MU Extension to Host Free Farm, Field and Family Day

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The University of Missouri Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center will host a Farm, Field and Family Day on Thursday, September 7th from 4pm to 8pm in Albany, Missouri. The event is free and open to the public.

There will be a Farmers and Makers Market open during registration, which starts at 4pm. The program begins at 5pm and will feature presentations by MU Extension specialists and others on a variety of topics, including native warm-season grasses and legumes, herbicide resistance in northwestern Missouri, a drone agricultural application demonstration, soybean maturity group selection guidelines, tar spot and other fungal diseases, and turf management.

Attendees can also participate in an agronomic wagon tour, forage crops walking tour, and/or workshops on turf management and running a small farm business. There will also be opportunities to meet one-on-one with extension and industry specialists at their booths or participate in an indoor mini health fair.

Jennifer Miller, Hundley-Whaley director, said that this year's field day will have a lot to offer. She said that past feedback showed that people wanted more time with the speakers, and this field day has been designed to allow for that.

In addition to agronomic research and demonstration, Hundley-Whaley is also home to forage research and education, nutrition and health education, 4-H, and a newly added community health specialist.

Miller said they are trying to incorporate all of their areas of expertise into the Farm, Field and Family Day event.

MU Extension will have booths and demonstrations in the pavilion throughout the event on subjects such as estate planning, black vulture management, tai chi, food preservation, managing stress on the farm, USDA’s Farm Service Agency, MFA, and 4-H.

Miller said the extension specialists at the booths serve northwestern Missouri and are the faculty local farmers and community members would connect to with their questions. “It is a great opportunity to meet them,” she said.

A dinner at 7pm will be catered by Hughes Bar X and Gentry County Cattlemen with the Albany FFA Chapter assisting.