Thursday
July 17
Registration at 8 a. m.
Northwest Research and Outreach Ctr.
2900 University Avenue, Crookston, Minnesota 56716
The annual U of M Northwest Research and Outreach Center (NWROC)
Field Day is scheduled for Thursday, July 17, 2008, beginning with
registration and coffee at 8 a.m.
Visitors are asked to come to the NWROC’s North Agronomy Farm,
approximately 1.0 mile north of the University of Minnesota
Crookston (UMC) campus on Highway 75. Parking areas will be marked.
The morning tours begin at 8:30 a.m. Topics on the
morning tour include:
| HRSW Variety Update |
Dr. Jim Anderson
U of MN Spring Wheat Breeder |
| Barley Variety Update |
Dr. Kevin Smith
U of MN Barley Breeder |
| Weed Control in Small Grains |
Dr. Bev Durgan
U of MN Director and Weed
Scientist |
| HR Winter Wheat Production |
Dr. Jochum Wiersma
U of MN Small Grains
Agronomist |
| Soybean
Aphid Update |
Dr. Ian MacRae
U of MN Entomologist |
| Did I
Plant My Beans Too Early and Will My Corn and Beans Make
It?
|
Mr. Russ Severson
U of MN Extension Educator, Crops |
| Getting
smarter With Nitrogen in Wheat |
Dr. Al Sims
U of MN Soil Scientist
|
| Mist irrigated
screening nurseries for evaluation of wheat fungicides
and Sclerotinia head rot of sunflowers |
Dr. Char Hollingsworth
U of MN Plant Pathologist
|
A complimentary lunch will be served at noon.
The Small Grain and Sunflower Disease Nursery
receives a frequent aerial misting to promote a higher incidence and
severity of small grain pathogens. The likelihood
of seeing infections will be higher at these sites and allow for
better discussion and visual observations of grain diseases.
For further information, Dr. Jochum Wiersma,
Small Grains Agronomist, NWROC, Crookston, MN 56716. Phone
218-281-8629 or 281-280-0123.
http://nwroc.umn.edu
