2023 Cornell Seed Growers Field Day




Event Details

Event Offers DEC Credits

Date

June 30, 2023

Time

8:30 am - 12:30 pm

Location

NYSIP Foundation Seed Barn
91 Dryden Rd., Rt. 366
Ithaca, NY

Host

South Central New York Dairy & Field Crops



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

8:55                 Begin tour
9:00-10:15am  Small Grains: Breeding for Quality and Disease Resistance  - Mark Sorrells 

- White and red winter wheat varieties 

- Spring oat and spring barley varieties 

- High quality spring and winter malting barley varieties for NY 

- Free-threshing emmer and spelt varieties

- Update on certified seed inventory by crop (RJ Richtmyer)

10:15-10:45am Gary Bergstrom recognition at NYSIP Foundation Seed Barn  

10:45a-12:30p  Forages, cover crops, industrial hemp, and dry beans 

- Cover crop breeding (Virginia Moore and Solveig Hanson)

- No-till planting dry beans and hemp into cover crops (Erika Everest)

- Alfalfa breeding for seedling traits (Martin Ganev)

- Forage yield trial updates (Julie Hansen)

- Dual cropping alfalfa and intermediate wheatgrass (Megan Williams)

- Alfalfa growth rate and aerial imaging (Kelly Robbins, Julie Hansen)

- Current hemp research including hemp seed size and seed composition. (George Stack, Jacob Toth and Luis Monserrate)

 

12:30pm           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




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