Late Season Diagnostic Clinic Offered near Mead

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln Crop Management and Diagnostic Clinic Aug. 20 will provide a close-up look at late-season field conditions.

The UNL Extension clinic will be held at the Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the clinic starting at 8 a.m.

Program topics include: Alfalfa Management - Establishment, Diseases, Insects; Corn Diseases; Mobile Plant Diagnostic Clinic Lab – Diagnostics; Precision Agriculture and Nutrient Management Report Card; and Troublesome Weeds; and Troubleshooting Plant-to-Plant Variability in Corn.

Presenters include UNL extension educators, specialists and industry representatives.

Nine Certified Crop Adviser credits have been applied for and are pending for this clinic.

Cost for this clinic is $140 for those registering one week in advance and $190 after.

For more information or to register, contact the ARDC CMDC Programs, 1071 County Road G, Ithaca, NE 68033, call (800) 529-8030, fax (402) 624-8010, e-mail cdunbar2@unl.edu or visit the Web at http://ardc.unl.edu/training.shtml.

Download the brochure at: http://ardc.unl.edu/2008CMDCPublicBrochure.pdf.

UNL Extension is in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.