Field Day
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 * 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. * Clay Center, NE
The public is invited to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s South Central Agricultural Laboratory (SCAL) field day on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The field day includes topics focusing on improved crop production and profitability. The event is designed so guests can select the tours they are most interested in. Topics and presenters include:
The event begins with registration at 8:30 a.m., followed by presentations and tours of research sites
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Weed management
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Plant pathology (corn & soybeans)
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Irrigation management
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Nitrogen management
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Insect management
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Schedule 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. - Registration, Coffee & Rolls. Check out our sponsor tables! 8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. - Welcome and opening remarks by our sponsors 9:15 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. - Choose a tour – Disease management, Weed management 10:20 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. - Choose a tour - Insect management, Irrigation management, Fertigation management 11:25 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - Choose a tour - Disease management, Weed management, Insect management 12:30 p.m.- 1:45 p.m. - Lunch, Keynote Speaker & Dairy Store Ice Cream 2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. - Choose a tour - Fertigation management, Irrigation management 3:10 p.m. - Field day ends. Thank you for coming and have a good trip home! |
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Sessions Irrigation Management (Session 2 & 4) Technologies for Irrigation Scheduling Saleh Taghvaeian, Irrigation Specialist and Steve Melvin, Extension Educator |
Disease Management (Session 1 & 3) Corn and soybean disease updates Tamra Jackson-Ziems and Dylan Mangel, Plant Pathologists |
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Weed Management (Session 1 & 3) Cover Crop for Weed Suppression in Corn and Soybean: Planting Green and Intercropping Amit Jhala, Weed Management Specialist |
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Nitrogen/Fertigation Management (Session 2 & 4) Demo Site: Optimizing Nitrogen Use Efficiency via Sensor-based Fertigation Katie Bathke, Research Technician & Joe Luck, Biological Systems Engineering |
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Insect Management and Conservation Features (Session 2 & 3) Matheus Ribeiro Extension Educator and Ron Seymour, Extension Educator |
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Luncheon Keynote speaker: Dr. J. David Aiken "Carbon Market Considerations for Farmers" Water & Agricultural Law Specialist, UNL Department of Agricultural Economics Be sure to grab some UNL Dairy Store ice cream before heading back out for afternoon tours! |
SCAL is located at 851 Hwy. 6, near Harvard.
Continuing Education Units have been applied for and are pending.
LOCATION
The South Central Agricultural Laboratory research farm is located at 851 Hwy 6 near Harvard. Directions: 13 miles east of Hastings on Hwy 6 or 4.5 miles west of the intersection of Hwy 14 and Hwy 6. north of Clay Center.
Learn more about SCAL at: https://scal.unl.edu/.