Eight field days and four specialty field days are planned for this summer at Iowa State University research and demonstration farms located throughout Iowa. Field days give farmers an opportunity to view the latest achievements and technologies in agriculture and to talk to the researchers involved in the experiments on these farms. Many farms also will have special displays that feature the research and outreach of George Washington Carver, an ISU alumnus known for his work in soil conservation and innovative uses of soybeans and peanuts.

Field days take place rain or shine. An overview of program topics and a brochure listing all field days and the locations of Iowa's research and demonstration farms can be obtained at http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/fielddays.html

Summer Field Days

Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm, June 15 (1:30 and 6:30 p.m.)

• Insecticide use on first-year corn, foliar soybean fertilization, new no-till herbicides, sustainable weed management, and the crop season in review
•  No meal is planned

Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm, June 17 (9:00 a.m.)

• Roundup Ready™ versus non-Roundup Ready™ soybeans, soybean rotations, soil compaction, woolly cupgrass management, and nitrogen management

Northern Research and Demonstration Farm, June 22 (9:30 a.m.)

• Weed management, soybean cyst nematode management, and current cro management topics

Western Research and Demonstration Farm, June 22 (6:00 p.m.)

•  Current crop management topics dealing with herbicide and soil fertility for western Iowa

Northwest Research and Demonstration Farm, June 23 (9:00 a.m.)

• Liming, weed management, production economics, commercial manure license certification and manure management

Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm, June 24 (1:30 and 6:30 p.m.)

• Weed management system, organic farming, soybean cyst nematode management, and starter fertilizer effects

Research and Demonstration Farm, July 8 (4 p.m.)

• Alfalfa and grass variety grazing tolerance, streambank exclusion and rotational grazing, developing beef breeding lines, beef herd biosecurity, estrogen detection, reproductive tract scoring, and agronomic research
  • Meal served

  Muscatine Research and Demonstration Farm, July 15 (4:00 and 6:30 p.m.)

  • Plasticulture techniques and commercial vegetable production
  • Meal at 5:30 p.m

  Specialty Field Days

  Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm, June 9 (9:00 a.m.)

  • Sustainable weed management

  Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm, June 21 (5 p.m.)

  • Pasture tour

  Northern Research and Demonstration Farm, July 1 (6:30 p.m.)

  • Weed management plot tour

  Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm, August 23 (1 p.m.)

  • Hoop structures