Session: Symposium--Extension Programs and/or Recommendations Addressing Input Costs and Commodity Prices

Monday, November 2, 2009: 12:55 PM-4:30 PM

Convention Center, Room 324, Third Floor

Presiding:

Clain Jones

Organizer:

Curtis R. Thompson

12:55 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:00 PM

Modifying Yield-Goal Based Fertilizer Recommendations to Varying Prices of Grains and Inputs.
Kevin Dhuyvetter, Kansas State Univ.; Terry Kastens, Kansas State Univ.; Dorivar Ruiz Diaz, Kansas State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

Development of a User-Friendly Tool to Determine Economically Optimum Nitrogen Rates for Small Grains.
Clain Jones, Montana State Univ.; Duane Griffith, Montana State Univ.; Grant Jackson, Montana State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

Adding An Economic Component to the University of Nebraska Nitrogen Corn Recommendation Procedures.
Charles Shapiro, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Achim Dobermann, Intl. Rice Res. Inst. (IRRI); Richard Ferguson, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Gary Hergert, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dan Walters, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; Charles Wortmann, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; David Tarkalson, USDA-ARS

Audio File Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

Addressing Plant Nutrient Price Volatility in Mississippi Extension Programming.
J. Larry Oldham, Mississippi State Univ.; Rocky Lemus, Mississippi State Univ. Ext. Service

Audio File Recorded presentation

3:15 PM

Fertilizer Input Costs: Perceptions and Strategies.
Peter Scharf, Univ. of Missouri; Raymond E. Massey, Univ. of Missouri; Julie A. Abendroth, Univ. of Missouri; Newell Kitchen, USDA-ARS; Ken Sudduth, USDA-ARS

Audio File Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

Using Input Costs and Anticipated Commodity Prices to Determine Whether to Plant Corn.
Ronnie Heiniger, North Carolina State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

Discussion

4:25 PM

Concluding Remarks

4:30 PM

Adjourn

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