2008 LATMC Presentations
GENERAL SESSION TOPICS
- Louisiana Dept of Agriculture & Forestry
Mike Strain DVM - EQIP Programs
Steve Nipper, Natural Resources Conservation Service - State Issues and the Farm Bill
Brian Breaux, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation - Highlights of Recent Biological Control Reearch in Louisiana
Seth Johnson, LSU AgCenter - Drift Issues
Roberto Barbosa, LSU AgCenter - White-Tail Deer Management: Historic Perspective and Future Trends
Jim Fowler, James F. Fowler & Associates, LLC
GRAIN CROPS SESSION
- Wheat Disease Management – Boyd Padgett
- Impact of Raised Beds and Deep Tillage on the Profitability of Irrigated Soybeans Grown on Heavy Clay Soils in Mississippi
Daniel H. Poston, MS State, Delta Research & Extension - Bt Corn Traits in Louisiana and Their Associated Codes
B. Roger Leonard, Fangneng Huang, and Jack L. Baldwin, LSU AgCenter - 2007 Louisiana Corn Fungicide Results
David Lanclos, Boyd Padgett, Clayton Hollier, LSU AgCenter - Grain Sorghum Diseases
Clayton Hollier, LSU AgCenter - Louisiana Feed Grains and Soybean IPM
Jack Baldwin, Fangneng Huang, Jeff Davis, and Roger Leonard, LSU AgCenter - Louisiana Soybean IPM Update
Jack Baldwin, Jeff Davis, and Roger Leonard, LSU AgCenter - Double-Cropping Soybeans and Wheat Effectively
David Lanclos, LSU AgCenter - Stink Bug Thresholds and Control Strategies in Soybean
Roger Leonard and Jack Baldwin, LSU AgCenter
SUGARCANE BREAKOUT SESSION
- Sugarcane Borer Susceptibility of Commercial Varieties
Bill White, USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Lab - Sugarcane Ripeners: Past and Present
Ben Legendre, LSU AgCenter - Sugarcane Insects Management
Gene Reagan, Julien Beuzelin, and Waseem Akbar
LSU AgCenter - Potential Fit of Roundup Ready Sugarcane/New Herbicide Update
Jim Griffin and Joey Boudreaux, LSU AgCenter - Old and New Foes: More than One Rust and RSD
Jeff Hoy, LSU AgCenter - Optimizing Sugarcane Production Efficiency Through Fertility Management and Precision Ag
Rich Johnson, USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Lab - Smut and Yellow Leaf Disease
Mike Grisham, Jeff Hoy, Ryan Viator, Rich Johnson, and Gillian Eggleston
USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Lab - Sugarcane Ripener Research
Ed Richard, Jr., Caleb Dalley, and Ryan Viator
USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Lab - To Shred, Clip, Bushhog, Etc.
