Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 Exhibits open at 9:00 a.m; Clinic is from 9:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Commercial Building, Hamilton County Fairgrounds, 760 A Street, Aurora, NE

• Corn Planter Setup and Adjustments- Paul Jasa, Biological Systems Engineering -Learn about planter options and making field adjustments.

 • Agronomy Cultural Practices- Jenny Rees, UNL Extension Educator -Understanding corn growth and development and discussing what we’ve seen in 2023

 • Management of Insect Damage in Corn- Ron Seymour, UNL Extension Educator -Learn about the big picture strategies of managing insect damage to corn and insect scouting tips by time of year

 • Management of Plant Diseases in Corn- Tamra Jackson-Ziems, Extension Specialist -The big picture strategies of managing plant diseases in corn -Anticipating and identifying diseases at various crop stages, new and upcoming corn diseases to be on the lookout for

 • IPM for Successful Weed Management in Corn- Admit Jhala, Extension Specialist -Management of herbicide-resistant weeds in corn and discussion about integrating multiple tactics for weed management.

 • Year-round Soil Water Management- Steve Melvin, UNL Extension Educator, Irrigated Cropping Systems -Learn about managing soil water from a year-round perspective and how off-season precipitation can cause deep percolation more easily in irrigated fields

 • Year-round Soil Nitrogen Management & Nitrogen Sources and Stabilizers for Corn- Jenny Rees, UNL Extension Educator, Water and Cropping Systems -Managing soil nitrogen from a year-round perspective and understanding potential sources and losses of nitrogen in Nebraska corn fields -Potential nitrogen losses from leaching and volatilization of different nitrogen sources

 • Setting Up & Operating Fertilizer Application Equipment- Paul Jasa, Biological Systems Engineering -Equipment to apply different nitrogen fertilizers sources including dry, liquid, and anhydrous ammonia, at high speed and in no-till