8:30-8:55         Registration, coffee, & networking

 8:55                 Begin tour                                                                                                     

 9:00-10:15      Small Grains: Breeding for Quality and Pest Resistance   

                              Mark Sorrells and David Bensher with Small grain inventory from Phil Adkins

 10:15-10:30     Using UAVs to model biomass accumulation and heritable growth patterns in alfalfa.

                              Kelly Robbins and Ranjita Thapa  

 10:30-10:45    Dual Cropping Alfalfa and Intermediate Wheatgrass

                              Virginia Moore

 11:00-11:15     Forage Yield Trial Update and Potato leafhopper resistant alfalfa cultivars

                              Julie Hansen

 11:15-11:30    Cover Crop and Forage Breeding

                              Virginia Moore

11:30-11:45    Are cannabinoids a defense against chewing herbivores?

                              George Stack

11:45-noon     Switchgrass and resistance to Anthracnose and Smut

                              Ryan Crawford

12:00               Adjourn

DEC and CCA continuing education credits requested.   

Alan Taylor (315-521-0439), agt1@cornell.edu) and Margaret Smith (607-255-1654, mes25@cornell.edu) for the Field Day Planning Committee