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Getting It Right canola webinar set for March 9

North Dakota State University Extension will offer the 2023 Getting It Right Canola Production webinar on Thursday, March 9. The Zoom webinar begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at noon CST. Certified Crop Advisor Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available.

The conference will consist of two parts. The first half features live presentations about canola cultivar considerations, plant establishment and plant development, weed management, fertilizer recommendations, and intercropping in canola. After a short break, the webinar will continue with live presentations about insect management, clubroot, blackleg and sclerotinia in canola, market updates, and biofuels canola.

Speakers include Bryan Hanson, NDSU research agronomist; Brian Jenks, NDSU Extension weed scientist; Dave Franzen, NDSU Extension soil science specialist; Justin Jacobs, NDSU irrigation research specialist; Venkat Chapara, NDSU assistant agriculture experiment station specialist; Randy Martinson, Martinson Ag Risk Management market analyst; Anitha Chirumamilla, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist; Travis Prochaska, NDSU Extension crop protection specialist; and Dave Ripplinger, NDSU Extension bioproducts/bioenergy economist.

Speakers will entertain questions at the end of each talk and the audience are encouraged to participate.

The conference is free. To register, visit http://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/events/getting-it-right-canola-production-conference.

This event is sponsored by the Northern Canola Growers Association.