July 26, 2001

WKU Agriculture Field Day Scheduled For Aug. 2

Bowling Green, Ky. - Agriculture research and activities at the Western Kentucky University farm will be on display during an Agronomy Field Day Aug. 2.

The field day at WKU's Agriculture Research and Education Complex will show recent work with new types of plants, new systems of pest control, use of poultry litter for fertilizer, garden plots, intensive rotational grazing of alfalfa and other types of pasture and warm season grasses.

Visitors also will see more than 80 corn and 40 soybean varieties tested this summer along with turfgrass research, dairy and beef herd research, the wetlands and other farm activities.

Agronomy Field Day activities begin at 4 p.m. at the L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center. Agronomy tours and general farm tours are scheduled from 4:15 to 7 p.m.

For more information, contact the WKU Agriculture Department at (270) 745-3151.

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