Wheat variety tour, wheat disease management, cover crops, soil health, and pasture considerations among topics
PARSONS, Kan. – After months of hosting educational events virtually because of COVID-19, K-State Research and Extension will host its Spring Crops Field Day in person on Wednesday, May 19 at its Southeast Research and Extension Center, 25092 Ness Road in Parsons.
Registration is 8:30-9 a.m. for the program, which includes:
• Tour of Wheat Variety Plots (41 varieties) – Allan Fritz, K-State wheat breeder, Lonnie Mengarelli, K-State research assistant and seed company representatives.
• Fusarium Head Blight Control: Timing and Formulation – Kelsey Andersen Onofre, K-State plant pathologist.
• Cover Crops, Soil Health, and Weed Control – Anita Dille, K-State weed ecologist.
• Pasture Fertility and Weed Control – Bruno Pedreira, K-State regional agronomist.
Numerous sponsors will have displays and representatives available to answer questions about products and services. A sack lunch will be served after the field tours.
In case of rain, the program will be held indoors. More information and advance registration is available by contacting the K-State Wildcat Extension District Altamont office at 620-784-5337 or the Southeast Research and Extension Center at 620-820-6131.
K State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county extension offices, experiment fields, area extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K State campus in Manhattan. For more information, visit www.ksre.ksu.edu. K-State Research and Extension is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
For more information:
Southeast Research and Extension Center
620-820-6131
Written by:
Mary Lou Peter
[email protected]
