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UK Winter Wheat Meeting is Jan. 9
By
Laura Skillman
 PRINCETON,
Ky., (Dec. 20, 2006) – Farmers can learn more about wheat
production at a daylong seminar Jan. 9 at the Christian County
office of the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension
Service in Hopkinsville.
The program, held every January by UK’s Wheat Science Group, is
designed to bring the latest wheat research, information and
trends to growers. An overview of the past year’s crop will kick
off the meeting, followed by a series of educational sessions.
Part of this year’s meeting will focus on management of
late-planted wheat. Because of this fall’s wet conditions and
delayed harvest, a number of wheat acres in Kentucky were
planted past the optimum planting date.
Other morning sessions include considerations for long-term seed
storage, wheat and barley scab initiative, harvest index and
late nitrogen applications for improving no-till wheat, and
wheat management on wet soils.
Afternoon sessions include physiological basis for yield
reduction in no-till wheat, small grain variety testing update,
Greenseeker nitrogen applicator, aphid suction traps and new
options for ryegrass control in wheat. The meeting will conclude
with a marketing outlook update.
Presenters include members of the UK Wheat Science Group, an
interdisciplinary group of specialists who work together to
address the needs of Kentucky’s wheat producers, as well as
other UK researchers.
The conference begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 3 p.m. Lunch
will be provided by the Kentucky Small Grain Growers
Association.
Certified crop adviser credits will be available. In addition,
pesticide credits have been approved for three general hours and
one specific hour in categories 1a, 4, 10 and 12.
For more information contact Dottie Call, Wheat Science Group
coordinator, at 270-365-7541, ext. 234, or
dcall@uky.edu. |
Contact: Dottie Call, 270-365-7541, ext. 234 |
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