field day

University of Idaho Extension will kick of the 2021 Cereal Field Days for southern and Eastern Idaho Tuesday, June 29th with a stop in Rockland. The first field day of the season starts at 9:30 a.m. at Rock Creek Road and Deeg Road. Additional stops include Rupert on July 15th, Idaho Falls on July 20th, Aberdeen July 21st, Soda Spring July 22nd and Ashton July 29th ...

Washington State university tree fruit experts will update growers on the latest variety during a field day Tuesday.  The tour will be held in two locations this week, highlighting the WA 38 apple variety, or better known as the Cosmic Crisp.  Th...

It’s that time of year again, for The Washington State University Potato Field Day outside of Othello.  This year’s event ticks off 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning at WSU’s Othello Research Unit on West Cox Road.  WSU’s Mark Pavek said this year field day will be unlike any before, including a Potato Virus Y demonstration.   "And we have 20 varietie...

The Next Generation Tree Fruit Network will hold a field visit Wednesday focused on irrigation.  McDougall and Sons will host the event and showcase their new irrigation system, which includes automated valves as well as a phone/computer friendly platform to view information from multiple soil moisture monitoring stations.  ...

The University of Idaho is teaming up with several industry giants for a first ever collaborative field day.  The June 19th event will take place at Lindsay Creek Vineyards in Lewiston.  The U of I’s Doug Finkelnburg said by working with CHS Primeland and Limagrain Cereal Seeds, a larger group of growers can attend, which means more eyes on the good research taking place.   “We’re...

Producers can learn more about biodegradable plastic mulch at a free field day focusing on till-down Friday, Oct. 13th from 1-3 p.m. at Cloudview Farms in Ephrata.   WSU’s Katie Dentzman will help lead the event and she noted that like other mulches, it’s applied at the end of a season.   “But th...

After cancelling the event at the Prosser orchard due to slow fruit development, WSU is hosting a field day for the WA-38 variety, better known as the Cosmic Crisp Wednesday September 27th at the Sunrise Orchard near Wenatchee. More than 635,000 trees have already been planted of the WA-38, so WSU and the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission are hoping field days such as these provide g

For the first time in eight years, WSU is hosting a field day for forest and rangeland owners in Dayton June 24th.   The field day is designed to help landowners map out a plan to either reduce risk, beautify, protect financial investments, whatever it is and then come up with strategies to realize that plan.  ...

Washington State University is hosting two rootstock field days this week, one Tuesday, October 18th and the other on Wednesday, October 19th showcasing work on varieties of cherries and apples.   Tuesday’s event begins at the Big 5 in Wenatchee at 7:30 before heading off to Oroville to look at Honeycrisps and then moving to Brewster for a discussion on Pazazz.   Wednesday’s...

Washington State University is hosting two field days this month that will allow growers to get another look at different aspects of the Cosmic Crisp apple.   The first field day is Wednesday, September 14th at the Roza Orchard in Prosser. Thi...