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Field Crop
Scout School
Saturday, March 7, 2015
Registration – 8:00 am
Program – 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Scheman Building, Iowa State Center
Ames, Iowa
Instructors
Bob Hartzler
Extension weed specialist
Iowa State University
The Iowa State University Extension Field Crop Scout School is a comprehensive
crop scouting course designed for individuals with little or no previous scouting
experience and plan to work as crop scouts. The school provides an introductory,
classroom approach to corn and soybean crop scouting in the Midwest. Primary topics
include soybean growth and development, and disease, insect and weed identification.
Additional topics include pesticide groups and modes of action along with common
injury symptoms.
Erin Hodgson
Extension entomologist
Iowa State University
Registration is $100 and must be received prior to midnight, February 27.
Pre-registration is required to attend. Registration may be completed online with a
credit card or by mail using the registration form on the reverse side.
Mark Johnson
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University
School format
Erik Christian
Lecturer, Agronomy
Iowa State University
Mark Licht
Extension systems agronomist
Iowa State University
Daren Mueller
Extension plant pathologist
Iowa State University
Virgil Schmitt
Extension field agronomist
Iowa State University
Learn more and
register online at
www.aep.iastate.edu/scout
Attendees will be split into two groups and rotate through two sessions to open the
day. Extension Field Agronomists will provide crop scouting tips and tricks in one
session, and an overview of plant and pest samples available for students in the other.
These samples will be available throughout the course for students to return to and
review. Students will then attend general sessions that are shorter and focused on
specific crop scouting skills. The course concludes with a review session covering the
main concepts learned throughout the day. Iowa State University Extension Specialists,
Field agronomists, and staff members will be available to review samples and answer
questions.
Program overview
8:00 am
Registration, morning refreshments – 1st floor lobby, Scheman Building
8:30 and
9:30
Sessions 1 and 2: Class splits into two groups and rotate between two topics.
1. Scouting tips and tricks and 2. Hands-on practicum with samples and displays
10:30
Break
10:45
Corn and soybean growth and development
11:45
Lunch (provided)
12:30 pm
Insects
1:15
Weeds
2:00
Break
2:15
Crop diseases
3:00
Review session, time with instructors and samples
4:00
School adjourns
Field Crop Scout School | registration
March 7, 2015 | Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa
Please use a separate registration form
for each individual.
Registration includes lunch,
refreshment breaks and course
materials.
Registration deadline is midnight,
February 27, 2015. Pre-registration
is required to attend this course
and walk-in registrations will not be
accepted.
After acceptance of your registration a
receipt will be provided by e-mail.
Cancellations requesting a refund must
be received by midnight, February 27,
2015. Call (515) 294-6429 or email
[email protected] to cancel your
registration.
Registrations are not accepted by
telephone. Submit this form with
check payment or register online with
a VISA, MasterCard or Discover card
at www.aep.iastate.edu/scout
Location
The course will be held at the
Scheman Building, Iowa State Center
on the ISU campus in Ames. Maps
and directions are available at
www.aep.iastate.edu/scout
Register online at
www.aep.iastate.edu/scout
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Registration - $100 (deadline midnight, February 27)
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To register by mail, please complete this form, attach a check payable
to Iowa State University and mail to:
ANR Program Services, 1151 NSRIC, Ames, IA 50011-3310
DO NOT send registrations or credit card information by e-mail.
For questions about the scout school program please contact:
Warren Pierson, Extension program specialist, at [email protected] or
(515) 509-8308.
For assistance with registration, receipts, billing, cancellation or
questions on the status of your registration contact
ANR Program Services at [email protected] or (515) 294-6429.
… and justice for all
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination
in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national
origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual
orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases
apply to all programs.) Many materials can be made available
in alternative formats for ADA clients. To file a complaint of
discrimination, write USDA, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W,
Whitten Building, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington,
DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964. Issued in furtherance of
Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in
cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Cathann A.
Kress, director, Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University
of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.