Latest Headlines
- Escambia School Board Buys 36 Acres For $3.9 Million For New Beulah School
- Century Spending Over $3.3 Million On Five Sewage Lift Stations
- Man Gets 50 Years In Prison For 2022 Murder At Cantonment Gas Station
- Pedestrian Checking Trailer Tire Struck By Car In Two Vehicle Crash Near Century
- State Funding $240 Million Beulah I-10 Interchange
- Failed Urban Development Century YouthFirst Program Finally Repays Unsecured Loan From Century
- Escambia Public School Hosting Job Fair On July 29
- Woman Arrested In Kentucky For Fatal 2023 Escambia County Hit And Run
- ‘Operation Southern Slow Down; Targets Speeding In Five States
- Atmore Man, Century Woman Arrested During Suspicious Vehicle Investigation
Extension Services To Host Field Corn Day
June 12, 2016
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Escambia County Extension will host its annual Field Corn Day Tuesday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at the UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, located at 4253 Experiment Road, Highway 182 in Jay.
The event will feature 27 replicated corn varieties and more than 15 corn variety demonstration plots, with varieties from Dyna-Gro, Monsanto-Dekalb, Croplan, Syngenta, Pioneer, Terral and Augusta Seed. Several company representatives will be on hand to provide overviews of their products, and attendees will take a field tour to see how the corn varieties are working at the West Florida Research and Education Center.
Topics for the Field Corn Day include:
- Corn variety trial and demonstration
- Environmentally Smart Nitrogen and urea blends
- Application timing for corn production
Lunch will be provided. For meal planning purposes, call the Jay Extension Office at (850) 675-3107 or the Escambia Extension Office at (850) 475-5230.
File photo.
Comments