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Sorghum Field Day in Manhattan on October 9, 2015

The Kansas State University Department of Agronomy will be hosting the 2015 field day at the KSU Agronomy Farm on the north side of Manhattan October 9, 2015. The theme for the field day is “Research and New Technologies for Sorghum Production.” The day will include field tours; presentations; and demonstrations on sorghum genetics and breeding, weed management, heat and water stress, and sorghum and cover crops in Kansas cropping systems.

Dr. Geoffrey Morris will be presenting new tools to identify novel traits and how traits are incorporated into breeding material.

Dr. Curtis Thompson will be discussing Inzen sorghum, a new technology for postemergence grass control in grain sorghum.

Dr. Kraig Roozeboom will be discussing how cover crops can fit in sorghum cropping systems.

Registration for the Field Day will begin at 9:00 am and the program will last until early afternoon.