The Arkansas Crop Management Conference

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1 The Arkansas Crop Management Conference 2018 Presented by: Arkansas Crop Protection Association, Arkansas Plant Food Association, Arkansas Agricultural Consultants Association, Arkansas Certified Crop Advisors and the University of Arkansas Location: Wyndham Riverfront, North Little Rock, AR

2 WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE We welcome you to the Arkansas Crop Management Conference. The goal of this year s program is to provide enough diversity to maintain your interest and always offer a session that benefits you. There will be 2-3 concurrent sessions in each time frame that have been selected by a committee of representatives from the organizations that sponsor the meeting. An evaluation form is available at the registration desk for you to give us an appraisal of this year s program; the results will be used to improve future program design and selection of topics. Program Highlights: Name Badges are required for admittance to all sessions. Breaks: All breaks will be in the Razorback East and West rooms. CCA and consultant continuing education credits available: See program for credits listed by each session. CEU credits and signup: To get credit for each session, sign attendance sheets in the back of each room immediately when the session concludes. Sheets will be gathered up after each session, so be sure to sign sheets as soon as each individual talk or meeting session concludes. Opening session will be 2 hours; remaining meeting sessions will be 1 hour each. Topic codes for credit hours: CM Crop Management; NM Nutrient Management; PD Professional Development; PM Pest Management; SW Soil and Water. Registration: Monday: Early registration, Huntersville Room 1005, 3 PM 6 PM. Come early and avoid the crowd. Tuesday: Registration, Huntersville Room 1005; pre-registration packet pickup, Decantillon Room; 7 AM 5 PM; breaks in Razorback rooms. Wednesday: Registration and pre-registration packet pickup, Huntersville Room 1005; pre-registration packet pickup, Decantillon Room 1004; 8AM 5PM; breaks in Razorback rooms. Thursday: Registration and pre-registration packet pickup in Huntersville Room AM Noon; breaks in Razorback rooms. Special Note: Contact Don Johnson ( ) if you need to register at times other than these. Events: Tuesday Morning: Opening Session. Tuesday Noon: Awards luncheon and keynote speaker: 12:10 PM, Silver City 5-7. Tuesday Afternoon, 5 PM: ACPA Membership Meeting,. Tuesday Afternoon, 5 PM: APFA Membership Meeting,. Tuesday Evening, 5 PM: President s reception, Silver City 5-6. Wednesday Morning, 7 AM: APFA board meeting, Blue Dog Dining Room. Wednesday Morning, 7 AM: Breakfast with Friends of University of Arkansas Monticello School and SEREC, Silver City 5; ACMC Devotional, 6:15-7:00am, Arkansas Traveler Room. Wednesday Noon: CCA luncheon, 12:00 PM, Silver City 5. Wednesday Noon: General lunch, Silver City 6-7. Wednesday, 12:00-4:00PM: Cotton Support Committee meeting (invited guests only), Arkansas Traveler Room. Wednesday, 5:00 PM: Delta Classic meeting (invited guests only), Arkansas Traveler Room. Wednesday, 5:15 PM: Social Hour and Silent Auction, Silver City 5-6. Auction proceeds fund speaker travel and scholarships. Thursday Morning, 7 AM: ACPA board meeting, Blue Dog Dining Room. Thursday Noon: ACPA, APFA, AACA & CCA Delegate meeting, Delegates only, Blue Dog Dining Room.

