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Southwest Research-Extension Center - Garden City, Kansas.

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Wheat and Canola In-Depth Diagnostic School
May 8th, 2013 - 8:00am-5:00pm
May 9th, 2013 - 7:30am-1:00pm

Place: SW Research-Extension Center
4500 E. Mary St, Garden City, KS

Contact: Ashlee Wood, awood22@ksu.edu, 620-276-8286 (for registration) or
Dr. John Holman, jholman@ksu.edu, 620-276-8286 (for questions)

Credits or Hours:
CCA Continuing Education: 11
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Credits: 5
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Core Hour: 1

Cost:
RSVP by May 1st: $100 (for both days)
At the door: $125 (for both days)

Topics will include: Crop Growth, Development, and Staging; Weed Control, Crop Herbicide Injury; Aerial Imagery and Crop Scouting; Canola Production; Commercial Pesticide Applicator Core Hour; Weed Identification; Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers and Methods; Entomology; Fertilizer Rate and Placement; Wheat and Canola Diseases; Wheat and Canola Seeding Management and Tillage
 

Presenters:  Dr. Randall Currie, Dr. Eric De Wolf, Dr. Stewart Duncan, Jeanne Falk, Dr. Dave Mengel, Dr. JP Michaud, Dr. Dallas Peterson, Dr. Kevin Price, Dr. Kraig Roozeboom, Dr. Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz, Dr. Doug Shoup, Mike Stamm, Dr. Curtis Thompson, Dr. Sarah Zukoff    
 

 
Research Overview

The research program addresses agricultural production challenges specific to the region. Those include rainfed and irrigated cultural methods and management for most of the major crops grown in Kansas plus mitigating the effects of weed, insect, and disease pests associated with those crops. Irrigation is a major production input in southwest Kansas and development of new technology to improve irrigation efficiency is an important goal of the Center.  The research agenda is coordinated with other KAES units to assure allocation of resources to priority issues, standardization of methods, and elimination of unwarranted redundancy.

Service Area / Region of Focus

The Center’s region of focus is the 22 counties in southwest Kansas. Target clientele include crop and beef cattle producers and county agricultural extension agents.

Human Resources

There are 4 research faculty located at Garden City.  Faculty expertise is complemented by 17 full-time support staff including clerical, maintenance, and crop technician classifications. Student workers are hired for the summer field season.

Facilities / Land Resources

The headquarters at Garden City includes 27 buildings. There are eight additional buildings at Tribune. Land resources are used for field crops research and production of foundation seed wheat or grain, hay, and silage.

 

Class

Owned

Leased

Total
Cropland

447

279

726
Rangeland

0

0

0
B-R-W <1>

109

56

165
 Acres

556

335

891
<1> B-R-W=Buildings, Roads, Waterways
 
Fiscal Resources

Funding comes from a variety of sources including state appropriations (salaries and wages, operating, supplemental allocations for equipment and maintenance), crop sales (fees), grants, and gifts.

History

The Garden City Branch of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station was established in 1907 on 320 acres 5 miles northeast of Garden City. The Tribune Branch was established in 1911. These two branch stations were combined into the Southwest Branch Agricultural Experiment Station in 1986. In 1988, the station was given its current name: Southwest Research-Extension Center.