2005 Year in Review

Agronomy Field Day

Source: Lyle Paul, Agronomist Department of Crop Sciences, Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, lylepaul@uiuc.edu Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, 14509 University Rd., Shabbona, IL 60550 Phone-fax: (815) 824-2029

The annual Agronomy Field Day at the University of Illinois Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, located near Shabbona, Illinois, will be held on Tuesday, August 2, with tours beginning at 4 pm. Tours will depart from the farmstead every 20 minutes from 4 pm to 5 pm and last about 1½ hours. U of I extension specialists and researchers will present information on material to improve soybean yields, corn root worm and soybean aphid, ISPOB soybean rust and fungicide research, timing of weed control programs and soybean row spacing and seeding efficiency. Presenters will include Dr. Emerson Nafziger, Dr. Mike Gray, Dr. Wayne Pedersen, Dawn Nordby and Lyle Paul. A Headon Barbeque meal will be available on site at the conclusion of the tour.

The U of I Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, located in DeKalb County, can be reached by going 1 mile east of Shabbona on Route 30, then 5 miles north on University Road. Continuing education units for Certified Crop Advisers will be available for participants.

by  Editor, theCity1.com
August 2, 2005