It will be all about sugarbeets during University of Idaho Extension’s annual Snake River Sugarbeet Conference planned for Wednesday, Dec. 9 in Boise and Thursday, Dec. 10 in Burley.
Intended primarily for farmers, crop advisors and crop consultants, the conference will explore topics ranging from seed biotechnology to nematode identification and management and Cercospora leaf spot biology and management.
Other topics include herbicide resistance, petiole sampling, crop insurance, irrigation management, GMOs, webworm biology and management, and rodent biology and management.
The Boise session is planned at the Wyndham Garden Boise Airport Hotel. The Burley session is at the Best Western Plus Burley Inn.
The seminars begin with registration at 7 a.m. MST and adjourn at 3:45 p.m. Registration costs $27 through Dec. 4, then $37 after that at uidaho.edu/SugarBeetConference. Checks may also be made out to University of Idaho Bursar and mailed to University of Idaho, Attn: Jami Whited, PO Box 1827, Twin Falls, ID 83303-1827
Continuing education credits will be available for certified crop advisors and pesticide applicators for those attending from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture and Oregon State Department of Agriculture.
More information is available from Jami Whited at (208) 736-3605 and jwhited@uidaho.edu.