Cropping Systems Team Menu Nov. 2012/2013 Signature Programs Core & Pilot Programs Professional Development Opportunities: Tillage Systems Profitability Equipment & Technologies Nov 27-28: North Dakota Ag Expo, Fargodome Jan 9-11: ManDak Zero Till Workshop, Ramkota Inn, Bismarck ND Jan 21-23: Precision Ag Conference, Jamestown Jan 23-25: KMOT Ag Expo, Minot Mar 13-14: The International Sugarbeet Institute Show FargoDome, Fargo Sept. 10-12, 2013: Big Iron, West Fargo fairgrounds Managing soil fertility for profitable crop production Managing & Reclaiming Saline/Sodic Soils Nov. 18-20, 2012 ND Assn. of Soil Conservation Districts Annual Meeting Jan 8: Burleigh County SCD Soil Health Workshop, Ramkota Inn, Bismarck Jan. 24-26 Red River Basin Commission Land & Water International Summit, Alerus, GF Jan. 16 Soil/Water Training, FargoDome, Fargo Managing soil water through drainage & irrigation Protecting Crops from Pests Dec. 13: Western North Dakota Crops Day, Hettinger Armory, Hettinger Jan. 9: Sugarbeet Research Reporting Session, Holiday Inn, Fargo Jan. 9-10: National Sunflower Association Research Reporting Session Ramada Plaza Fargo. Jan. 15 Wide World of Weeds, FargoDome, Fargo Jan. 15: Diversity, Direction and Dollars, Dickenson ND Feb. 7-8 Advanced Crop Advisers Workshop Fargo Feb. 26-27 Western Crop and Pest Management School, Seven Seas Inn, Minot Mar. 4-5 Eastern Crop Scout School, FargoDome, Fargo June 20 (Tentative) Crop Management Field School; Carrington REC Selecting appropriate varieties/hybrids Dec 12-13: Prairie Grains Conference, Grand Forks Jan 8-9: Lake Region Roundup, Devils Lakes Jan 17-18: Bean Day, Holiday Inn, Fargo Jan 21-22; Northern Pulse Growers Annual Convention, Minot Jan 30: Best of the Best Wheat and Soybean, Carrington Jan 31: Best of the Best Wheat and Barley, Doublewood, Bismarck Feb. 5-6: International Hard Wheat Show, Williston Feb 6: Best of the Best 2012, Grand Forks Alerus Feb 7: Best of the Best, Courtyard, Moorhead Feb 13: Canola Day, Langdon REC Feb. 19: Soybean Expo Fargo Holiday Inn Feb 20-21: International Crop Expo - Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND Feb 20: Con Growers Annual Meeting, Holiday Inn, Fargo Dec 11-12, 2013: Prairie Grains Conference, Alerus Grand Forks Mar 27-28, 2014: Flax Institute, Fargo Using Farm Chemicals Safely Nov. 14: Agent/Secretary Inservice via IVN Nov. 20: Agent/Secretary Inservice via WIMBA/Blackboard TBA Oct. 2013: New Agent/New Secretary Inservice, Fargo Efficiently drying & storing grain Other Opportunities July 18: USDA Friends and Neighbors Day, Mandan, ND Oct. 21-24: 2012 ASA-CSSA-SSA: Cincinnati, OH Oct. 3-6: 2013 ASA-CSSA-SSA, Tampa FL Nov. 11-14: 2012 Entomological Society of America, Knoxville TN Nov. 17-20: 2013 Entomological Society of America, Austin TX Feb. 4-7: 2013 WSSA annual meeting –Baltimore, MD Feb. 3-6: 2014 WSSA annual meeting – Vancouver, BC Dec 4-6, 2012: National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, Orlando FL Jan. 11-12, 2012: MN Organic Conference, St. Cloud MN Jan. 24-26, 2013: Northern Plains Sustainable Ag Society, Best Western Ramkota, Aberdeen SD Sept 15-20, 2013 NACAA Assn. Meeting/Professional Development with Galaxy, Pittsburg, PA July 20-24, 2014: NACCA Assn. Meeting/Prof. Development, Mobile, AL