Innovative Youth Corn Challenge. Orientation, 2015

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1 Innovative Youth Corn Challenge Orientation, 2015

2 What do these products have in common?

3 teams from 12 counties

4 Housekeeping Items Photo Permission Double Check Contact Info Materials coming via mail: 1. Notebook Past teams do you only want new resources? 2. IYCC Kit

5 Activity Testing your knowledge of corn growth and development!

6 Going down the row Notebook contents Setting up your plots Questions for us Additional resources Facebook, website, coming soon: YouTube Videos Banquet

7 Notebook & Kits

8 Each kit contains: Rain Gauge Soil Thermometer Seed Depth Gage Scouting for Corn Diseases Pocket Guide Corn Pocket Guide Corn Growth & Development Manual Each Team will receive Hybrid Maize Model

9 Notebook Sections also online (cropwatch.unl.edu/youth) Getting Started Entomology 101 Pathology 101 Soil, Fertility & Weeds 101 Irrigation 101 Keeping it Real Careers Galore! Other Resources

10 Getting Started IYCC Summary Participant Checklist Scientific Method to set up plots What is On-Farm Research? Project Proposal, Innovation Explanation Postmarked by June 1st Scouting Sheets Rainfall & Soil Temp. worksheets Growth stages

11 Plot Layout Example 1 1

12 Plot Layout Example

13 BONUS POINTS Conducting Randomized & Replicated Plots Following the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network protocols found at

14 DURING Growing Season Scout Plot Record any differences Take pictures Identify pests Record products or work done to plot Learn Have Fun!!!

15 AFTER HARVEST (will be posted on website later this month) Harvest Report Production Records Innovation Explanation Attend Banquet! Tentatively scheduled for January 15, 2016 on UNL s East Campus or Raising Nebraska in Grand Island

16 Entomology Basic Insect ID Corn Insect Guides

17 Pathology Basic Pathology Corn Disease Profiles Figure from: PlantDiseaseManagement.aspx

18 Soils, Fertility & Weeds Common Annual Weeds in NE Crops Importance of soil Soil Sampling Guidelines Fertilizer Suggestions for Corn

19 Irrigation 101 Irrigation history, basics Irrigation Mgmt. for Corn Predicting the last Irrigation Other resource: water.unl.edu

20 Keeping It Real Nebraska Crop Budgets Excel sheet online

21 Careers Galore Agricultural Career Opportunities CASNR College Majors

22 Other Resources Methods for Calculating Corn Yield Estimating Corn Yields Innovation Begins.

23 Innovation The process of coming up with new ideas, products, collaborations, services, and solutions that can be used! What are current trends? Locally? State or Nationally? Internationally?

24 Innovation Brainstorm with your team (or individually) for any/all products, practices, etc. you could practice. Write as fast as you can, draw pictures, get the ideas out!

25 Innovation Consider: What obstacles might arise? What strategies can you use if you face those obstacles? What will success of your project look like?

26 Additional Resources Facebook: innovativeyouthcornchallenge Website: cornchallenge Coming soon: YouTube Videos

27 Questions for Us?

28 Banquet January 15, 2016 at UNL s East Campus or Raising Nebraska in Grand Island

29 Brandy VanDeWalle (402) Aaron Nygren (402) Amy Timmerman (402) Randy Pryor (402) Innovative Youth Corn Challenge Orientation, 2015