EWING, Ill. – Illinois Extension is excited to invite the public to their annual Agronomy Field Day at the Ewing Demonstration Center on Thursday, July 24, 2025, at 9 a.m., with a free 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, offering representative growing conditions for southern Illinois.
During the free program, individuals will be transported to field stations on the demonstration grounds to hear concurrent presentations on the following topics:
Cover crops for forage and livestock feed
Travis Meeter, Extension beef specialist
Insect management in corn and soybeans
Nick Seiter, Extension field crops entomologist
Evaluating best management practices on yield, erosion, and nutrient losses through surface runoff
Mariana Gomez-Botero, PhD candidate, University of Illinois Crop Sciences
General analysis and updates
FarmDoc team
Field day is free, and lunch will be provided. Certified Crop Advisor CEUs will also be offered. For an accurate headcount for lunch, please register at go.illinois.edu/EwingFieldDay or call (618) 439-3178.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, contact Dane Hunter at dhunter3@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your needs.
Directions: Ewing Demonstration Center is about 20 minutes south of Mt. Vernon, located at 16132 N. Ewing Rd. The center is on the north edge of the village of Ewing, north of Ewing Grade School. Additional signage will be posted near the center.
University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.