This year the annual crops and weeds field day will be held at Montana State University's Post Research Farm, six miles west of Bozeman, on Tuesday, July 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This is an opportunity for pest control advisors, farm managers, chemical company cooperators, students, and the general public to learn about ongoing crop and weed research programs at MSU. Research and demonstration plots of weed and pathogen management techniques, pesticide application strategies, cropping systems, pulse crop production, and wheat breeding will be open throughout the day with staff available to answer questions.
Speakers will include Phil Bruckner, on winter wheat breeding; Emily Glunk of forage production; Emily Lockard on feeding hail damage crops to livestock; Kevin Wanner on beneficial insects; Mary Burrows on disease management; Perry Miller and Clain Jones on cropping systems and nutrient management; and Fabian Menalled, Ed Davis, and Noelle Orloff on weed management.
Attendees can receive six and a half (6.5) Certified Crop Adviser CEU credits, three (3) private applicator recertification credits, and two (2) recertification credits for Montana commercial and governmental applicators holding licenses in the dealer, demonstration & research and agriculture plant pest categories.
Registration is free and we will provide refreshments, and lunch.
Please pre-register no later than July 15 by contacting Noelle Orloff at 406-994-6297 or via e-mail noelleorloff@gmail.com. You can also register at the Post Farm on July 21, 2015.
The Post Farm is located at 8431 Huffine Ln, Bozeman, MT 59718; six miles west of Bozeman on Highway 191.