University of Kentucky Corn, Soybean and Tobacco Field Day Registration Now Open

Jun 25, 2024

By Jordan Strickler

The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment will offer the 2024 Corn, Soybean and Tobacco Field Day July 23 at the college’s Research and Education Center farm in Princeton.

Throughout the event, UK Martin-Gatton CAFE specialists and researchers will offer timely, research-based information and interactive opportunities for participants. Free registration is requested to ensure your lunch and receive event updates.

Three tours, each lasting two hours, will run concurrently, and participants will have the opportunity to participate in two of the tours. Educational Credits will be offered for each tour. Pesticide applicators and Certified Crop Advisors credits are pending.

Sign-in begins at 7:15 a.m. CT, with wagons rolling at 8:00 a.m. The free field day includes lunch, sponsored by the Kentucky Corn Growers Association, Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board and Altria Client Services.

Participants will have the opportunity to delve into a variety of topics, including:

Corn disease concerns for 2024
Familiar and new soybean diseases to look out for in 2024
Insect updates
Corn and soybean variety trials
Weed control in 2024 and beyond
The "Weather Alert" app
Maximizing corn yields following a cover crop
Soybean yield and economic response to irrigation
Corn and soybean outlook
The fundamentals of soil pH management for production agriculture
Changes to AGR-1 fertilizer rate recommendations for Kentucky grain crops
UKREC dark tobacco infrastructure and research updates
Tobacco research updates from the University of Tennessee
Sulfur fertility in tobacco

Source : uky.edu

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