NW Ohio Field Crops Day-7/30/09

The annual Field Crops Day at the Northwest Agricultural Research Station, Ohio Agricultural Research Development Center, OARDC is schedule for July 30 from 9:00 to 11:30. The field day is sponsored by OARDC and Ohio State University (OSU) Extension and is free and open to the public.

Topics included in this year’s field day include:

• “Production Economics: Budgeting Tools for Managing Input Costs and Determining Cash Rental Rates,” Barry Ward, agricultural economist, OSU Extension.

• “Field Crop Insect Concerns (Especially Soybean Aphids and Western Bean Cutworms) for 2009,” Ron Hammond, entomologist, OARDC and OSU Extension.

• “New Seed Technologies in Corn Production,” Peter Thomison, agronomist, OARDC and OSU Extension.

• “Nitrogen Management ­ ESN (Environmentally Stable Nitrogen) on Wheat and Other Crops,” Ed Lentz, OSU Extension educator, agriculture and natural resources.

The Northwest Agricultural Research Station at Hoytville is one of OARDC’s 10 outlying research facilities throughout the diverse agriculture landscape of the Buckeye state. Field days at the Hoytville branch involve wagon rides around the research farm. These events are excellent opportunities for farmers to meet and mingle with one another as well as OARDC researchers.

The station is located 2.5 miles northeast of Hoytville at the corner of Oil Center and Range Line roads. OARDC and OSU Extension are the research and outreach arms, respectively, of Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

A copy of the flyer with details and direction to the station site are available by clicking here.