Extension offers Ag education online

The COVID-19 pandemic has fostered diverse ways to work and study. Area farmers and agribusiness people, who use the winter to prepare for the coming crop seasons, are utilizing Zoom for training.

The University of Missouri Extension is scheduling its winter crop meetings through Zoom and offering them in shorter spans of time across a few dates in January.

Anthony Ohmes, extension agronomy specialist, said, “the soybean and corn meeting will be combined and consolidated to two hours.”

The first meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jan. 14, covering policy updates from corn and soybean associations, market outlook and weed management, Ohmes said.

The registration link for the meeting is: https://extension.missouri.edu/events/2021-corn-and-soybean-virtual-crop-conference .

To register – click on the yellow REGISTRATION button next to the description. Additional crop meetings can be found at: https://extension.missouri.edu/events/2021-northern-missouri-soils-and-crops-conference .

The winter forage meeting series will be on Wednesday mornings, starting Jan. 13. The weekly topics are feeding stored forages, native forages for Missouri, beef nutrition, livestock farm profitability and cutting edge-pasture fertility.

To register and obtain more information: https://extension.missouri.edu/events/2021-statewide-forage-and-livestock-series .

Those needing a variety of training and testing may find them available online at https://varietytesting.missouri.edu/

Private Pesticide Applicator Training for 2021 may be done online, and the dates may be found on the MU Pesticide Applicator website: https://extension.missouri.edu/programs/pesticide-applicator-training/pat-remote

To speak with Ohmes, call 573-243-3581.