize their impact when possible.