Wheat and oat field day April 14

THE LOUISIANA State University AgCenter will hold its Wheat and Oat Field Day April 14 at the Macon Ridge Research Station in Winnsboro, La.

Beginning at 8:30 that morning, LSU AgCenter researchers will provide producers with an update on the current wheat crop, as well as disease and weed management recommendations.

Also on the agenda are stops at research plots with ongoing studies of sulfur fertility for wheat, breeder seed increases, wheat and oil variety trials, seeding rate studies in wheat, fusarium head blight, and fungicide screening and disease management in wheat.

The field day will conclude with a lunch sponsored by Terral Seed Company, Syngenta Seed, Ag South Genetics and AgriPro Wheat.

For more information about the Wheat and Oat Field Day, contact Boyd Padgett at 318-435-2923.

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