Wheat & Forages Field Day slated for April 26

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Media Contact: Alisa Boswell-Gore | Office of Communications & Marketing, OSU Agriculture | 405-744-7115 | alisa.gore@okstate.edu

Oklahoma State University Agriculture will host its annual Wheat & Forages Field Day in April for producers to learn about wheat varieties, wheat hay forage yield and quality studies, herbicide trials, nitrogen fertility and wheat breeding.

OSU Agriculture Field Days are educational events presented by OSU Ag Research and Extension to share research-based information and resources with Oklahomans. Field days showcase current agricultural research and relevant best practices through presentations, tours, hands-on workshops and discussions.

Research at OSU locations across the state is often designed for specific applications based on region.

Who: Wheat producers in south-central Oklahoma

What: OSU Agriculture Wheat & Forages Field Day

When: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on April 26

Where: South Central Research Station, 1105 E. Iowa Ave., Chickasha, Oklahoma

Schedule:

• OSU Wheat Improvement: New Leads, New Breeds — Brett Carver, professor, wheat breeding and genetics chair
• Ryegrass Control — Liberty Galvin, assistant professor and Extension specialist, weed science; Swati Shrestha, assistant professor and weed biologist; Zachary Treadway, doctoral student
• Discovery of New Sources of Stripe Rust Resistance in OSU Wheat — Meriem Aoun, assistant professor and small grains pathologist
• Wheat Variety Trials — Amanda Silva, assistant professor and Extension specialist, small grains
• Foundation Seed Update — Jeff Wright, Oklahoma Foundation Seed Stocks coordinator of production operations

Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided by Oklahoma Ag Credit. Register by April 22 to be entered into a prize drawing. For more information or to register, visit the OSU Agriculture Field Days website.