Farm and Home

The annual field day of the University of Kentucky’s Wheat Science Group is May 17 at the UK Research and Education Center in Princeton. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. CDT, and tours begin at 9 a.m.
Information will be available on the topics of wheat variety trials, micronutrient availability from new fertilizers, wheat row spacing, optical wheat sensing, wheat’s impact on the control of giant ragweed and marestail, best management practices for controlling head scab, fungicide updates and economic insect control and returns to grain storage.