Delaware Soybean Board & Delaware Cooperative Extension hosts summer soybean tour
| July 13, 2012 | Posted by MDW under Agriculture, Continuing credits, Delaware Agriculture, Delaware Cooperative Extension, Irrigation, workshops |
Delaware Soybean Field Day
August 22, 2102
(rain or shine)
Tentative Agenda:
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks & Sponsored Lunch – The Grove, next to Carvel REC
Dr. Mark Isaacs, Director of the Carvel Research & Education Center,
Dr. Michelle Rodgers, Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach and Director of Extension at the University of Delaware,
Kevin Evans, Chairman of Delaware Soybean Board,
Secretary Ed Kee, Delaware Department of Agriculture
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Soybean Checkoff Sponsored Plot Tours – Group Split into Two Groups
Group # 1 remains at Carvel REC, soybean production updates and wagon tour of agronomic, insect and weed plots – University of Delaware Extension
Group # 2 travels to Warrington Irrigation Research Farm (Harbeson, DE) by charter bus. Tour of variable rate irrigation and subsurface irrigation plots – University of Delaware Extension
3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Soybean Checkoff Sponsored Plot Tours – Groups Switch Places
Group #1 travels to Warrington Irrigation Research Farm
Group #2 remains at Carvel REC
5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Group # 1 returns, wrap-up at Carvel REC
6:00 – ?
Pesticide, Nutrient Management and CCA continuing education credits will be available.
For more information contact Cory Whaley (302) 856-2585 ext 594
Registration:
Please contact Karen Adams at (302) 856-2585 x 540. You may also register by eFax at (302) 264-8368 or online at www.desoybeans.org
This event is FREE, but please register by August 15 to help us prepare for meals. Thank you.
