Parkland College and the East Central Research Foundation have announced a second annual research farm field day July 29 in Yorkton.
Farmers and agriculture industry representatives are invited to check out the projects being conducted this summer. Researchers are testing soybean varieties by seeding date, canaryseed fertility, oat varieties by nitrogen rate, wheat and canola with Environmentally Smart Nitrogen technology, wheat fungicide timing, and cereal forage.
The field day will start at 10:00 a.m. at the Tourism Yorkton location near the junction of highways 9 and 16. Attendees will be taken on a guided tour of the Crops of the Parklands demonstration site. Particular attention will be paid to the more technical plots such as those demonstrating the difference in seed treatment and fertilizer placement.
"This year we have about 12 different projects at two locations," says Gwen Machnee, University and Applied Research Coordinator at Parkland College. "There will be tours to the research projects located at the research farm on York Lake Road and at a site adjacent to Skinner's Garden Centre."
A barbecue lunch will be served at the Tourism Yorkton site. The field day is expected to wrap up around 2 p.m.
"There will be lots of time to ask questions and discuss the results with our research scientist Mike Hall, farm technician Clark Anderson, and summer research assistant Ashley Zelinski," concludes Machnee.
