Western Kansas Agricultural Research Centers
Western Kansas Agricultural Research Centers      

The Western Kansas Agricultural Research Centers (WKARC), one of several administrative units accountable to the KAES director, is composed of four sub-units including the Agricultural Research Center - Hays (ARCH), the Southwest Research-Extension Center - Garden City(SWREC) and Southwest Research-Extension Center - Tribune (SWREC-T), and the Northwest Research-Extension Center - Colby (NWREC).


News and Information      

Released: July 24, 2009

 

K-State SW Research-Extension Center Plans Aug. 27 Field Day in Garden City

 

GARDEN CITY, Kan. – Kansas State University’s Southwest Research and Extension Center in Garden City, Kan. is planning an Aug. 27 field day that promises something for beef and crop producers.

 

The field day begins at 8 a.m. with registration, coffee and doughnuts and an opportunity to have a first look at agricultural product displays. The program begins at 9 a.m., with three separate tours beginning at 9:15 a.m. Those tours will be repeated at 11:00 a.m., followed by lunch at 12:15 p.m. and seminars that begin at 1:15 p.m.

 

The field day is free and open to the public and includes a lunch sponsored by various companies. The center is located at 4500 E. Mary St. in Garden City.

 

Tour topics include:
• Switchgrass varieties Under Irrigation;
• Skip-Row and Solid Planting of Corn and Grain Sorghum;
• When Does it Pay to Manage Volunteer Glyphosate-Tolerant Corn in No-Till?
• Grain Sorghum Nitrogen Rate and Timing Effects on Grain Yield and Biomass;
• Grain Sorghum with Resistance to Postemergence Grass-Control Herbicides;
• Controlling Glyphosate-Resistant Kochia;
• Plant Population Effects on Nonstructural Carbohydrates in Sorghum;
• Update on Spider Mite Management in Corn;
• Dectes Stem Borer Distribution in Soybean;
• Yield vs. Irrigation Amount: A Five-Year Summary; and
• Grazing CRP - Animal Performance


Topics for the afternoon seminars include:
• Converting CRP land to Crop Production;
• Rumen-Protected Choline Supplementation and Reproductive Performance of Beef Cows;
• Low-Input Storage of Wet Distillers Grains – No Bags, No Forage, Just WDGS; and
• Core Hour – Laws, Safety, Labels, and Environmental Concerns.

 

More information about the field day is available by calling 620-276-8286.

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K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

 

Story by: Mary Lou Peter
mlpeter@ksu.edu
http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/news


 

Released: August 2, 2009

 

SUNFLOWER CELEBRATION

PLOT TOUR / SPEAKER FORUM

CEU Credits for Certified Crop Advisors

 

Colby, KANSAS                             AUGUST 14, 2009

 

ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL TIME

 

RSVP to Joni Wilson, 800-542-7333 or joni.wilson@adm.com

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AGENDA

7:00 A.M. (Central Time) -   Thomas County – 4-H Building

                1100 W. Cedar Street, Colby, Kansas

Registration, FREE Cinnamon Rolls and Coffee, Introductions and Registration

 

8:00 AM   - KSU Experiment Station – Plot Tours

 

The following topics will be covered at the Sunflower Plots:
Sunflower Hybrids in the Marketplace
Dry land Sunflower Planting Rates and Planting Dates

Sunflower Herbicides – both PRE and POST

Spraying Desiccants on Sunflowers to Hasten Harvest

Sunflower Disease and Fungicide Treatments

How to Scout for Head Moth and Other Insects

 

 

11:30 AM -   Thomas County – 4-H Building

FREE Producer Lunch

 

12:30 PM – Speakers – 4-H Building

 

There will be afternoon speakers on a host of topics from Insurance to Specialty Oils Market in the afternoon session.

You won’t want to miss this informative session.

 

 

SPONSORS

CORPORATE SPONSOR:  MYCOGEN SEEDS

National Sunflower Association                                              

Red River Commodities                               

Garst/Interstate Seeds                         

Kansas State University Research & Extension      

California Oils Corporation                         

Producers Cooperative Oil Mill                               

APEX Seeds                                                               

Colorado State Extension                            

Monsanto                                                                

Mycogen Seeds                                                   

S & T Telephone Cooperative                     

Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl.                                               

Northern Sun / ADM                                                            

Dorman Brothers, LLC                              

Croplan Genetics

KLOE / KKCI / KWGB Radio                                 

KXXX Radio                                              

Fontanelle Hybrids

Triumph Seed Company

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

National Sunflower Association – Bismarck, ND         

web site:  www.sunflowernsa.com         (888) 718-7033

 

Northern Sun/ADM – Goodland, KS                      

email:  joni.wilson@adm.com       (800) 542-7333

 

 

**Make sure to thank your sponsors as they have provided this day to you free of charge

 

 

Contact Information      


WKARC Operations
1232 240th Avenue
Hays, Kansas 67601-9228
Phone:785-625-3425
Fax:785-623-4369
wkarc@oznet.ksu.edu

 

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