University of Illinois Extension

DeWitt County

RR 3, Box 289U

Clinton, IL 61727

E-mail: dewitt_co@extension.uiuc.edu

For information &/or registration details, please call or stop by the Extension office.

Pesticide Safety Education Program

Date: January 24

Location: DeWitt County Extension office

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Fee: $30.00

Training and testing to obtain a private pesticide applicators license. Study manuals and workbooks are available for purchase at the Extension office.

Central Illinois Crop Management Conference

• February 12-13: Central Illinois Crop Management Conference, Route 66 Hotel and Conference Center, Springfield. For more information, contact Robert Bellm, Edwardsville Extension Center 618-692-9434.

The conference participants will be able to attend three general sessions of broad interest, including bioenergy opportunities, new water quality nutrient standards, and maximizing soybean yields. They also can attend up to six specialized concurrent sessions focusing on crop management issues, such as foliar fungicides for corn and soybean economics, GPS technology, weed resistance, on-farm research design, insect and disease pests, and crop budgets, insurance, and risk management.

Certified Crop Advisers can earn up to 13 hours of CEU credit. Advance registration, no later than one week before the conference, is $100 per person. Late on on-site registration is $125. The fee includes lunch, refreshments, and handouts both days. There is no one-day registration option.

Drainage Workshop

Date: February 6

Location: Parkland College, Champaign

If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in these programs, please contact our office at 217/935-5764.

The University of Illinois Extension is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

United States Department of Agriculture-Local Extension Councils Cooperating

Midwest Organic Production and Marketing Conference and Trade Show

Date: January 17 – 18

Location: Illinois Union, Urbana

There will be a number of speakers in areas of economics and marketing, pest control and weed management, developing markets, livestock, agronomic and horticultural crops, agriculture, and organic management.

Conference registration is $95.00 before January 7 and $145.00 after January 7, for a complete program and registration materials contact Pat Toohill at the DeWitt County Extension office, 217/935-5764.

Corn & Soybean Classic daily schedule: Presentations and Speakers

The following schedule applies to each of the Classic conference dates. On-site registration begins at 8:15 a.m., and the meeting begins at 8:45 a.m. Each Classic will adjourn at 3:15 p.m.

Corn and Soybean Basis-Will Weakness Persist?

Speaker – Darrel Good

Is Strip-Tillage Right for You?

Speaker – Fabian Fernandez

Corn and Soybean Returns: Past and Present

Speaker – Gary Schnitkey

Foliar Fungicides for Corn: Just Another Management Tool or the Only Tool Needed?

Speaker – Carl Bradley

Corn Rootworm Management in a Triple-Stack "World"

Speaker – Mike Gray

Secrets of Interpreting Nematode Lab Results for Corn and Soybean

Speaker – Terry Niblack

Is Corn Following corn the New "Standard"?

Speaker – Emerson Nafziger

Soybean Aphids and Soybean Defoliators–Are We Making Progress?

Speaker – Kevin Steffey

Consternations of the Waterhemp Conundrum

Speaker – Aaron Hager

Registration information on back page of newsletter.

Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale

Date: February 21

Location: Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield

Illinois Beef Expo 21 – 24

Fee Hunting Based Business Workshop

Date: February 29, 2008

Time: 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Fee: $35.00

Location: Dickson Mounds State Museum near Lewistown, IL

The workshop targets issues in the recreational hunting industry affecting landowners, outfitters and hunters.

The deadline for advance registration is Friday, February 22, 2008. Registration is $35 per person. After Feb. 22, the registration fee is $40 per person. Make checks payable and mail to: Prairie Hills RCD, 321 W. University Drive, Macomb, IL 61455. For more information please call Prairie Hills RCD at 309-833-4747, check their website (www.prairiehillsred.org) under current events, or contact the University of Illinois Fulton County Extension office at 309-547-3711.

Farm Conservation Telenet

Date: January 29

Time: 9:00 a.m. to noon

Location: DeWitt County Extension Office

The program will discuss the following programs CRP, CREP, EQIP, Conservation Security Program, Wetland Reserve Program, Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program, Carbon Trading, and C-2000.

Farm Management Extension Programs

Offered Online

Farmland leasing Issues; Grain Marketing Boot Camp; Farm Management 1; Quicken for Farm Operations; Crop Insurance Decisions for Farm Operations.

The programs are offered online. There are registration fees and the programs can be accessed 24/7. If you are interested in one or more of these programs contact Pat Toohill.

2007 Crop Variety Test Books

Illinois soybean, corn and forage books are available at the office. There is no charge for these booklets.