The South Dakota State University Southeast Research Farm to host Field Day on July 11

The South Dakota State University Southeast Research Farm Field Day will be held on July 11 near Beresford, South Dakota, with tours beginning at 1:30 p.m. CST. SDSU professors and Extension specialists will share information about ongoing research projects at the Southeast Farm. The tour is open to the public and continuing education credits for Certified Crop Advisers will be available.

Tours begin at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Indoor presentations will begin at 3:30 p.m., and a presentation on “Bioplastics: Adding Value to Crop Residues” will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Schedule:

Tour 1 – Weed Evaluation Extension Demonstration (WEED) Project – Eric Jones, assistant professor and SDSU Extension Weed Management Specialist

Tour 2 – Small Grain and Forages

Oat Variety Trials – Melanie Caffe, associate professor and SDSU Oat Breeder Warm Season Forages – Sara Bauder, SDSU Extension Forage Field Specialist Rotation Effects –Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist Rye Grain Production – Brad Rops, Southeast Research Farm Operations Manager

Tour 3 – Corn and Soybean Tour

Corn Starter Fertilizer and Soybean Management for Protein – Peter Kovacs, assistant professor of precision agriculture cropping systems and internship coordinator

Corn N Source and Rate: Do Slow-Release Fertilizers Increase Fertilizer use Efficiency? – Jason Clark, assistant professor and SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Field Specialist

Addressing Corn and Soybean Insect Pests in Southeastern South Dakota – Adam Varenhorst, associate professor and SDSU Extension Field Crop Entomologist

Soil Health and a Look at Biologicals for Corn – Peter Sexton, associate professor, SDSU Extension Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist and Southeast Research Farm Supervisor, and Sainfort Vital, graduate research assistant

Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing and Dangers of Resistance – Madalyn Shires, assistant professor and SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist

Source: sdstate.edu

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