2017 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WHEAT FIELD DAY

Colette Laurent, UK Grain Crops Coordinator

The annual UK WHEAT FIELD DAY is slated for Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the UK Research Farm in Princeton. (1205 Hopkinsville St., Princeton, KY 42445).  Registration will begin at 8:00 am (CDT) and the trailers will load at 8:45 (CDT). The tour will conclude with a lunch sponsored by the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association.
Approved Credits include CCA: (1NM, 1CM, 1PM) and  Pesticide Hours: 1 General, 1 Specific (Category 1A, 10, 12).

FIELD DAY TOPICS INCLUDE:

Wheat Variety Trials (Walk Through)  

¨Dr. Dave Van Sanford ¨Bill Bruening

UAV Use in Wheat Production 

¨Dr. Tim Stombaugh ¨Peterson Farm 

Management Decisions Following a Severe Spring Freeze 

¨Dr. Carrie Knott 

Soil Related Q&A 

¨Dr. Edwin Ritchey ¨Dr.John Grove 

Wheat Disease Management 

¨Dr. Carl Bradley 

Spring Aphid Populations in Wheat on Fall Treated vs. Untreated Seeds 

¨Dr. Raul Villanueva 

Diagnosing Herbicide Injury in Wheat 

¨Dr. Jim Martin 

For more information click here or contact Colette Laurent 270-365-7541, ext. 264