Submitted by: agcomm,  Thu Dec 18 12:35:24 1997


                        December 18, 1997
 
Corn Symposium Set For Jan. 8 and 9 in Fargo
 
     The third annual Tri-State Corn Symposium will be Thursday
and Friday, Jan. 8 and 9, at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, N.D.  On
Thursday, symposium exhibits will be open from 4 to 7 p.m., on
Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
     Four corn production sessions will be offered on Friday.  
Richard Zollinger, weed specialist for the NDSU Extension
Service, will present "Corn Herbicides/Weed Management"; Paul
Gaspar, agronomy research coordinator for Pioneer Hi-bred
International, will talk about "Row Spacing and Plant
Populations--Strategies for Corn"; Dave Dornback of Novartis Seed
will speak on the "Future of Genetic Engineering"; and Ken
Hellevang, ag engineer with the NDSU Extension Service, will team
up with Bill Wilke, extension engineer with the University of
Minnesota, to present information on "Corn Drying and
Handling/Maintaining Quality."  These sessions will be presented
from 9:30 until 3:00. 
     Keynote speaker at lunch on Friday will be John Green,
director of production and education for the National Corn
Growers Association.
     To register for the symposium, send your name, address and a
$10 check to NDSU Extension Service, Cass County, Box 2806,
Fargo, ND 58108.  Make check payable to Cass County Extension
Service.  Registration must be received by Jan. 2.  For more
information call (701) 241-5700
     The symposium is sponsored by the NDSU Extension Service,
University of Minnesota Extension Service, South Dakota State
University Extension Service and the Golden Growers Cooperative.
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NDSU Agriculture Communication
Source: Dale Siebert (701) 642-7793
Editor: Barry Brissman (701) 231-7866