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Malheur Experiment Station

Information for Sustainable Agriculture

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE
Malheur Experiment Station
Annual Field Day and SUMMER FARM FESTIVAL

Presented by the OSU Malheur Experiment Station,
Ontario Chamber of Commerce,
KSRV and others

We will also feature:
Agricultural Trade Show Booths
Many Different Events and Contests with Prizes

Schedule

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

Tours A: 9:00 to 9:45

9 -10:25 AM

A. Yellow Nutsedge Control

The tour will highlight strategies being developed to control yellow nutsedge in direct seeded onions. Participants will also have an opportunity to visit a study on new herbicides for yellow nutsedge control in potato.

9:45 - 10:25

B. Soybeans and Wheat

The tour will highlight wheat varieties and production practices for soybeans.

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM

C. Onion Production Tour

Discussions will include thrips control, iris yellow spot virus, variety trial, sets, transplants and irrigation management and soil moisture monitoring.

D. Sugar Beet and Potato Weed Control

This tour will showcase research on using strip-tillage in sugar beet grown under furrow irrigation. There will also be an opportunity to visit a study on herbicides being tested for general weed control in potato.

11:15 - 11:55 AM

E. Weed Control in Onion and Corn

The tour will include studies on herbicides being evaluated for weed control in direct seeded onions. Evaluation of “carbon seeding” for possible use of certain herbicides as pre-emergence applications will be showcased. Recently registered herbicides for weed control in corn.

F. Wildflower and Native Plant Seed Production

This tour will highlight new results in planting techniques and summary results for irrigation and weed control trials.

July 14, 2010 from 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Complimentary lunch will be served.

Please reserve lunch by calling Janet Jones
(541) 889-2174
Or emailing her at janet.jones@oregonstate.edu

Malheur Experiment Station
595 Onion Ave.
Ontario, OR 97914

Cooperating to bring you the Summer Farm Festival and Field Days include the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, KSRV, OSU Malheur County Extension Service, University of Idaho, Malheur County Soil and Water Conservation District, Malheur Watershed Council, Owyhee Watershed Council, USDA NRCS, and the Lower Willowcreek Working Group.