3 Tuesday Morning, January 16, 2018 Time/Credits Session Speaker Room 7:00 5:00 Registration Pre-registration packet pickup Huntersville Room Decantillon Room :00 10: General Session Moderator: Chris Grimes, UA Division of, ACMC Program Chairman Silver City 5-7 8:10 9:00 Update on 2,4-D and Dicamba Regulation Susie Nichols, Pesticide Division Coordinator, Arkansas State Plant Board 9:00 10:00 NM1 10:10 11:00 10:10 11:00 11:10 11:55 11:10 11:55 12:10-1:45 Panel: Budget, Supply, and Recommendation Perspectives on Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilization Practices Session Moderators: 1 (): Grant Beckwith 2 (): Keith Perkins 2.1 Automatic Applications vs. IPM and Thresholds: What's the Bottom Line? 2.2 Understanding and Interpreting Soil Moisture Sensors, the Basics 3.1 Understanding Soil Health and Why it Matters 3.2 Using Aerial Imagery on the Farm: What We Can and Can t Do 4.1 Awards Luncheon, Keynote Speaker: The Importance of to our State/Nation and the Importance of Soil and Water to Moderator: Carlton Fisher, Crop Production Services Panel: Greg Cole, President & CEO, AG Heritage Farm Credit Services; Bubba Vance, Vice President, Oakley Fertilizer and Oakley International; Dr. Nathan Slaton, Professor, UA Dr. Gus Lorenz and Dr. Travis Faske, UA Division of Dr. Chris Henry and Mike Hamilton, UA Division of Dr. Trent Roberts, UA Dr. Terry Spurlock, UA Randy Veach, President, Arkansas Farm Bureau Silver City 5-7

4 Tuesday Afternoon, January 16, 2018 Time/Credits Session Speaker Room Session Moderators: 1 (): Keith Perkins 2 (): Brett Gordon 3 (Silver City 6-7): Allison Howell 2:00 2:45 2:00 2:45 3:00 3:45 3:00 3: Application Timing and Inversions Jason Davis, UA Division of 5.2 Understanding Soil Health and Why it Matters Dr. Trent Roberts, UA 6.1 Provisia & Loyant Herbicides for Rice Dr. Bob Scott, UA Division of 6.2 Understanding and Interpreting Soil Moisture Sensors, the Basics Dr. Chris Henry and Mike Hamilton, UA Division of 3:00 3: Industry Update Silver City 6-7 Gowan Dr. Craig Sandowski 4:00 5:00 4:00 5:00 Nichino Terry Gairhan Albaugh David Long RiceTec Mason Wallace Armor Seed Curtis Fox Crop Production Services Matt Cordell 7.1 Feral Hog Control Options Dr. Becky McPeake and Skip Armes, UA Division of Commodity Market Outlook Scott Stiles, UA Division of 4:00 5: Industry Update Silver City 6-7 Dow DuPont Dickie Edmund 5:00-6:00 PD1 5:00-6:00 PD1 Mycogen Chad Brewer Pioneer Danny Graham Syngenta Keith Driggs Syngenta NK Seeds Jared Fannon Horizon Ag Dr. Sonny Bottoms 8.1 ACPA Membership Meeting 8.2 APFA Membership Meeting 5:00:-8:00 President's Reception Silver City 5-6

5 Wednesday Morning, January 17, 2018 Time/Credits Session Speaker Room 6:15-7:00 ACMC Devotional Mike Morris, Bobby Griffin Arkansas Traveler 7:00 8:00 APFA Board Meeting Blue Dog Dining Room 7:00 8:00 Breakfast with Friends of University of Dr. Kelly Bryant Silver City 5 Ark. Monticello Ag. School & SEREC 8:00 5:00 Registration Pre-registration packet pickup 8:00 8:45 8:00 8:45 8:00 8:45 NM1 9:00 9:45 9:00 9:45 Session Moderators: 1 (): Russ Parker 2 (): Matthew Davis 3 (Silver City 6-7): Robert Goodson 9.1 Soil Health & Cover Crops Dr. Trent Roberts, Dr. Glenn Studebaker, and Dr. Tom Barber, UA 9.2 Rice Insect Control & Insecticide Termination 9.3 Potassium Application Timing & Tissue Analysis for Soybean Dr. Nick Bateman and Aaron Cato, UA Dr. Nathan Slaton, UA 10.1 PPO Resistance & Management Dr. Tom Barber, UA 10.2 Can We Grow Grain Sorghum With Sugarcane Aphid? Dr. Jason Kelley, UA Huntersville Rm 1005, Decantillon Rm 1004 Silver City 6-7 9:00 9: Industry Update Silver City 6-7 Bayer Clay Starkey 10:00 10:45 10:00 10:45 11:00 11:45 Credenz Dr. William Johnson Valent Mallory Everett Pursell Agri Tech Nick Adamchek UPI Clyde Smith 11.1 Redbanded Stink Bug Management Dr. Nick Seiter, University of Illinois 11.2 Dicamba: Past, Present & Future Dr. Jason Norsworthy, UA 12.1 Row Rice Education & Weed Control Dr. Tom Barber and Dr. Jarrod Hardke, UA 11:00 12: Industry Update RiceCo Scott Rushing 12:00 1:30 PD1 AgBiTech Dennis Long Drexel Kirk Barnes FMC Don Johnson Americot Nex Gen Chris Booker Raymat Crop Science James Oliver 13.1 CCA Luncheon & Business Meeting Silver City 5 12:00 1:30 General Luncheon Silver City 6-7

