A new event, “Bean Growers Day in Grant" will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the Stumpf International Wheat Center in Grant, Nebraska.
The event was created to provide southwestern Nebraska growers and industry representatives with easier access to valuable and current information on dry bean production, said John Thomas, Nebraska Extension educator.
“Southwest Nebraska, or the Perkins County area, is a very important bean growing region,” Thomas said. “Most of our bean grower meetings are held in the Panhandle, so we decided to hold one for growers outside of the Panhandle.”
Nebraska Extension specialists, educators and members from the dry bean industry will present on a variety of topics.
Topics for the day include:
- Weed management (Palmer Amaranth)
- Disease management
- Irrigation and water management
- Fertility and soil
- Insect issues
- Dry bean industry update
The event will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. MT, Aug. 20, with lunch included, at the Stumpf International Wheat Center, 76025 Rd 329, in Grant. The event and lunch are free, but registration by Friday, Aug. 16 is requested for a lunch count. Call 308-352-4340 to register.
CCA credits are available for attendance.
The agenda is as follows :
- 9 - 9:30 a.m. — Sign-in and coffee
- 9:30 - 9:40 a.m. — Kelly Bruns, welcome
- 9:40 - 10:15 a.m. — Bijesh Maharjan, iron deficiency chlorosis in dry beans
- 10:15 - 10:50 a.m. — Xin Qiao, "Irrigation Efficiency: Why Should You Improve It?"
- 10:50 - 11:05 a.m. — Break
- 11:05 - 11:50 a.m. — Bob Harveson, identification and management of dry bean and pea diseases in Nebraska
- 11:50 - 12:45 p.m. — Lunch
- 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. — Nevin Lawrence, palmer management in dry beans
- 1:30 - 1:50 p.m. — Courtney Schuler, Trinidad Benham, Dry bean industry update
- 1:50 - 2:10 p.m. — Pin-Chu Lai, thrips in dry beans, effect of seed treatment and cultivar susceptibility
- 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. — Samantha Daniel, lygus bugs in dry beans
- 2:30 p.m. — Complete evaluation and head home
