Growers are concerned about the high prices and availability of chemicals for weed management in 2022! To help producers and service providers with this most challenging production situation. K-State Research & Extension Offices in northwest and north central Kansas have scheduled a series of Weed Management Update Meetings on February 15 & 16th.
February 15
Colby, City Limits Convention Center
2227 S. Range Ave
9 a.m. to noon
Osborne, United Christian Church
214 North 2nd Street
3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
February 16
Hill City, Graham County 4-H Building Fairgrounds
9 a.m. to noon
Claflin, Community Center
409 A Street
3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Topics for the meeting will include revisiting residual herbicides in corn; non-chemical approaches to deal with herbicide shortages and prices; research update in application technology along with a question and answer session. Presenters for the program will include K-State Research and Extension weed management specialists, along with Randy Lloyd, technology research scientist with the University of Nebraska will share his research from the application technology lab at North Platte. Three Pest Management CCA credits and 3 commercial applicator CEU’s are available.
Registration is requested for the meal count by Friday, February 11 online at www.northwest.ksu.edu/events or call your local Extension Office.
Stacy Campbell is a Crop Production Extension agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis counties) for K-State Research and Extension. You can contact him by e-mail at scampbel@ksu.edu or by calling 785-628-9430.