Helping growers make informed decisions at planting starts with understanding early season crop nutritional needs and factors that can limit growth, like disease. Take this course to help growers choose starter fertilizer and soil- or seed applied fungicides to meet their needs.
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Bruce Carlson is a Technical Specialist with CHS Agronomy. Before joining the company four years ago, he worked for DuPont/Pioneer for 27 years working in varies roles. Roles included Account Manager, Technical Rep. and Field Agronomist. Bruce graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Soil Science and Agronomy.
Brandon Schrage was raised on a small family farm in Southern Illinois. He has advanced degrees in Plant and Soil Science, Weed Science, Crop Science and Entomology from Southern Illinois University — Carbondale, the University of Arkansas, and North Carolina State University. He has held several positions with Alvey Ag Research, SGS, Soygenetics, LLC., Growmark, BASF and since 2018, FMC. His experience encompasses weed, insect and disease management in corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, cotton, rice, dry beans, sunflowers, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts. Brandon is a certified pesticide applicator, certified crop consultant, certified commercial drone pilot, volunteer fire fighter, and Knight of Columbus. In his current role, he is responsible for research and development, technical training and sales support in the Great Plains with focus on Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and Wyoming cropping systems.