High Plains Ag Lab Field Day Aug. 14

High Plains Ag Lab Field Day Aug. 14

July 27, 2007

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  • What can skip-row planting do for me?

     

  • How do I control weeds in no-till sunflower?

     

The High Plains Ag Lab Summer Crops Field Day will feature talks and tours on recent research and current issues related to crops grown in western Nebraska. The Aug. 14 field day will begin with registration at 11 a.m. and lunch at 11:30 a.m. and end about 3:30 p.m. A High Plains Ag Lab Advisory Board meeting will be held from 3:30 to 4 p.m.

The High Plains Ag Lab is six miles northwest of Sidney in the heart of western Nebraska's major dryland crop production area. It covers 2,400 acres, with one-third in dryland crop rotations and two-thirds in pasture. Each year 50-60 research trials are conducted by scientists from UNL's Panhandle Research and Extension Center at Scottsluff, the University in Lincoln and from neighborning states.

Event Schedule

12:40-12:55 -- Weed Control in Sunflower, with Drew Lyon, extension dryland cropping systems specialist, Panhandle REC
12:55-1:15 -- Sweet Sorghum for Ethanol Production, with Ismail Dweikat, extension sorghum and pearl millet geneticist
1:15-1:35 -- Screening of Exotic Dry Bean Drought Resistant Germplasm, with Carlos Urrea, extension dry bean breeding specialist; Panhandle REC
1:35-1:50 -- Oilseed Crops for Limited Irrigation, with Bill Booker, extension educator, Box Butte County
1:50-2:10 -- Break
2:10-2:25 -- Skip-Row Corn Variety Trial, with Drew Lyon, extension dryland cropping systems specialist, Panhandle REC
2:25-2:45 -- Russian Wheat Aphid-Resistant Spring Barley, with Gary Hein, extension entomologist, Panhandle REC
2:45-3:00 -- Soil Testing and Nitrogen Recommendations for Winter Wheat, with Gary Hergert, extension nutrient management and soil quality specialist, Panhandle REC
3:00 - 3:20 -- Skip-Row Grain Sorghum with Akwasi Abunyewa, UNL graduate student

 

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