K-State Research and Extension

GARDEN CITY – The K-State Southwest Research-Extension Center will host its dryland wheat tour in Tribune and a spring field day in Garden City, both on May 27. The two programs are timed so participants can attend both.

The dryland wheat tour begins at 8:15 a.m. Mountain time, 1 miles west of Tribune Kansas 96. Presentation topics by K-State Research and Extension specialists will include wheat varieties, diseases and insects.

The spring field day in Garden City starts with registration at 2:15 p.m. Central time. Presentation topics will include wheat varieties, diseases, and insects and canola varieties and production, as well as a presentation on cover crops.

A supper, sponsored by the U.S. Canola Association; Crop Production Services; Farm Credit of Southwest Kansas and Garden City Co-op Inc. will follow the field day in Garden City.

For more information, call (620) 276-8286.

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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 in Manhattan.