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SUMMARY:U of IL Extension Crop Physiology Field Day
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSchedule: \n\n8:00 AM ON-SITE REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST\n8:30 AM WELCOME\n8:40 AM Greatest Hits for High Corn Yield – FRED BELOW\n9:20 AM Highway to Yield: A New Look at Nutrient Needs for Corn – WYATT WESSEL\n9:40 AM Pour Some Sulfur On Me: Considerations for Corn and Soybean – DEREK SLIFER\n10:00 AM COFFEE BREAK\, SNACKS\, and SPONSOR VISITS\n10:40 AM Corn Roots & Fertilizer Placement\, The Two Tickets to Yield Paradise – JARED FENDER\n11:00 AM Boron to Be Wild: Latest Crop Physiology Hits With Boron Fertilizers – ERIC MORSINK\n11:20 AM Free Fallin’? Not This Wheat\, Reducing Lodging with PGRs – AVA ISAACS\n11:40 AM Don’t Stop Believin’ in Soybean: The Journey to High Soy Yields – CONNOR SIBLE\n12:30 PM LUNCH (University catering will provide lunch for all attendees)\n1:15 PM Who’ll Stop (or Predict) the Rain? Improving Ag-Weather Forecasts – TRENT FORD\n\nClick here for more details.
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SUMMARY:U of IL Alma Mater Plots
DESCRIPTION:Join University of Illinois Extension for a look at long term research at the Alma Mater Plots on the University of Illinois campus Tues.\, Aug 11 at 7:45 am \n\n\n7:45 am – Sign-in\, coffee & donuts\n8:15 am – The next era of long-term university research\, Dr. Adam Davis\n8:30 am – Takeaways from 150 years of the Morrow Plots\, Dr. Andrew Margenot\n9:30 am – Tour Alma Mater Plots & nearby experiments\n11:30 am – Alma Mater Plots Design: Focus Group\n12:30 pm – Box lunch & wrap-up
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SUMMARY:Cover Crop Management Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Hear the results of cover crop research in central Illinois Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Lexington Community Center in Lexington. \nSpeakers will include Precision Conservation Management\, Illinois State University\, Purdue University and more. Lunch will be provided. \nTo register\, call McLean County Soil and Water Conservation District office at (309)452-3848 ext. 3 or click on the link below before Aug. 6.
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SUMMARY:Farm History/Rt 66 Bus Trip
DESCRIPTION:Get your farm history kicks on Route 66 with a bus tour through northern McLean County! \nJoin us Saturday\, August 15 for a drive down memory lane with Don Meyer\, ag historian and guest curator for the Museum’s Farming in the Great Corn Belt permanent exhibit\, and Candace Summers\, the Museum’s Senior Director of Education. \nHighlights include: \n\n1833 “Old Chicago Trail”\nBlack Hawk War stockade site\nMatthew T Scott house & farmland\n“Memory Lane\,” remnant of the 2-lane 1920s highway\nDuncan Manor\nSprague’s Service Station\, Normal\nand more!\n\nCost: $50 for Farm Bureau/Museum members\, $55 for non-members \nCoffee and donuts will be available at 7:45 a.m. Bus will leave from the McLean County Fairgrounds promptly at 8:15 a.m. and return approximately 12:30 p.m. Seating is limited to 50 passengers\, with a minimum of 28 people required to secure the motor coach. \nRegistration is due by July 26\, 2024\, at 5:00 p.m. Register online or call the Museum at 309-827-0428 to pay with a credit card. Payment must be made at the time of purchase. \nThe trip includes transportation by Peoria Charter Coach to all sites\, bottled water\, and a snack.
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