The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that corn and soybean crops contributed nearly $3 billion to Kentucky’s economy in 2022. Tobacco contributed another $2.4 billion. To support the state’s corn, soybean and tobacco producers, the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment will offer the 2023 Corn, Soybean and Tobacco Field Day on July 25 at the college’s Research and Education Center farm in Princeton.
The field day will begin with sign-in at 7:30 a.m. CDT and tours begin at 8 a.m. UK Cooperative Extension specialists will lead tours and discussions that will allow attendees to customize their field day experience and get the most relevant information for their production systems.
Topics and tours include:
- corn diseases
- comparing wheat, barley and rye cover crops before corn
- evaluating biological nitrogen fixation for corn
- battling problematic weeds
- corn and soybean outlook
- spraying for caterpillars in soybeans
- red crown rot of soybeans — a new disease in Kentucky
Source: paducahsun.com
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Categories: Kentucky, Crops, Corn, Soybeans, Tobacco