6 Wednesday Afternoon, January 17, 2018 Time/Credits Session Speaker Room 12:00-4:00 Arkansas Cotton State Support Committee Steve Stevens Arkansas Traveler Room 1:30 2:15 NM1 1:30 2:15 2:30 3:15 2:30 3:15 2:30 3:15 NM1 3:30 4:15 3:30 4:15 Session Moderators: 1 (): Ray Benson 2 (): Craig Allen 3 (Silver City 6-7): Kevin Lawson 14.1 Nitrogen Management of Corn Dr. Trent Roberts, UA 14.2 Provisia & Loyant Herbicides for Rice Dr. Bob Scott, UA 15.1 Dicamba: Past, Present & Future Dr. Jason Norsworthy, UA Division of 15.2 Rice Update & Variety Selection Dr. Jarrod Hardke, UA 15.3 Basic Soil Fertility: Managing Soil ph on Arkansas Soils Dr. C.E. Wilson, Jr., UA 16.1 Cotton Nematode & Disease Update Dr. Bill Robertson and Dr. Travis Faske, UA 16.2 Redbanded Stink Bug Management Dr. Nick Seiter, University of Illinois Silver City 6-7 3:30 4: Industry Updates Silver City 6-7 BASF John Schultz Am Vac Tyrus Teague Monsanto Chet Chaney Monsanto Seed Darryl Loggains Gavilon Craig Shelton SePRO Mason Young or Kyle Briscoe 4:30 5: PPO Resistance & Management Dr. Tom Barber, UA 4:30 5: ACPA Research Conference Student Presentation Winners 4:30 5:15 NM1 Soil Activity of Thiencarbazone-Methyl With and Without Common Soybean Residual Herbicides Nitrogen Management in Rice Under Suboptimal Soil Conditions Horizontal Transmission of Helicoverpa armigera Nucleopolyhedrovirus in Soybean Zach Lancaster University of Arkansas Payton Rhea University of Arkansas Joe Black University of Arkansas 17.3 Soybean Inoculants Dr. Jeremy Ross, UA Silver City 6-7 4:30-9:00 Delta Classic Committee meeting Dr. Jim Barrentine and Arkansas Traveler Holly Yeatman Room 5:15 Social Hour and Silent Auction Silver City 5-6

