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Illinois Extension is excited host their annual Agronomy Field Day at Ewing Demonstration Center on Thursday, July 27, at 9 a.m. with a lunch to follow. The event will feature various educators and campus faculty as they provide best management practices for local growers.

Ewing Demonstration Center has served the agricultural community of southern Illinois since 1910.  Research at the center includes various trials for corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, and cover crops.  The center has featured no-till research and demonstration plots for more than 50 years as it offers representative growing conditions for southern Illinois.

The event will feature the following speakers:

9 - 9:15 a.m.         Welcome and Introductions
                                Talon Becker, Katie Bell, Andy Fisher, Nathan Johanning, and Jaqueline Kellerman

9:15 - 11:45 a.m.   Concurrent presentations (field stations)

• Benchmarking and integrating soil health, water quality, and climate-smart footprints of Illinois soybeans
  University of Illinois Crop Sciences PhD Student Heidi Allen Asensio
• Double-dipping P loss reductions: Integrating and stacking struvite in phosphorus BMPs
  University of Illinois Crop Sciences PhD Student Mariana Gomez Botero
• Illinois AgrAbility: Helping farmers maintain their independence
  Illinois AgrAbility Coordinator Haley Jones
• Cover Crop Systems in Illinois: What we have learned and work to be done
  University of Illinois Extension Commercial Ag Educator Talon Becker

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.    Lunch

The Ewing Demonstration Center is about 20 minutes south of Mt. Vernon, located at 16132 N. Ewing Rd in Ewing, IL. The center is on the north edge of the village of Ewing, north of the Ewing Grade School. Additional signage will be posted near the center.

The field day is free, and lunch will be provided. Certified Crop Advisor CEUs will also be offered. To register, visit go.illinois.edu/EwingFieldDay or call (618) 439-3178.

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