2020 Presentations
General Session
- Commissioner’s Address – Mike Strain, DVM – LDAF
- Unwanted Pesticide Disposal Program – Kevin Wofford – LDAF
- Biology, Behavior, and Management of Helicoverpa zea in Row Crop Systems – Jeff Gore- MSU
- Breaking Yield Barriers – Brewer Blessitt – Pioneer/Corteva
- Forward Thinking Farming – Brewer Blessitt – Pioneer/Corteva
- Cover Crop Management – Kip Balkcom – USDA
- Cover Crop Research at Louisiana State University – Josh Copes – LSU AgCenter
- Economic Motivation Behind PA Adoption – Michael Deliberto – LSU AgCenter
- Five Forgotten Factors of Fertility – Ross Bender – Mosaic
- Precision Ag Research: On Farm Data – Luciano Shiratsuchi – LSU AgCenter
- Soil Compaction – Dan Fromme – LSU AgCenter
- Soybean Nematodes: New Challenges from Old Pests – Travis Faske – UA System Division of Agriculture
- The Guava Root-Knot Nematode in Louisiana – Josielle Rezende – LSU AgCenter
Cotton Breakout Session
- Agronomic Issues in Cotton – Dan Fromme – LSU AgCenter
- Bollworm Resistance Issues – Sebe Brown – LSU AgCenter
- Causes of Square & Boll Shed – John Snider – University of Georgia
- Is CLRDV a Threat to Louisiana Cotton Production – Trey Price – LSU AgCenter
Rice Breakout Session
- Weed Control Chart Ratings – Rice Roundtable Discussions – Facilitators: BD Fontenot and Johnny Saichuk
- Emerging Pests of Rice Stem Borers and Apple Snails – Blake Wilson – LSU AgCenter
- The Smuts (and Non-Smuts) in Rice – Clayton Hollier – Retired LSU Professor Emeritus
- Conventional Rice Breeding Update, Potential Varieties and Breeding Pipeline – Adam Famoso – LSU AgCenter
Sugarcane Breakout Session
- Outfield Variety Update – Wilson Judice – American Sugar Cane League
- Sugarcane Breeding Strategies, and Development of Cold Tolerant Varieties- Anna Hale – USDA-ARS, Sugarcane Research Unit
- Sugarcane Fertilizer Recommendations for 2020 – Rich Johnson, USDA-ARS, SugarcCOane GRIResearch Unit and Brenda Tubana, LSU AgCenter
- Sugarcane Insects Update – Blake Wilson – LSU AgCenter
- A Review of 2019 Ripener Trials – Al Orgeron – LSU AgCenter
- Billet Planting Update – Paul White – USDA-ARS, Sugarcane Research Unit
- EPA Review Status of Metribuzin & other Chemistries – IR-4 Program and Sugarcane – Kenneth Gravois – LSU AgCenter
- Itchgrass Management – Doug Spaunhorst, USDA-ARS, Sugarcane Research Unit
Emerging Technology and Crop Specific Product Updates by Industry
- Emerging Technologies – KOCH AGRONOMIC SERVICES – Cullen Minter
- Emerging Technologies – WAYPOINT ANALYTICAL – Jerry Harris
- Emerging Technologies – HARRELL’S FERTILIZER – Erik Kellim
- Emerging Technologies – COMPASS MINERALS – Ryan Miller
- Emerging Technologies – CORTEVA – Steve Crawford
- Emerging Technologies – NICHINO AMERICA – Milo Lewis
- Emerging Technologies – NUFARM AMERICA – Jason Mize
- Emerging Technologies – WATERS AGRICULTURAL LABORATORIES – James McCollum
- Emerging Technologies – AGRINOS – Jeremy Wood
- Emerging Technologies – AMVAC – Scott Ludwig
- Emerging Technologies – AQUARIUS FARM CONTROL – APPLIED DIGITAL, INC.- Monte Gilliland
- Emerging Technologies – BASF – Alvin Rhodes
- Emerging Technologies – BAYER – Davy Mize
- Emerging Technologies – HELENA – Michael Kenty
- Emerging Technologies – SEPRO – Kyle Briscoe
- Emerging Technologies – SYNGENTA – Keith Burnell
- Rice Technical Product Update – CORTEVA – Darrin Malone
- Rice Technical Product Update – GOWAN – Craig Sandoski
- Rice Technical Product Update – SYNGENTA – Keith Burnell
- Rice Technical Product Update – UPL – Scott Rushing
- Sugarcane Technical Product Update – AGRINOS – Stefan Coreil
- Sugarcane Technical Product Update – KOCH AGRONOMIC SERVICES – Cullen Minter