The Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold its annual pre-harvest field crops tour on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Registration begins at 7:30 am at the Research Farm (1045 Hare Road, Suffolk, VA). PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED–please see the attached flyer for more details. A lunch will follow the pre-harvest field crops tour. Also, please see on the flyer that Drs. Phipps and Balota will hold additional tours that afternoon. 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. Additional information: 2012-tarec-fall-tour-notice-pdf
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Virginia Tech’s Eastern Shore AREC Field Day set for July 18, 2012
Virginia Tech’s Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center (ESAREC) has scheduled their 2012 Research Field Day for Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Registration is free, open to the public, and will begin at 8:00 AM at the ESAREC complex located at 33446 Research Drive, Painter, Virginia 23420. Research projects to be showcased include: herbicide resistant weeds, plant disease management, insect pest management, alternative fertilizers and fertilizer management, fumigant alternatives, and water quality best management practices. Virginia Private Pesticide Applicators and Certified Crop Advisor recertification credits will be offered.
The Virginia Tech ESAREC is committed to supporting commercial vegetable and agronomic crop production throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. Centrally located on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, the center conducts basic and applied research on more than 25 agricultural crops including, but not limited to, alfalfa, barley, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, collards, cotton, cucumbers, dry beans, edamame, eggplant, field corn, lettuce, lima beans, peppers, potatoes, pumpkin, snap beans, soybeans, spinach, squash, sunflowers, sweet corn, switchgrass, tomatoes, watermelon, wheat, and zucchini.
For more information, visit http://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/eastern-shore/index.html. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Lauren or Carrie at 757-414-0724* (*TDD number is (800) 828-1120) during business hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations.
Additional information: 2012-esarec-field-day-program-27june2012-docx
Tidewater AREC June 5 Tour Reminder and Brochure
Attached is a brochure listing the speakers, topics, and other information for the “Early Summer Row Crops Tour” to be held at the Tidewater AREC Hare Road Research Farm in Suffolk, VA, on June 5, 2012. The tour will start at 9:00 am sharp. All are welcome; there is no preregistration/no fee. 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. Additional information: brochure-2012-pdf
Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC hosting row crops tour on morning of June 5, 2012
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.
Date/Time for Virginia Tech’s Eastern Shore AREC Summer Field Day Set
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.