Strategic Farming Webinar Series

WORTHINGTON, Minn. – Pull up a chair and join in or bring the conversation with
you as you go about your day. Whatever works best for you, join us this winter to discuss some
of the key issues and questions around commodity crop production facing Minnesota farmers
today through the “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops” webinar series. This live, online
program will provide up-to-date, research-based information to help optimize your crop
management strategies for 2025. Sessions will be held over Zoom, which can be accessed via
your computer, phone, or other mobile device, and will run from 9:00 to 10:00 am Wednesdays,
January 8 through March 26, 2025.
Sessions will be very informal and open to all interested. Each session will start with a brief
presentation by the discussion leaders for the day, followed by discussion framed around
farmer/participant questions on the topic.
Topics and speakers:
● January 8: N management given current crop & input economics
Fabian Fernandez, Extension nutrient management specialist and Brad Carlson,
Extension educator-water quality
● January 15: Targeted Spray Technology
Rodrigo Werle, Weed scientist, University of Wisconsin
● January 22: LIVE at the MN AG EXPO – Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)
Anna Cates, State soil health specialist, and other Industry and Commodity Group
representatives
● January 29: Soybean crop modeling to help farmers make successful decisions
Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist and Annibal Cerrudo, Visiting Professor
(Argentina)
● February 5: Managing weeds with more than just herbicides
Debalin Sarangi, Extension weed scientist, Tom Peters, Extension sugarbeet agronomist,
and Eric Yu, Extension educator-Crops
● February 12: Navigating the corn maize – new trends in corn production
Jeff Coulter, Extension corn agronomist and other experts

● February 19: Using multi-state trials to address key cover crop questions in soybean
Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist and Axel Garcia y Garcia, Sustainable
Cropping Systems Specialist
● February 26: Keeping track of changes in corn insect challenges
Fei Yang, Extension corn entomologist
● March 5: Corn and soybean diseases – looking back as we look forward
Dean Malvick, Extension plant pathologist
● March 12: Data Driven Decisions – Determining what really affects the bottom line
Jennifer Rees, Extension educator, University of Nebraska, and Angie Peltier, Extension
educator-crops
● March 19: Drones- a multifaceted management tool for row crop agriculture
Ryan Huffman Sr. research manager ISU Digital Ag Innovation Lab, Doug Houser ISU
Digital Ag Extension specialist, Jorden Kuntz, Founder of Biosphere Drone Solutions
● March 26: Seasonal forecast & considerations for 2025 crop success
Dennis Todey, Director, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, Seth Naeve, Extension soybean
agronomist and Jeff Coulter, Extension corn agronomist

To register, go to z.umn.edu/SF2025.

For more details on the program and recordings of
previous sessions, go to https://z.umn.edu/strategic-farming.

There is no charge to participate, thanks to generous sponsorship from the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
and the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council. Not able to attend a day? No problem.
Sessions will be recorded and posted for viewing later at your convenience.

We hope you will take this opportunity to join with U of MN Extension in discussing crop topics
at our “Strategic Farming: Let’s Talk Crops!” program in 2025!