2023 Cornell Seed Growers Field Day
Event Details
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 Crops8:30-8:55 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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