Crop Watch, December 14, 2007: Fremont Corn Expo Offers Growers Solutions<p>

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

December 14, 2007

Fremont Corn Expo Offers Growers Solutions

The Fremont Corn Expo Jan. 9 will provide producers and agribusiness professionals ideas and strategies to remain competitive in the challenging corn industry.

Registration for the free event begins at 8 a.m. with a free breakfast and a chance to view exhibits. The expo, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the main arena at Christensen Field in Fremont, is designed for growers, crop consultants, agronomists, seed corn representatives and others looking to improve corn production, marketing and utilization. A complimentary lunch will be served.

The expo highlights topics identified by corn growers as important to their farming operations. This year's program topics include: ethanol myth busters, economics of corn fungicides, pros and cons of strip-till, new strategies for hybrid selection, and a corn industry update. Dale Flowerday will share his corn production insights based on several decades of corn production experience.

"The Fremont Corn Expo is a great opportunity for producers to fine-tune their production and marketing practices going into the 2008 growing season," said University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Educator Dave Varner. "Participants will leave the expo with information that they can use immediately and long-term."

A special nitrogen applicator certification training will be conducted for Lower Platte North Natural Resources District producers immediately following the expo.

For more information contact Varner at (402) 727-2775 or dvarner1@unl.edu. Exhibitor space is available.

The Fremont Corn Expo is sponsored by UNL Extension, Colfax-Dodge County Corn Growers, Nebraska Corn Growers Association, Nebraska Corn Board, Fremont Area Chamber Agricultural Business Council, Dodge County Farm Bureau and area agribusinesses.

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© 2007 by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. All rights reserved.

Published by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperating with the counties and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran's status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.