
U of IL Extension Crop Physiology Field Day
August 6 @ 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Hear the latest research and insights to grow your agronomic and management knowledge from University of Illinois Extension at the Crop Physiology Field Day Thurs., Aug. 6 at the Crop Sciences Research and Education Center in Savoy.
Schedule:
- 8:00 AM ON-SITE REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
- 8:30 AM WELCOME
- 8:40 AM Greatest Hits for High Corn Yield – FRED BELOW
- 9:20 AM Highway to Yield: A New Look at Nutrient Needs for Corn – WYATT WESSEL
- 9:40 AM Pour Some Sulfur On Me: Considerations for Corn and Soybean – DEREK SLIFER
- 10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK, SNACKS, and SPONSOR VISITS
- 10:40 AM Corn Roots & Fertilizer Placement, The Two Tickets to Yield Paradise – JARED FENDER
- 11:00 AM Boron to Be Wild: Latest Crop Physiology Hits With Boron Fertilizers – ERIC MORSINK
- 11:20 AM Free Fallin’? Not This Wheat, Reducing Lodging with PGRs – AVA ISAACS
- 11:40 AM Don’t Stop Believin’ in Soybean: The Journey to High Soy Yields – CONNOR SIBLE
- 12:30 PM LUNCH (University catering will provide lunch for all attendees)
- 1:15 PM Who’ll Stop (or Predict) the Rain? Improving Ag-Weather Forecasts – TRENT FORD