MSU Weeds.com Blog

-E. Taylor

Yesterday was the annual field day held at the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center in Richville, MI. This was the second year that the field day has been held at the farm’s new location. This year’s tour offered more one-on-one interaction between the attendees and the researchers which received positive feedback. There were researchers there from the many different disciplines that work at the “Bean and Beet Farm”, including pathologists, breeders, entomologists, extension specialists, and of course weed scientists. Christy Sprague and Alicia Spangler were at the sugarbeet stop to talk about the many different weed management trials and Alicia’s M.S. project looking at varying nitrogen fertilizer rates in combination with weed removal timings. Gary Powell and Ryan Holmes were at the dry bean stop to answer weed control and dessication questions as well as to talk about Ryan’s M.S. project looking at row spacing and populations as it relates to canopy closure, weed management, and some insects in black and small red beans. The field day turned out to be a great success and we look forward to doing in again next year.