1.0 CEUs – Crop Management
Enrollment Fee: $10
Course Number: 24CMC-CM-57649
Giovani Preza Fontes is an Assistant Professor and Extension Field Crop Specialist with the University of Illinois. In this presentation, Preza Fontes discusses the benefits and management of cover crops, emphasizing their role in reducing soil erosion, suppressing weeds, and enhancing soil organic matter. He highlights the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy's goals and shares research data demonstrating the effectiveness of cover crops in reducing nutrient losses. Practical management tips and resources for implementing cover crops are also provided.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2024 Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you do not need CEUs, use this link to view the presentation.
For questions about the course, please contact Megan Weber (megannr2@illinois.edu).
1.0 CEUs – Crop Management
Enrollment Fee: $10
Course Number: 24CMC-CM-57629
Trent Ford is the state climatologist at the University of Illinois. In this presentation, Ford discusses utilizing weather and climate information for agricultural management. He highlights various tools and services, such as the Midwestern Regional Climate Center's cli-MATE system, the State Climatologist Office's maps and drought monitoring, and the Climate Prediction Center's outlooks. Ford emphasizes the importance of feedback from the agricultural community and encouraged participation in monitoring programs like CMOR and CoCoRaHS to improve climate services.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2024 Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you do not need CEUs, use this link to view the presentation.
For questions about the course, please contact Megan Weber (Email "megannr2@illinois.edu").
0.5 CEUs – Crop Management
Enrollment Fee: $5
Course Number: 24CMC-CM-57742
Jessica Rutkoski is an Assistant Professor and wheat breeder at the University of Illinois. In this presentation, Rutkoski discusses advancements in wheat genetics and management, focusing on the profitability of wheat and double crop soybean systems in Illinois. She highlights key factors affecting profitability, such as yield, test weight, vomitoxin levels, and early harvest, and emphasizes the importance of selecting the best wheat varieties and implementing proper management practices.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2024 Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you would like to view this presentation and do not need CEUs, it can be viewed here.
For questions about the course, please contact Megan Weber (megannr2@illinois.edu).
1.0 CEUs – Crop Management
Enrollment Fee: $10
Course Number: 25CMC-CM-58209Trent Ford is the State Climatologist at the University of Illinois. Ford discusses the causes and impacts of wind in Illinois, emphasizing its effects on agriculture and infrastructure. He explains that wind results from pressure differences and varies seasonally, with the strongest winds in spring. Ford highlights strategies to mitigate wind damage, such as using windbreaks and maintaining soil cover, and addresses the challenges of linking wind events to climate change.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2025 Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you would like to view this presentation and do not need CEUs, it can be viewed here.
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For questions about the course, please contact Megan Weber (megannr2@illinois.edu).
1.0 CEUs – Crop Management
Enrollment Fee: $10
Course Number: 23CMC-CM-57136
Emerson Nafziger is a Professor Emeritus and retired Extension Agronomist for the University of Illinois. In this presentation, Nafziger discusses the unusual 2022 growing season and its implications for agronomic decisions in 2023. It covers the planting, development, and harvest of corn and soybeans, highlighting the impact of weather patterns, particularly rainfall, on crop performance. The presentation also examines nitrogen management, planting dates, and the use of new technologies like Pivot Bio and short corn hybrids. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of adapting strategies based on the previous year's experiences to optimize future crop yields.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2023 Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you do not need CEUs, use this link to view the presentation.
For questions about the course, please contact Megan Weber (megannr2@illinois.edu).
1.0 CEUs – Crop Management
Enrollment Fee: $10
Course Number: 23CMC-CM-57132
Giovani Preza Fontes is an Assistant Professor and Extension Field Crop Specialist with the University of Illinois. In this presentation, Preza Fontes discusses a three-year study on reducing nitrate leaching using in-season split nitrogen application and cereal rye cover crops. The study finds that these practices significantly reduce nitrate leaching without negatively impacting corn yields when managed properly.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2023 Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you would like to view this presentation and do not need CEUs, it can be viewed here.
For questions about the course, please contact Megan Weber (megannr2@illinois.edu).
Dr. Emerson Nafziger reviews how corn and soybean yields (by region) and weather have changed in Illinois over the past 40 years, and shows how that information can be used to develop weather-yield models for each crop. He then discusses global climate change, including causes and current trends in temperatures and in CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Illinois weather, predicted under climate change through 2075, were used along with the models developed to predict yield trends over the next 55 years.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2021 Virtual Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you would like to view this presentation and do not need CEUs, it can be viewed here.
1.0 CEU - Crop Management
Dr. Emerson Nafziger reviews how Illinois corn and soybean yields are expected to change over the coming decades, how crop management has changed to support recent increases in crop yield in Illinois, and how management may need to change over the coming decades to support changes in crop yields.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2021 Virtual Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you would like to view this presentation and do not need CEUs, it can be viewed here.
0.5 CEUs - Crop Management
Grain entrapment is an agricultural injury in which a person enters a grain bin or silo to dislodge a blockage caused by out-of-condition grain and becomes partially or fully entrapped or engulfed in grain. Each year in the US, approximately 30-grain entrapments occur, with roughly 50% of the people entrapped dying. In this session, Dr. Salah Issa explores these incidents and tries to provide answers regarding the cause of injury and death in grain entrapment, engulfment, and extrication.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2021 Virtual Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you would like to view this presentation and do not need CEUs, it can be viewed here.
0.5 CEUs - Crop Management
Mr. Philip Alberti discusses the current status of industrial hemp in Illinois, focusing on the various hemp production strategies and research efforts being conducted for grain, fiber, and cannabinoid production.
This presentation was originally produced for the 2021 Virtual Crop Management Conference. If you received CEUs for this presentation while attending that conference, you are not eligible for additional CEUs for completing this course module. If you would like to view this presentation and do not need CEUs, it can be viewed here.
0.5 CEUs - Crop Management