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Dixon Springs to Host Field Day on August 6, 2009

The University of Illinois Dixon Springs Agricultural Center will host a Field Day on August 7. Tours will feature the following topics:

 

Agronomy Field Tour

 (CEUs = 1.0 hrs. IPM, 0.5 hr. NM and 0.5 hr. CM)

 Bus leaves at: 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 (or as needed)

 

Implications of gene stacking in hybrid corn ........................................................... Mike Gray

Weed management: Roundup®, Resistance, and Residuals ................................ Dawn Refsell

Managing wheat foliar and head diseases with fungicides .................................. Carl Bradley

Prioritizing fertilizer inputs when prices are high ....................................... Fabian Fernandez

Miscanthus production in southern Illinois .................................................... Frank Dohleman

  

Horticulture Tour

(CEUs = 1.5 hrs CM)

 Wagon leaves at: 8:00, 10:00 (or as needed)

 

Organic apple production ................................................................................... Rick Weinzierl

Basics of Strawberry Production .......................................................................... Jeff Kindhart

Blueberry Production ............................................................................................. Bronwyn Aly

 

Animal Sciences

Classroom session starts at: 8:00, 10:00 (or as needed)

 

Overview discussion on beef research ................................................................ Frank Ireland

 

Natural Resources

 Wagon leaves at: 8:00, 10:00 (or as needed)

 

Pond management .................................................................................................... Kurt Daine

Southeastern Illinois Prescribed Burn Association ............................................. Dick Johnson

 

 

 

Tours will run from approximately 8 a.m. until noon with a complimentary lunch served at noon.

The Dixon Springs Agricultural Center is located on Illinois Route 145 -- 25 miles south of Harrisburg, Illinois, and 25 miles north of Paducah, Kentucky. Call 618-695-2441 for more details. Advance registration is requested but not mandatory. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, please contact the Ag Center by July 29.

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