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2025 Field Advisor Forum

Thursday | January 16th, 2025
Memorial Stadium - Colonnades Club
1402 South 1st St., Champaign, IL 61820

Continental Breakfast & Registration: 8:30 AM
Welcome: 9:00 AM
Lunch & CCA Credits Provided

Free Parking Available via NW Corner of State Farm Center
Walk-ins will be welcomed as space permits

Agenda:

8:30 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM: Welcome

9:15 AM: “Soybean Success, No Longer a Secret,” Dr. Fred Below, Professor of Plant Physiology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

10:00 AM: “Taking Tissue Testing to the Whole Plant Level,” Dr. Connor Sible, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

10:30 AM: Break

10:45 AM: "Agricultural Commodity Outlook," Dr. Scott H. Irwin, Professor and Laurence J. Norton Chair of Agricultural Marketing in the Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

11:15 AM: Independent Crop Consultants Panel – Kyle Stull, CCA, Stull Agronomy; Karen Corrigan, CCA, McGillicuddy Corrigan Agronomics; and Kelly Robertson, CCA, Precision Crop Services, LLC

12:00 PM: Lunch and Field Advisor Award Ceremony

1:00 PM: Breakout Sessions

• “Assessing Insect Pests Effects on Yield and ROI of Pest Control Inputs,” Dr. Nick Seiter, Assistant Professor and Faculty Extension Specialist of Entomology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• University of Illinois Breeding and Variety Trial Results Panel: Dr. Jessica Rutkoski, Assistant Professor and Small Grains Breeder, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Eliana Monteverde, Assistant Professor and Plant Breeder/Genetics, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Moderator: Jennifer Jones, CCA, Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) Research Specialist

• Better Together Resource: GROW (Getting Rid of Weeds) and Take Action: “Stuck in the Weeds? Check out GROW and Take Action for help!” Michael Flessner, Associate Professor and Extension Weed Science Specialist, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech

2:00 PM: Breakout Sessions

• “Soil-Residual Herbicide Injury Potential to Very Early Planting Soybeans and Documenting Group 15 Herbicide Resistance of Waterhemp,” Dr. Aaron Hager, Professor and Faculty Extension Specialist of Weed Science, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Cover Crop Management Panel: Dan Schaefer, Director of Nutrient Stewardship at Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association; Jim Isermann, Independent Agronomist Specializing in Conservation and Soil Health Practices; Moderator: Abigail Peterson, CCA, ISA Director of Agronomy
• Better Together Resource: “Crop Protection Network: 10 Years of Extension,” Dr. Daren Mueller, Professor and Extension Plant Pathologist, Iowa State University and Coordinator of the Iowa State Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program

3:00 PM: Breakout Sessions

• “Soybean Sustainability Metrics: Preliminary Results from Southern, Central, and Northern Illinois Field Trials,” Andrew Margenot, Associate Professor of Soil Science, Department of Crop Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Panel: Dr. Jason Bond, Professor of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural Sciences and Physical Sciences, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Dr. Nathan Schroeder, Associate Professor of Nematology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and Dr. Matthew Hudson, Professor of Genomic Biology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Moderator: Stephanie Porter, CCA, ISA Outreach Agronomist
• Better Together Resource: Science for Success: “Bringing Soybean Research to Light,” Dr. Giovani Preza Fontes, Assistant Professor and Faculty Extension Specialist of Field Crops, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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