OABA Crop Production Conference Held Last Week

Focus on Environmental Stewardship

OABA held the annual Crop Production Conference last Friday, January 5–6 at The Ohio State University Fawcett Center in Columbus, Ohio. More than 150 people attended the two-day event and learned about the latest in the agronomy field from speakers and presenters from across the Midwest, including representatives from several land-grant universities.

“The quality of the conference was excellent, and the presenters were simply outstanding,” said Tim Bailey, OABA Crop Production Conference committee chair. “In addition to CCA credit opportunities, attendees of this year’s conference received valuable takeaway information and tools they can utilize to improve farmer economy and environmental stewardship. We’re really looking forward to building upon that even further at next year’s conference, especially in the area of nutrient management, which will continue to be a critical topic in the coming years.”

Presentations from the conference can be downloaded from the list below:

• Rootworm Apocalypse?  Implications of Insect Resistance to Bt Corn and Aphid Resistant Soybean – Andy Michel, OARDC, OSUE, The Ohio State University (OSU)
• Phosphorus Dynamics from Broiler Breeder Diets in Manure, Soil, and Corn – Shaun N. Casteel, Purdue University Extension 
• Back to Basics: Root rots, Leaf blights and the Disease Triangle – Dr. Anne Dorrance and Dr. Pierce Paul, OARCD, Dept. of Plant Pathology, OSU
• Crop responses to the environment in the context of climate change and climate extremes – Carl Bernacchi, Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Illinois
• Foliar fungicides on corn: “Yield enhancement” or disease control?” – Carl A. Bradley, Dept. of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
• Fertilizer Choices and Challenges: how to cut losses of dissolved P – Tom Bruulsema, Northeast Region, North America Program
• Ohio Soil Test Phosphorus and Environmental Issues – E.A. (Libby) Dayton, OSU; Sakthi Subburayalu, OSU; Robert Mullen, Potash Corp.; and Kevin King, USDA-ARS
• Managing Agricultural Drainage Systems For Water Quality Improvements in the Midwest - Dr. Larry C. Brown, Dept. of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, OSU
• Managing P and K Applications – What to Do with Changing Economics – Robert Mullen, Potash Corp.
• Optimizing the Productivity of Late Planted Corn – Peter R. Thomison, Horticulture and Crop Science, OSU
• Living in an Uncertain World Relative to Crop Nitrogen Management: Opportunities With Remote Sensing – Newell Kitchen, USDA ARS
• Subsurface Drainage Opportunities and Challenges – Matthew Helmers, Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University