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Agri-Energy Expectations will be the opening topic for this year's Crop Management Conference in Columbia, MO. Dr. James Fischer from the U.S. Dept. of Energy will present the keynote address, focusing on how American agriculture currently uses energy and how it could lead in the development of a future where energy is clean, abundant, reliable and affordable, both on and off the farm. Dr. Fischer grew up on a Missouri family farm, has served as a professor of Agricultural Engineering, and is currently a Senior Technical Advisor at DOE.

Following Dr. Fischer's presentation, a range of crop management topics will be presented in one-hour breakout sessions. Topics will include:

• no-till crop management
• weed, insect, & disease updates
• economics of herbicide resistance
• corn diseases
• soybean insects
• best management practices for nitrogen
• weed seedling identification
• conservation planning for NRCS
• summer pasture options
• a new federal drought-tracking program
• hay and manure as nutrient sources
• crop/animal systems to utilize wet distillers grains

A total of 11.5 Certified Crop Advisor CEUs is anticipated. The conference will take place on December 5 & 6, 2006 at the Holiday Inn Select at I-70 exit 124 in Columbia, MO.

Peter Scharf
573-882-0777