UW-Extension Wisconsin Area Soybean Conferences will be held in December on the following dates. For more information, download a brochure at http://soybean.uwex.edu/documents/08Soy_Conference.pdf

• Monday, December 15 – Centerville
  Centerville Curling Club
  W24854 State Road 54/93

• Tuesday, December 16 – Elkhorn
  Evergreen Golf Club – N6246 Hwy 12
  (Located on Hwy 12 north of Elkhorn on east side of road)

• Wednesday, December 17 – Fond du Lac
  UW Fond du Lac Center – 400 Univ. Drive
  (Campus is east of Fond du Lac. Take Hwy 23 to University Dr., turn north on University Dr.)

The agenda for each conference is as follows:

9:00 AM – Registration
Coffee, milk, rolls in exhibit area

9:30 AM – Welcome
Opening remarks by host agents

Soybean Diseases in 2008 – Lots of Interesting Questions
Dr. Paul Esker – UWEX Plant Pathologist

Strategies to Maximize Soybean Yield
Dr. Shawn Conley – UWEX Soybean Specialist

Dealing with Soybean Aphids after Mid- August, Revisiting Japanese Beetle Defoliation Thresholds
Dr. Eileen Cullen – UWEX Entomologist

What’s New in Seed, Crop Protection, and Inoculants
Various industry reps
12:15 PM – Lunch
Exhibits open and speakers available for questions

1:30 PM

Wisconsin Soybean Association News
Bob Karls, WSA/WSMB Executive Director

The DeLong Company Food Grade Soybean Programs
Steve Quade – The DeLong Company

Marketing Hints for 2009
Local grain marketing specialists

• Jim Cronin – Advance Trading
• Naomi Blohm – Stewart Peterson Group, Inc.
• Brian Doherty – Stewart Peterson Group, Inc.

New Options for Weeds in Soybean
Dr. Chris Boerboom – UWEX Weed Scientist
3:00 PM
Conference Adjourns