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Visitors can attend five tours that will take them out to the fields to learn "Forest Management Assistance Programs," "The Future of Bt Corn," "Purdue's Liming Recommendation," "Corn and Soybean Herbicide Plots," and "Identifying Common Field Crop Diseases." The sessions start at 9 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. A lecture entitled "Precision Farming: How Does My Farm Fit In?," will also be offered.
According to Don Biehle, superintendent of the center, the Bt corn tour is new to the field day. "A lot of the things we'll be showing people are new research. This is a fairly new technology; it refers to insect-resistant corn," he said.
Biehle said the tours offer plenty of hands-on experience. "We'll be loading everyone on wagons to take them out to the fields and research plots," he said. "The field crop disease tour is a diagnostic stop; we'll be learning to identify diseases we can find in the fields. The herbicide tour will show the different combinations of herbicides people can use."
There are no registration costs for the event, but those attending are asked to RSVP
for lunch with their county office of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension
Service. The Southeast Purdue Ag Center is in Butlerville, five miles east of North
Vernon on U.S. 50.
CONTACT: Biehle, (812) 458-6977
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
