Registration Now Open for 2025 Advanced Crop Advisors Workshop

The 2025 Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop, hosted by NDSU Extension and University of Minnesota Extension, will be held Feb. 11 and 12 in Fargo.

This advanced workshop is for agricultural professionals, including crop consultants, agronomists, Extension agents and agribusiness representatives providing farmers with crop production recommendations. This workshop started in 1993.

“The planning committee has an excellent workshop organized with many great speakers,” says Jeff Stachler, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist. “This year, there’s even a new twist: a pest identification quiz event.”

Registration for the meeting begins at 9 a.m. on Feb. 11. The first general session begins at 10:15 a.m. with Andrew Friskop presenting “Wheat and Corn Diseases  Familiar Foes and Emerging Threats.” A second general session given by Jason Fewell titled “How to Keep the Farm” will begin after lunch.

The Feb. 11 afternoon breakout sessions are the following:

• “Managing Key Weeds in Wheat”
• “Bringing K Back to the Conversation”
• “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Pesticide Pre-Mixtures”
• “Insect and Disease Economic Thresholds and Decision Tools”
• “On Farm Applications of Soil Health Principles”

Tuesday’s program ends around 5 p.m.

On Feb. 12, the day starts with a breakfast at 7:30. Wade Webster begins speaking at 8 a.m. with “2024: A Cornucopia of Soybean Diseases.” The morning breakout sessions afterwards are the following:

• “Bringing Back K to the Conversation”
• “Beginning and Advanced Canola Production”
• “How Bright is the Future of Dry Bean Production in North Dakota and Minnesota?”
• “Navigating Carbon Programs When Not All Carbon is Created Equally”
• “Pesticide Applications the Drone Way”

A review of the pest quiz begins at 1:30 p.m., and the program ends after 2 p.m.

Certified crop advisors can receive 10 continuing education units by attending this workshop.

The workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn on 13th Ave. South in Fargo.

The registration fee includes meals. Preregistration is open at a per-person cost of $200 for both days or $150 for a single day until Feb. 6. Walk-in registration on the day of the meeting is $250. The workshop is limited to 150 people, so people interested should register soon.