3rd Annual Mississippi Sweetpotato Field Day Program- August 27th
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Mississippi State University will host its 3rd Annual Sweetpotato Field Day Thursday August 27 at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station (8320 Hwy 15 S., Pontotoc, MS 38863). Registration is free. Breakfast and lunch are provided. CCA credits are available. For more information, call 662-489-4621.
8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration (pastries and coffee available)
8:30-8:40 Welcome and opening remarks.
Stop 1 Updates
8:40-9:30 Mississippi Crop Update (10 min)
-Stephen Meyers, Sweetpotato Extension Specialist, MSU-NMREC/PSS
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Update (10 min)
-Samantha Laird, Sweetpotato Commodity Coordinator, MS Farm Bureau Federation
US Department of Labor-Wage and Hour Update (20 min)
-Susan Denham, Community Outreach Resource & Planning Specialist, US Dept of Labor- Wage and Hour Division
Sweetpotato Skinning Measuring Device Demonstration (10 min)
-Jason Ward, Assistant Extension Professor, MSU-ABE
Stop 2 Sweetpotato Variety Trials and Herbicide Carryover
9:45-10:15 National Sweetpotato Collaborator Variety Trials
Application methods for Bio-fungicide “Serenade Soil” treatments
-Jeff Main, Research Associate, MSU-NMREC
Herbicide Carryover Trial
-Mark Shankle, Research Professor, MSU-NMREC/PSS
Stop 3 Weed Management and Crop Health Research (Stephen Meyers)
10:30-11:00 Nutsedge Control with K-PAM and Dual Magnum Alone and in Combination- Year 2
Evaluation of Tricor and Devrinol Herbicides Applied Layby & United Phosphorus, Inc. Update
Evaluation of Ag1000 & TeraGanix Company Update
Evaluation of Brake Herbicide in Sweetpotato
Stop 4 Weed Management Research Continued (Mark Shankle)
11:15-11:45 – Linuron, fomesafen, bicyclopyrone.
Stop 5 Wild Hog Management and Corral Trap Demonstration
11:45-12:00 -Steven Tucker, Extension Associate, NMREC
Lunch
12:15 P.M. BBQ Lunch provided by industry sponsors.
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