The winter meeting season is in full swing for those in the world of ag and the University of Illinois Extension is hoping you'll keep several programs coming up on the radar.

Terri Miller-Casey is the Extension Director at the Extension office in Logan, Menard, and Sangamon Counties. She is highlighting a program coming up in a week on the spotted lantern fly.

On January 30 at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield, there will be a certified crop manager training and Miller-Casey indicates this is for those with more than 300 animals and she says there is going to be a lot of good information.

Looking ahead to February, there will be a crop management conference in Champaign and Miller-Casey points out there will be a wide variety of experts presenting really good information.

One of the most popular programs of the off-season for producers is the Dudley Smith Farm winter meeting and that comes up again on Feb 16 in Christian County outside Taylorville.

On Feb. 8 there is a webinar about strategy to reduce nutrient pollution and protect waterways at 1 pm and then on March 14, there is a webinar on eliminating light pollution. 

Miller-Casey reminds if you cannot make some of these webinars or attend them in person, many are archived at the Extension website, extension.illinois.edu.