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2014 Field Day Events in Illinois

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


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