After over a year of virtual events, the Department of Agronomy and K-State Research and Extension will host several face-to-face winter wheat variety plot tours in different regions of the state, starting May 10 and going into June Make plans to attend a plot tour near you to see and learn about the newest available and upcoming wheat varieties, their agronomics, and disease reactions.
A preliminary list of plot tour locations, dates, times, and directions is provided below. Stay tuned to the eUpdate for any updates/additions to this list. There are still some tours that are being finalized.
|
Plot |
Area |
Agent |
Date |
Time |
Main speaker |
Directions |
|
Wichita |
NW |
Rick Horton |
6/9 |
4:30 PM |
Lollato |
Plot tour located just south of the Horton Seed Farms near Leoti, KS. |
|
Twin Creeks |
NW |
Keith VanSkike |
6/14 |
7:00 AM |
Haag |
Travel on HWY 36 west of Oberlin, KS about 2.5 miles. GPS coordinates: 39.828330, -100.584228 |
|
Twin Creeks |
NW |
Keith VanSkike |
6/14 |
12:00 PM |
Haag-Guorong-Lollato |
Decatur (state line) plots - several trials - KYN, VPT, in furrow urea, KWC, etc |
|
Twin Creeks |
NW |
Keith VanSkike |
6/14 |
7:00 PM |
Haag |
From Dresden, KS travel South on 23 then at the #9 and 23 intersection go east on #9 to 2000th Road on the North side of the road. GPS: 39.568082, -100.36731 |
|
River Valley - LeClair |
NC |
Rebecca Zach |
NA |
NA |
NA |
From Clifton, 6 1/4 miles north on Eagle road, plots on the west side of the road north of 6th. |
|
Wild West District |
SW |
Ron Honig |
NA |
NA |
NA |
SE 17-31-34. Go 6 miles NE of Hugoton on Hwy 56 to Rd V (County RD 16), then east 12 miles to Rd B, then 5 miles north and then 1/2 mile east on field road. |
|
Ford Co. - Dodge City |
SW |
Andrea Burns |
TBD |
TBD |
Local? |
Highway 50 Bypass & 116 Road Across from Koch Nitrogen Plant, Dodge City |
|
Thomas Co. |
NW |
Emily Bennigsdorf |
6/7 |
7:30 am CT |
Haag-Lollato |
Solomon Creek Farms located 5 miles south of Levant/I-70 Interchange on County Road 11, east side of road |
|
Sunflower District – Wallace County |
NW |
Jeanne Falk Jones |
6/8 |
6:30 am MT breakfast at CAB, 7:30 am MT at Mai Farms, 10:00 am MT at E&H Farms |
Haag |
Mai Farms: 9 mi south of Sharon Springs to Field Road and 3.5 mi east E&H Farms: 3 mi west of Weskan to Road 3 and south 5.5 mi (just south of intersection of Gooseberry Rd and Rd 3) |
|
Sunflower District – Sherman County |
NW |
Jeanne Falk Jones |
6/8 |
5:30 pm MT |
Haag |
At F&J Farms - 7 miles north of Goodland on Hwy 27, east of the Quonset building |
|
Tribune Experiment Station (Spring Crop Tour) |
NW |
Alan Schlegel |
6/9 |
8:45 am MT Registration 9:00 am MT Tour starts |
Schlegel |
1 mi west of Tribune on Hwy 96 to station headquarters |
|
Sunflower District – Cheyenne County |
NW |
Jeanne Falk Jones |
6/9 |
5:30 pm CT |
Haag |
From St. Francis, go 14 miles west to Road 1 and north 3.4 miles |
|
Barber Co. (Isabel) |
SW |
Justin Goodno |
Virtual |
Virtual |
NA |
Intersection of Main St and Hwy 42 on Isabel. |
|
Barber Co. (Kiowa) |
SW |
Justin Goodno |
Virtual |
Virtual |
NA |
HYW 281 / HWY 2 intersection on the north side of Molz shop and grain bins. |
Romulo Lollato, Extension Wheat Specialist
lollato@ksu.edu
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