Field Tour Presentations
Take four walking tours and discuss the latest breakthroughs in agriculture and technology with researchers and extension specialists from the University of Illinois.
Tour topics include:
- Bioenergy
- Continuous Corn
- Foliar Fungicides
- Corn Rootworm Management
- Weed Management
- SCN Management
Walking tours begin every half-hour between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon, as groups are available. Each tour lasts about an hour, so please come early if you plan to take all four.
Tour A
- Terry L. Niblack
- Ten Things You Should Know about Corn Nematodes
- Fabián G. Fernández
- Maximizing Returns on Fertilizer Investment
- Glen L. Hartman
- Resistance Genes to Fight Against Soybean Diseases and Pests
- Emerson D. Nafziger
- Pushing Soybean Yields
Tour B
- Fred E. Below & Martin Uribelarrea
- Ethylene: How Plants Talk About Stress
- Carl A. Bradley & Fred Kolb
- Managing Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) of Wheat
- Ronald E. Estes & Nicholas A. Tinsley
- Changing Tactics: The Battle Against Soybean Aphids using Insecticides and Host Plant Resistance
- Michael E. Gray & Kevin Steffey
- Managing Insect Pests of Corn in a Transgenic Landscape
Tour C
- Dawn Refsell
- The Power of Residual
- A.J. Woodyard & Dean Riechers
- Giant Ragweed: Improved Management Options for Fighting an Old Enemy in Corn
- Aaron Hager & Patrick Tranel
- Waterhemp Notches Another Victory Against Illinois Farmers
- Jim Morrison & Ted Funk
- Getting Green from Brown – Fertilizer Value of Manure
Tour D
- Martin Bohn & Andrew Hauck
- Corn Stover: A Second Crop?
- Louis F. Rodríguez
- Future Engineering Solutions For Biomass Feedstock Production