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Released: May 04, 2001 Parsons Wheat Tour Scheduled May 24 PARSONS, Kan. – Researchers, farmers and industry officials will be talking about the wheat crop in southeast Kansas during the annual "Wheat Tour" hosted by the K-State Southeast Agricultural Research Center near Parsons. All are invited to attend. The event begins at 9 a.m. on May 24. The research center is located approximately 2 miles north from the corner of 32nd and Main Street in Parsons. K-State Research and Extension’s crops and soils specialist Gary Kilgore will lead a tour of 28 wheat varieties. Other sessions, with their presenters, include: * Response of no-till seeded wheat to fertilizer: Kenneth Kelley, crops and soils agronomist with the Southeast Agricultural Research Center. * Managing wheat diseases: Bob Bowden, K-State Research and Extension plant pathologist. * Canola research: Jim Long, crop variety development agronomist with the Southeast Agricultural Research Center. There is no cost to attend the wheat tour, and refreshments will be provided. For more information, or to arrange special accommodations, interested persons can call Lyle Lomas at the Southeast Agricultural Research Center, 620-421-4826. -30- K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan. Story by: Lyle Lomas is at 621-421-4826 |