7 Thursday Morning, January 18, 2018 Time/Credits Session Speaker Room 7:00 8:00 ACPA Board Meeting Blue Dog Dining Room 8:00 5:00 Registration, Pre-registration packet pickup 8:00 8:45 8:00 8:45 NM1 8:00 8:45 9:00 9:45 9:00 9:45 9:00 9:55 10:00 10:45 10:00 10:45 11:00 11:45 11:00 11:45 Session Moderators: 1 (): Cody Griffin 2 (): Kevin VanPelt 3 (Silver City 6-7): Brent Griffin 18.1 Discovery Farms Dr. Mike Daniels, UA ; Steve Stevens, C.B. Stevens Farms, Inc Soybean Inoculants Dr. Jeremy Ross, UA 18.3 Peanut Production concerns in 2017: Dicamba drift, freeze injury, and Sclerotinia blight Dr. Travis Faske & Dr. Bob Scott, UA Division of Huntersville Room 1005 Silver City Target Spot & Foliar Diseases of Soybean Dr. Terry Spurlock 19.2 Managing Wheat for High Yields Dr. Jason Kelley, UA 19.3 Cotton Variety Update Dr. Bill Robertson & Dr. Fred Bourland, UA 20.1 Cotton Insect Control Dr. Gus Lorenz, UA 20.2 Corn Insect Management Dr. Glenn Studebaker, UA Division of 21.1 Cotton Soil Health & Irrigation Dr. Bill Robertson, UA 21.2 Soybean Variety Selection Dr. Jeremy Ross, UA 12:00 Adjourn 12:00 1:00 Joint Committee meeting (ACPA, APFA, ACCA, AACA) Silver City 6-7 Blue Dog Dining Room

8 2018 Program Instructors Nick Adamchek Skip Armes Dr. Tom Barber Kirk Barnes Dr. Nick Bateman Chris Booker Dr. Sonny Bottoms Dr. Fred Bourland Dr. Chad Brewer Kyle Briscoe Dr. Kelly Bryant Aaron Cato Chet Chaney Greg Cole Matt Cordell Dr. Mike Daniels Jason Davis Keith Driggs Dickie Edmund Mallory Everett Jared Fannon Dr. Travis Faske Carlton Fisher Curtis Fox Terry Gairhan Danny Graham Chris Grimes Mike Hamilton Dr. Jarrod Hardke Dr. Chris Henry Dr. William Johnson Pursell Agri Tech Drexel Americot Nex Gen Horizon Ag Mycogen SePRO UA Monticello Ag School & SEREC Monsanto AG Heritage Farm Credit Services Crop Production Services Syngenta Dow DuPont Valent Syngenta NK Seeds Crop Production Services Armor Seed Nichino Pioneer Credenz

9 2018 Program Instructors Don Johnson Dr. Jason Kelley Darryl Loggains David Long Dennis Long Dr. Gus Lorenz Dr. Becky McPeake Susie Nichols Dr. Jason Norsworthy James Oliver Dr. Trent Roberts Dr. Bill Robertson Dr. Jeremy Ross Scott Rushing Dr. Craig Sandowski John Schultz Dr. Bob Scott Dr. Nick Seiter Craig Shelton Dr. Nathan Slaton Clyde Smith Dr. Terry Spurlock Clay Starkey Steve Stevens Scott Stiles Dr. Glenn Studebaker Tyrus Teague Bubba Vance Randy Veach Mason Wallace Dr. C. E. Wilson, Jr. Mason Young FMC Monsanto Seed Albaugh AgBiTech Arkansas State Plant Board Raymat Crop Science RiceCo Gowan BASF University of Illinois Gavilon UPI Bayer C. B. Stevens Farms, Inc. AMVAC Oakley Fertilizer and Oakley International Arkansas Farm Bureau RiceTec SePRO

10 2018 ACMC Program Committee Chris Grimes Dr. Nick Bateman Mallory Everett Jared Fannon Carlton Fisher Leigh Gibson Dan Gladden Dr. Jarrod Hardke Larry Jayroe Dr. Don Johnson Dr. Jason Kelley Chuck Ligon Dr. Bill Robertson Dr. Jeremy Ross Mike Simmons Dr. Nathan Slaton Dr. Terry Spurlock Program Chairman, University of Arkansas University of Arkansas Valent Syngenta CPS Arkansas State Plant Board Arkansas Plant Food Association University of Arkansas Arkansas Plant Food Association /ASPB Arkansas Crop Protection Association University of Arkansas Pioneer University of Arkansas University of Arkansas Arkansas Certified Crop Advisors, Arkansas Consultants Association University of Arkansas University of Arkansas

11 Save the Dates! January 22-24, 2019 The 2019 Arkansas Crop Management Conference November 27-28, 2018 ACPA Research Conference Fayetteville Watch for the Soybean College Dates

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