Ag News
High Plains Ag Lab Field Day Tuesday
Published Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Wheat will be the focus of the 39 th annual June Field Day scheduled for June 23 at the University of Nebraska High Plains Ag Lab near Sidney. Speakers from the University, including P. Stephen Baenziger, small grains breeder from Lincoln, will provide up-to-date information about:
    • Performance of spring canola
    • Nitrogen management in irrigated white wheat
    • Feral rye control in Clearfield wheat
    • What’s new in wheat varieties
    • Remote sensing to track wheat curl mite movement and wheat streak mosaic virus spread
    • Downy brome control in winter wheat
    • Organic wheat variety evaluation
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. At 9 a.m., trailers will be loaded and head to the plots. The field day will conclude around noon. To get to the High Plains Ag Lab, take U.S. 385 to the Huntsman Elevator (6 miles north of Sidney or 7 miles south of Gurley), then drive 2 miles west, then ½ mile north. The High Plains Ag Lab, a satellite unit of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, is dedicated to improving profitability for dryland crops and livestock production. It is located on land that was formerly part of the Sioux Army Depot.

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