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To list your organization’s special event in the Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events, e-mail details, including contact person, phone number, etc., to: Ed Phillips, ephillips@farmpress.com

April 17: LSU AgCenter Wheat and Oat Field Day at the Macon Ridge Research Station in Winnsboro, La. The program will begin at 8:30 a.m with an update on the current wheat situation by Steve Harrison, LSU AgCenter wheat breeder amd Clayton Hollier, plant pathologist. That will be followed by presentations on weed control in wheat and oats by Bill Williams and on wheat and oat fertilization by Rick Mascagni, both researchers at the LSU AgCenter’s Northeast Research Station in St. Joseph. Field tours will begin at 10 a.m. and will feature wheat variety trials, oat variety trials and wheat breeding, as well as research on fusarium wilt, fungicides and disease control, planting and seed treatments. Lunch will be provided following the field tours. More information is available by calling (318) 435-2157. The research station is located off Louisiana Highway 15 south of Winnsboro.

April 24: LSU AgCenter’s Hill Farm Research Station field day. Registration, exhibits begin at 11 a.m. Program begins at 1 p.m. Hill Farm is located south of Homer, La., at the junction of US 79 and LA 9. Researchers will present information on various topics during field tours from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Topics include water quality, beef, poultry, dairy, forage and forestry production. Agribusiness representatives will display products and equipment. An evening meal will conclude the day’s activities at about 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Buddy Pittman, (318) 927-2578.

April 24: Beef/Forage Field Day, Southeast Research and Extension Center (UAM Campus), Monticello, Ark. Industry GPS demonstration at 4:30 p.m., tours at 5:15 p.m. with program to follow. Topics include: alternative feeds/byproducts, effect of nitrogen source and rate on warm-season grasses, when and how to pull a calf, and efficient forage utilization. New UAM Cattle Handling Facility will be part of tour. Dinner will be served.

June 10-13: CIMR — Climate Information for Managing Risks, Partnerships and Solutions for Agriculture and Natural Resources, St. Pete Beach, Fla. Web site: www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR.

July 19: Northeast Arkansas Farm Toy Show, Jonesboro, Ark.

July 24: 25th Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day and Equipment Demonstrations. University of Tennessee Research and Education Center, Milan, Tenn. Research tours, demonstrations of no-till equipment, commercial exhibits, education displays and demonstrations. For more information: phone (731) 686-7362; fax (731-686-3558; e-mail tennu@bellsouth.net; or Web site Milan.tennessee.edu.

2009
Jan. 5-8: Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas.

Feb. 12-16: National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, JW Marriott, Washington, D.C.

2010
Jan. 4-7: Beltwide Cotton Conferences, Marriott New Orleans and Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans, La.

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