The University of Minnesota Extension is again offering educational sessions for farmers wanting to learn how to maximize economic return on nitrogen investments while minimizing N losses and impact on the environment.

The day-long Nitrogen Smart training is broken into two components: the morning session covers research-based N fundamentals and the afternoon session covers more advanced material.

Overall, producers will learn about:

Nitrogen Smart certification is valid for three years after participants complete the fundamentals course. The advanced session is available to returning participants or to new participants that attend the morning fundamentals course.

The 14 Nitrogen Smart meetings scheduled are:

All meetings will begin with the fundamentals session at 9 a.m. The advanced session at each site begins at 1 p.m.

The Fairmont, Parkers Prairie, Plainview and Pine City sites also will have a Manure Management Advanced program. The rest of the sites will have the new advanced session, which is titled, "A Deep Dive Into the 4Rs."

Brad Carlson, U-M Extension educator, says farmers who have not attended Nitrogen Smart are encouraged to attend the fundamentals session as well as the afternoon session.

“Previous attendees can attend the morning session if they want or just come to the afternoon advanced session,” Carlson says.

No pre-registration required and there is no cost to attend.

Nitrogen Smart is presented by University of Minnesota Extension, funded by the Minnesota Corn Growers Association and hosted by the Minnesota Agriculture Water Resource Center.

For more information, contact Carlson at the Mankato Regional Office, 507-389-6745, or email him at [email protected].

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