December 5 – Future Focus – MCPR Program

• Alex A. Avery - Rachel Carson Syndrome: Pesticides, Frogs and Organic Foods
• Jerry Steiner - Innovating for the Future:  World Trends, Seed Traits, and Crop Inputs
• Tim Gerlach - Drive Renewably:  Overview and Update on E85 Development

December 6 – Pesticide Safety Education

• MDA - Recertification and Licensing
• Dave Nicolai - Understanding Spray Drift and New Nozzle Technology
• MDA - Pesticide Misuse
• Tony Guck - Applicator Safety (Ag Chem Inc.)

December 6 – General Session CPM Short Course

• David Hogg - Challenges for the Land Grant University
• Roy Luedtke - Future Focus: The Advancement of Seed Genetics
• Rod Schroeder - The Distribution Channel – Changes Ahead
• Philip Pardey - A New View of the Global State of R&D for Agriculture

December 6 – Concurrent Sessions

SOIL & WATER MANAGEMENT

• Paul Bloom - Particulate Soil Phosphorus and Eutrophication in Lakes and Streams
• Norman Senjem & Adam Birr - Total Resource Management: A Practical Approach to Integrating Water Quality Practices into Farm Management

CROP MANAGEMENT

• Frank Forcella & Curt Spokas  - Predictions of Soil Conditions in Spring and Weed Behavior

INSECT MANAGEMENT

• Ian MacRae - Insects in Drought Conditions: A Very Dry Subject
• Kelley Tilmon - Soybean Aphid Threshold Studies in the Midwest

December 7 – Concurrent Sessions

OIL CROPS DISEASE MANAGMENT

• Char Hollingsworth - Sclerotinia Head Rot of Sunflower and Scab of Wheat 
• Terry Niblack - Site-Specific Management of SCN
• Dean Malvick - Sudden Death Syndrome: Bridging Experiences from Illinois and Minnesota
• Jim Kurle - Soybean Rust in Minnesota

INSECT & WEED MANAGEMENT

• Bill Johnson - Nitrogen Accumulation by Annual Weeds in Roundup Ready Corn
• Michael Owen - Glyphosate Resistance in Horseweed: Evolution, Genetics and Unforeseen Implications
• Kevin Steffey - Who Needs IPM in the 21^st Century?
• Ken Ostlie - Wrestling with CRW: Will New Transgenic Events end this Match?

NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

• George Rehm - Iron Deficiency Chlorosis:  The Nitrogen Theory Works
• Jeff Vetsch - Tillage and Nutrient Strategies for Second Year Corn Production
• Antonio Mallarino - P & K Management in Conservation Tillage Systems
• Gyles Randall - Phosphorus Management for Long-term High Corn/Soybean Yields

CROP MANAGEMENT

• Mark Seeley - Minnesota’s 2006 Summer Weather: Parched Throats and Crop Production – What Happened?
• Dennis Francis - Remote Sensing for Nitrogen Fertilizer Management
• Dave Ragsdale - Soybean Aphid Economic Thresholds Customized to your Production System
• Emerson Nafziger - The Truth about Continuous Corn