Lind Field Day tomorrow
Washington Ag Today June 7, 2009 The 93rd annual Washington State University Lind Field Day is tomorrow, June 18th, at the University’s Dryland Research Station north of Lind. WSU research agronomist Bill Schillinger says registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the field tour getting underway at nine a.m. Schillinger: “With six presentations dealing with winter wheat breeding, spring wheat breeding, economics of dryland cropping systems, drought resistance of wheat. A new project which should be of interest to many growers in the dryland on developing winter wheat varieties for emergence from deep planting depths. And also a presentation on camelina as a dryland oilseed crop. The camelina looks considerably better at the station this year than it did last year, so we look forward to showing that.” After the field tour there is a hosted lunch with some special guest speakers. Schillinger: “Including President Elson Floyd from Washington State University along with Dean Dan Bernardo from the College of Agriculture and Crop and Soils chair Rich Koenig. All three of them will be addressing the WSU budget cuts and WSU‘s continued commitment to agricultural research and extension.” WSU is announcing its final biennial budget today. Also speaking at Lind will be state lawmakers and wheat industry representatives. An ice cream social wraps up the field day. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on the Northwest Ag Information Network. ?