Ryan Viator, USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Lab, Windell Jackson and Herman Waguespack, American Sugar Cane League, and Blaine Viator, Consultant - Impact of Rust Diseases on the Florida Sugarcane Industry
Jim Shine, Florida Sugarcane Growers CooperativeMaking Grain Crops Fit in a Sugarcane Production System
Ronald Gonsoulin, Ulysse Gonsoulin & Sons - Sugarcane Variety Identification
Herman Waguespack, American Sugar Cane League
SUGARCANE PRODUCT UPDATES
- Following Up On the “Duson Strain”
Jerry McGee and Lance Rodriguez, Consultants - Product Updates
Rusty Mitchell, FMC Corporation - Thimet Application in Smartbox for Use in Sugarcane
Tim Ford, Amvac Chemical Corporation - Product Update
Kevin Stewart, Gowan Company
RICE BREAKOUT SESSION
- Cercospora Disease Complex in Rice
Clayton Hollier and Don Groth, LSU AgCenter - New Insecticides
Natalie Hummel and Mike Stout, LSU AgCenter - The Panicle Rice Mite: Identification, Scouting, and Possible Management Options
Natalie Hummel, LSU AgCenter - Integrating Insect Pest Management and Crawfish Production
Mike Stout and Ray McClain, LSU AgCenter - Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms in Rice
Johnny Saichuk, LSU AgCenter - Using Pre-Emergence Herbicides in Rice Production
Johnny Saichuk, LSU AgCenter - Mexican Rice Borer and Other Rice Pests
M.O. “Mo” Way, Texas A&M University
RICE PRODUCT UPDATES
- AGROTAIN: Improved Nitrogen Efficiency
Jimmy D. Johnson, Agrotain International - Permit: Plan with Purple
Kevin Stewart, Gowan Company - Product Update
Alvin Rhodes, BASF Corporation - Product Update
Steve Lee, United Phosphorus, Inc. - Preplant Burndown to Rice
Toby McCown, Dupont Crop Protection
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
- New Products
Alan Hopkins, Bayer CropScience - Product Review
Richard Myers, Cheminova - Cottonseed and Traits Overview
Hunter Fife, Dow AgroSciences - 2008 Product Update
Rusty Mitchell, FMC Corporation - Label Changes and Additions for 2008
Jim Scruggs, Nichino America, Inc. - New Products Update
Robert Prince, Syngenta & NK Seeds - STRADA, Introduction and Overview
Frank Lequerica, Isagro USA - GreenSeeker: Variable Rate Application and Mapping Systems
Briley Tomlinson, AIM - Product Update
Steve Lee, United Phosphorus, Inc. - AGROTAIN: Improved Nitrogen Efficiency
Jimmy D. Johnson, Agrotain International - Product Line Overview
Joseph A. Hickey, Arysta LifeScience - Product and Label Update Steve Crawford, Dupont Crop Protection
- Product Update
Bill Odle, Valent USA Corporation - Bidrin Product Update Tim Ford, Amvac Chemical Corporation
- Product Update
Alvin Rhodes, BASF Corporation - Product Update
Scott Martin, Syngenta Crop Protection
COTTON BREAKOUT SESSION
- Interpreting GIS Data and Developing Site-Specific Treatment Prescriptions for Precision Agriculture Applications
Kevin S. McCarter, LSU AgCenter - Plant Bug Management – Reducing the Cost Using BMPs
R. D. Bagwell - Evaluating Avicta Complete Pack Plus Telon II and Low-High Nitrogen Rates
LSU AgCenter - (Controversial) Issues in Cotton Production
Bob Nichols, Cotton Incorporated - Mid-South Sampling Protocols and Action Threshholds for Tarnished Plant Bug
Fred Musser, Mississippi State University - Identifying and Managing Multiple Stresses in Cotton
C. Overstreet, M. Wolcott, E. C. Overstreet, M. Wolcott, E. Burris, LSU AgCenter - Nitrogen Rates and Mepiquat Chloride Effects on Cotton Lint Yield and Quality
M. W. Ebelhar, W. R. Meredith, Jr. and R. A. Welch
Delta Research and Extension Center, Stoneville, Mississippi - Earliness – What Is It and How Can It Be Managed?
Sandy Stewart, LSU AgCenter - eXtension – Cotton Website Launch
Sandy Stewart, LSU AgCenter - Wheat/Cotton Double-Crop Management
Rob Ferguson and Sandy Stewart, LSU AgCenter - Review of Cotton Seed Treatments
Patrick D. Colyer, LSU AgCenter - IPM Considerations for Double-Cropping Cotton & Wheat
Roger Leonard, LSU AgCenter - A Consultant’s Perspective on Managing Weed Resistance
Billy McLawhorn, McLawhorn Crop Services - Cotton Weed Control/Weed Resistance
Donnie K. Miller, LSU AgCenter - Cotton Foliar Diseases
Boyd Padgett, LSU AgCenter - Status Report: On Board Module Picker Systems
Herb Willcutt