Mark your calendars for two upcoming Wheat Rx seminars! Kansas Wheat Rx combines suggested management practices for the economical and sustainable production of high-quality winter wheat in Kansas. Speakers will discuss variety selection, weed control, disease management, soil fertility, and more.
The first seminar will take place in Salina on March 11. This seminar was originally scheduled for Feb. 11 and was postponed due to inclement weather. If you registered for the original date, your registration was rolled over to the new date of March 11.
The Salina event will take place at the Great Plains Corporate office and start at 8:30 with registration. Attendees will also learn more about Great Plains Ag, tour its Salina facility, and about a new project between K-State and the Kansas Wheat Commission to help growers benefit from ongoing government and private conservation programs.
Salina Program Agenda:
8:30 AM – Coffee and registration
8:50 – Welcome by Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat Commission
9:00 – Wheat Variety Selection in Kansas - Dr. Allan Fritz
9:45 – Problematic Weeds and their Control in Winter Wheat - Dr. Sarah Lancaster
10:30 – Break
10:45 – Management of Major Wheat Diseases in Kansas - Dr. Kelsey Andersen Onofre
11:30 – Wheat Fertility Management for High Yield and Quality - Dr. Dorivar Ruiz Diaz
12:15 – Lunch
1:00 – Variety Specific Management for Yield and Quality - Dr. Romulo Lollato
1:45 – Great Plains facility tour
The second seminar will be held in Colby on March 12.
The Colby event will be held at Frahm Farmland, 1453 Co. Road O, beginning at 8:30, with registration and concluding around 2:00 pm.
Colby Program Agenda:
8:30 AM – Coffee and registration
8:50 – Welcome by Aaron Harries, Kansas Wheat Commission
9:00 – Variety Specific Management for Yield and Quality - Dr. Romulo Lollato
9:45 – Management of Major Wheat Diseases in Kansas - Dr. Kelsey Andersen Onofre
10:30 – Break
10:45 – Wheat Fertility Management for High Yield and Quality - Dr. Dorivar Ruiz Diaz
11:30 – The Role of Wheat in Semi-Arid Cropping Systems - Dr. Lucas Haag
12:15 – Lunch
1:00 – Weed Control in Winter Wheat - Dr. Jeremie Kouame
These events are free for members of the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers (KAWG). It costs $110 for non-members; however, the event fee includes KAWG membership.
Online registration is open for both seminars at kswheat.com/wheatrx.
Romulo Lollato, Wheat and Forages Specialist
lollato@ksu.edu