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Live Virtual Wheat Field Days End Tonight
USAgNet - 05/28/2020

Kansas State University is hosting its first-ever live Virtual Wheat Field Day. It began Wednesday night and continues tonight.

In a twist on the typical wheat field day that Kansas farmers often attend, K-State Research and Extension will host a two-part wheat field day live on YouTube to update growers and others on the most recent crop advances and challenges while keeping producers safe from COVID-19, said Romulo Lollato, extension wheat specialist.

The May 27-28 Virtual Wheat Field Day 2020, which Lollato said is really two "field evenings," begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. each evening. Agriculture Today radio host Eric Atkinson will moderate the program. The format will allow for questions from the audience.

If growers could not attend Wednesday night, they are encourage to do so Thursday through this YouTube live link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrF3F2yqJpc&feature=youtu.be

Tonight's program, with each speaker presenting from their own homes, includes:

May 28

- Welcome and introduction -- Eric Atkinson

- Current and upcoming K-State varieties for central Kansas -- Allan Fritz, K-State wheat breeder;

- Current and upcoming K-State varieties for western Kansas -- Guorong Zhang, K-State wheat breeder

- Variety performance and selection in central Kansas -- Stu Duncan, K-State northeast area extension agronomist

- Overview of Kansas Wheat Commission-sponsored research - Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat Commission

- Discussion panel with questions from the audience -- Eric Atkinson

More information is available by contacting Lollato at lollato@ksu.edu or 785-477-4644.


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