New deep furrow drill packer prototypes at Lind Field Day
Washington Ag Today June 16, 2010 The 94th Annual Lind Field Day is tomorrow, June 17th at the Washington State University Dryland Research Station near Lind. WSU agronomist Bill Schillinger says there will be seven field presentations. Schillinger: “All the way from winter wheat seedling emergence, winter wheat breeding, spring wheat breeding, grass weed control in wheat, club wheat breeding and variety testing. We are going to have a special demonstration and display of some new deep furrow drill packer prototype both from what we are developing at Lind and what the McGregor Company is developing. Also a session on camelina as a dryland oil seed crop.” There will be a hosted lunch and a program with updates from the Washington Association of Wheat Growers, Washington Grain Commission and from State Senator Mark Schoesler. Following lunch there will be an ice cream social. Registration for the Lind Field Day is at 8:30 a.m. with field tours at nine a.m. The cool, wet spring has Washington’s winter wheat crop lagging in development with only 64 percent headed compared to a five year average for now of 83 percent. Despite issues with stripe rust the winter wheat is rated in 89 percent good to excellent condition. The state’s spring wheat is rated 81 percent good to excellent. This springs moisture has been good for range and pasture lands in Washington and they are 75 percent good and 11 percent excellent with many eastern counties reporting plentiful forage. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net. ?
