Crops and Weeds Field Day

July 16^th, 2008

Post Research Farm

Montana State University

8:30 am – 9:00 am. Registration and welcome. Fabian Menalled. LRES, MSU

9:00 am – 9:15 am. Extension programs at MSU. Jim Knight, MSU Extension.

9:15 am – 9:45 am. Managing pale western and army cutworms. Kevin Wanner. PSPP, MSU

9:45 am – 10:00 am. Break

10:00 am – 10:30 am. Energy budgets in cropping systems. Mac Burgess and Perry Miller. LRES, MSU

10.30 am – 11:00 am. Winter wheat varieties. Phil Bruckner. PSPP, MSU

11:00 am – 11:30 am. New nutritious crops. Dave Sands and Alice Pilgeram. PSPP, MSU

11:30 am – 12:00 pm. Improvement of camelina for Montana. Bill Hoch. LRES, MSU

12.00 pm – 1:00 pm. Lunch break

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm. Plant disease management in Montana. Mary Burrows, PSPP, MSU

1:30 pm -2:00 pm. Joint management of viruses and weeds. Zack Miller, Fabian Menalled, and Marry Burrows, LRES and PSPP, MSU

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm. Herbicide screening trials. Ed Davis and Fabian Menalled, LRES, MSU

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm. Questions and answers. Ed Davis and Fabian Menalled, LRES, MSU

3:30 pm – Adjourn