URBANA, Ill. - The 32nd annual University of Illinois Northwestern Agricultural Research Center Field Day is set for Wednesday, July 17.
The program will begin at 8 a.m. at the research and demonstration center in Monmouth, Ill. (Warren County). Throughout the day buses will carry participants to various stops where specialists from the U of I Department of Crop Sciences or Extension personnel will present the most current crop and pest management research and recommendations, said Extension educator Angie Peltier.
Topics and speakers will include:
- Identification and management of Goss’s wilt of corn - Carl Bradley
- Western Corn Rootworm Resistance to Bt: A Growing Threat? - Mike Gray
- Palmer Amaranth: Will it Adapt to West-Central Illinois? - Aaron Hager
- Does Changing Crop Rotations Make Sense? - Emerson Nafziger
- Agronomic and Environmental Assessment of Cover Crops - Angie Peltier
This year, in addition to the in-field discussion of western corn rootworm, producers are encouraged to bring corn roots for free corn rootworm root injury ratings. Injury ratings will facilitate discussions about current and future management strategies, Peltier said.
The Northwestern Illinois Agricultural Research and Demonstration Center is a 320-acre facility established in 1980. It is located one mile north and four miles west of Monmouth at 321 210th Avenue. Each year at the center, more than 50 different projects are conducted by up to 12 campus-based project leaders and the center superintendent.
Source: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA