Illinois NREC Investment Insights LIVE!

CEU's approved for availability:

Nutrient Management: 2.5, Soil & Water: 2, Professional Development: .5

Direct from the fields and laboratories of Illinois; From the hearts of highly-respected researchers; Listen to and learn about the latest in NREC-funded research results.

AGENDA

9:30 - 10:00 - Registration

10:00 - 10:15 - Welcome and Overview of Day

10:15 - 10:45 - Dr. Andrew Margenot, UIUC - Progress Toward a Triple Win for P Loss Mitigation in Illinois

10:45 - 11:15 - Dr. Shalamar Armstrong, Purdue - Cover Crops and 4R Nitrogen Management Impacts on Cash Crop Nitrogen Nutrition, Yield, and Water Quality

11:15 - 11:45 - Lowell Gentry, UIUC - Tile Nitrate Loads are not simply a matter of "Excessive" N fertilization

11:45 - 12:30 - LUNCH

12:30 - 1 - Dr. Angela Kent, UIUC - Micro-managing nitrogen retention

1 - 1:30 - University of Illinois Extension Watershed Coordinators - Boots on the Ground: Conservation on a watershed scale

1:30 - 2:00 - Dr. Amir Sadeghpour, SIU-C - Precision Nitrogen Management of Corn for Improving Farm Profitability and Water Quality in Southern Illinois

2 - 2:15 - Break

2:15 - 2:45 - Iowa NREC - Nutrient Loss Reduction Metrics and Reporting

2:45 - 3:15 - Dr. Wei Zheng, UIC - Designer Biochars to capture dissolved phosphorus and ammonium nitrogen from drainage water

3:15 - 3:45 - Dr. Jon Schoonover, SIU-C - WASCOBs and saturated buffers on water quality

3:45 - 4:15 - Julie Armstrong, NREC - Feedback and Wrap-up

4:15 - 4:30 - NREC funded student introductions

4:30 - 6:00 - Student poster session, with appetizers and cash bar