The Pennsylvania Corn and Soybean Congress is next Thursday, Feb. 19, at Grantsville, Pa. You remembered, didn't you?

If you didn't get your reservation in, you can still catch this mid-winter meeting and trade show that draws the Mid-Atlantic's top farmers to the Grantsville Holiday Inn. It's co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Soybean Board and Pennsylvania Corn Growers Association.

"This should be a great meeting to network with other grain crop producers and advisors," says Penn State Agronomist Greg Roth. "You'll find it well worth your time to attend."

Pennsylvania Corn/Soybean Congress awaits cutting-edge farmers

On the agenda
Key topics on the agenda this year will be managing 2015 corn and soybean diseases and coping with low grain prices. Other key topics will be grain drying and storage tactics and the fundamentals of identity-preserved grain production, which is quickly becoming a "hot topic" with the growing demand for high-oleic soybeans. Breakout sessions focus on panel discussions on crop management issues in corn production and the findings of the On-Farm Network soybean testing. Session topic and speakers include:
• PA 4Rs Alliance: Eric Rosenbaum, crop and environmental advisor for Rosetree Consulting, Shillington, Pa.
• Secrets of drying, conditioning and storing small grains: Galen Julius, TAM Systems, Dillsburg, Pa.
• Transportation update: PennDOT
• Foreign trade issues: Miguel Escobar, US Soybean Export Council (USSEC)
• White mold and northern corn leaf blight: Gary Bergstrom, Cornell University plant pathologist
• 2015 Corn Management Issues: panel
• On-Farm Network Soybean update: Del Voight, Penn State Extension educator
• Fundamentals of identity-preserved grain production: Kevin Fry, agronomist, DuPont Pioneer
• Risk management (weathering low prices): Jayson Harper, Penn State ag economist

Registration, at $15 per person, opens at 8 a.m. Lunch is included. Register by calling the Pennsylvania Soybean Board at 717-651-5922 or email [email protected].