PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold its field day on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the MSAD 1 School Farm in Presque Isle.
Registration is from 10 to 10:15, with a welcome at 10:15 a.m.
Richard Brzozowski will talk about the cooperative relationship at the farm.
Discussion will include the following:
Corn variety trial with different nitrogen rates (no till), by Lakesh Sharma.
Corn split nitrogen application trial (no-till), Sukhwinder Bali.
Potato fertility trial with different nitrogen fertilizers (one time lightly disced before planting), Sharma.
Potato nurse crop trial with different nurse crop rates and tillage methods (deeply disced), Bali.
Demonstration of optical sensors and drone technology, Sharma and others.
Fly ash application and its implications.
Insect activity update, Jim Dwyer.
