The University of Nebraska– Lincoln’s South Central Agricultural Laboratory (SCAL) field day is Thursday, Aug. 8.
The field day focuses on improving crop production and profitability with research-based, practical information shared by University of Nebraska educators, specialists, staff, and students. The event is designed so those attending can select the tours they are most interested in.
A demonstration is included that provides the opportunity to see real-time, camera- based weed detection technology with the John Deere See and Spray.
TOPICS AND PRESENTERS INCLUDE:
• Irrigation Management Technologies for Irrigation Scheduling—Saleh Taghvaeian, Irrigation Specialist and Steve Melvin, Extension Educator.
• Disease Management Corn and Soybean Disease Updates—Tamra Jackson-Ziems and Dylan Mangel, Extension Plant Pathologists.
• Weed Management Cover Crop for Weed Suppression in Corn and Soybean: Planting Green and Inter-cropping— Amit Jhala, Weed Management Specialist.
• Nitrogen/Fertigation Management Demo Site: Optimizing Nitrogen Use Efficiency— via Sensor-based Fertigation, Katie Bathke, Research Technician and Joe Luck, Biological Systems Engineering.
• Insect Management and Conservation Features— Matheus Ribeiro, Extension Educator and Ron Seymour, Extension Educator.
The event begins with registration at 8:30 a.m., followed by opening remarks by Derek McLean, dean of UNL’s Agricultural Research Division at 8:45 a.m.
Tours of research sites will follow. Dr. J. David Aiken, Water & Agricultural Law Specialist, UNL Department of Agricultural Economics will give the keynote address, “Carbon Market Considerations for Farmers” during lunch.
Those attending can also see research & equipment used for targeted herbicide application with the See & Spray™ technology provided by AKRS Equipment.
SCAL is located at 851 Hwy. 6, near Harvard. Details, map and registration are available at https:// go.unl.edu/scalfieldday.
There is no cost to attend the field day, but participants are asked to pre-register before Aug. 7 for planning purposes.
For more information, call 402-762-3536 or e-mail [email protected]. Continuing Education Units have been applied for and are pending.
