The Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold an early-summer field crops tour during the morning of Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The tour will be held at the Center’s Research Farm (1045 Hare Road, Suffolk, VA). Specialists (Drs. Maria Balota, Hunter Frame, Ames Herbert, David Holshouser, Pat Phipps, and Wade Thomason) will display field research in progress and will present information for the 2012 crop season. Topics will include nutrient management, pest management, and crop management for cotton, peanut, soybean, wheat, corn, and sorghum. Robert Christian will conclude the tour with a pesticide safety review. We have applied to offer Certified Crop Adviser Continuing Education Credits. Commercial Pesticide Applicator recertification credits (categories 1-A, 1-C, and 10), and Registered Technician (category 60) will be available for participants. All interested in commercial production of field crops are invited to attend. There is no preregistration and no fee for attending this tour. Arrival is at 8:30 am with the program starting promptly at 9:00 am and running through lunch (courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience) at 12:30 pm. More information is available through local Virginia Cooperative Extension offices or by contacting the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center main office at 757-657-6450. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 am and 4:30 pm to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.

The annual summer Eastern Shore AREC will be held on July 18th, 2012 at the research station in Painter, VA. Registration will begin at 8:00AM with plot/research tours beginning at 9:00AM. Lunch will follow the tour. We hope to see you there! A more detailed program will be developed at a later date.