Fields days organized by Crop Sciences and Extension at the University of Illinois and by other institutions will focus on crops and pests, with speakers talking about current crop issues along with information from previous research. Each event will offer CEUs for CCAs.
Following is the schedule of crop-related 2014 field days organized by University of Illinois Crop Sciences and by several other institutions.
Event | Date – start time | Food | Contact |
Urbana – Weeds | June 25 – 8:00 AM | lunch | Doug Maxwell (217) 265-0344 dmaxwell@illinois.edu |
Macomb – WIUa | June 26 – 12:00 N | lunch | Mark Bernards (309) 313-5917 ml-bernards@wiu.edu |
DeKalb | July 10 – 9:00 AM | lunch | Russ Higgins (815) 274-1343 rahiggin@illinois.edu |
Belleville – SIUb | July 10 – 9:00 AM | lunch | Ron Krausz (618) 566-4761 rkrausz@siu.edu |
Monmouth | July 15 – 8:00 AM | snack | Angie Peltier (309) 734-5161 apeltier@illinois.edu |
Orr Center, Perry | July 16 – 9:00 AM | lunch | Mike Vose (271) 236-4911 mvose@illinois.edu |
Brownstown | August 6 – 8:00 AM | lunch | Robert Bellm (618) 427-3349 rcbellm@illinois.edu |
Dixon Springs | August 7 – 9:00 AM | lunch | John Pike (618) 695-2790 jpike@illinois.edu |
Urbana | August 14 – 7:00 AM | lunch | Bob Dunker (217) 244-5444 r-dunker@illinois.edu |
Ewingc | Sept. 12 – 9:00 AM | lunch | Mark Lamczyk (618) 439-3178 lamczyk@illinois.edu |
aWestern Illinois University conducts this field day at its Macomb research farm.
bBelleville is a research center operated by Southern Illinois University–Carbondale.
cEwing Field is operated by University of Illinois Extension in southern Illinois.
Source: University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences