5/29/2012
Contacts:
Bill Schillinger, WSU research agronomist, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, 509-235-1933 or
schillw@wsu.edu;
Kathy Barnard, director of Marketing, News and Educational Communications, WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences and WSU Extension, 509-335-2806.
By Kathy Barnard, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
WSU Lind Field Day slated for June 14
LIND, Wash. - The 96th annual Washington State University Lind Field Day will be held Thursday, June 14, at the University's Dryland Research Station, north of Lind.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the field tour starting at 9 a.m. A complimentary lunch and program will follow the field tour.
Research presentations include:
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on-site demonstration and discussion of advances in development of new deep-furrow drill prototypes
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winter wheat, club wheat and spring wheat breeding
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camelina oil processing
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timing of primary spring tillage
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soil microbial changes with irrigation
WSU administrators, state legislators and wheat industry leaders will provide updates during the noon program.
An ice cream social follows the noon program.
The Lind Field Day is free and open to the public. Washington pesticide and CEU credits have been requested.
For more information, telephone Bill Schillinger, WSU research agronomist, at (509) 235-1933 or e-mail him at
schillw@wsu.edu.