A robust field day season is planned this year at University of Missouri properties, where extension specialists and researchers share their agriculture findings with producers and the public.
Events are planned at MU Extension and Education Centers (EECs), administered by MU Extension, and at MU Research, Extension and Education Centers (REECs), which are part of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, across the state, from August through October.
Producers and the public are invited to save the dates for the following regional events; more details will follow locally closer to the event.
Extension and Education Center field days:
Tuesday, Aug. 22 – Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center near Rock Port, Mo. – Field day and ribbon cutting for new building planned.
Thursday, Sept. 7 (5-8 p.m.) — Hundley-Whaley Farm, Field, and Family Day at Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center, Albany, Mo. Producers, their families and friends are invited. Steak dinner provided.
Friday, Oct. 6 (9:30 a.m.-noon) — Wurdack Producer Field Day at Wurdack Extension and Education Center, Cook Station, Mo. Event will focus on alternative forages and planning for drought.
Research, Extension and Education Centers field days:
Thursday, Aug. 3 (7 a.m.-noon) — Northern Missouri REEC Field Day at Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Farm near Novelty, Mo. Complimentary breakfast will be served from 7-8 a.m. with interactive farm tours with faculty and graduate students to follow. Topics include crops, pest management and livestock. Lunch will also be provided.
Source: missouri.edu
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