Potato and Snap Bean Field Day Wed.

Please join us for a Potato and Snap Bean Field Day at Alan Jones farm in Parrish, FL on Wednesday, March 26 at 1:30pm.  We’ll be discussing recent irrigation trial data including center pivot irrigation trials. Please RSVP to Crystal by e-mail or phone (941)722-4524.  Please see the agenda below.  I hope to see you there. CCA credits pending.

 

 

Jones Potato Farm

13400 Dickey Road

Parrish, FL 34219

Phone: 941-776-8215 Fax: 941-776-5431

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Potato and Snap Bean Field Day

Agenda

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 1:30 – 3:20 p.m.

Location: 13400 Dickey Road, Parrish, FL 32419

1:30 Registration

1:50 Welcome and overview. Crystal Snodgrass. Extension Faculty in vegetable crops, UF/IFAS-Manatee County, Palmetto, FL

2:00 Update on Potato/Snap Bean Irrigation-Trial at Jones Potato Farm. Xiaolin Liao, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, G.D. Liu, L. Zotarelli, C. Snodgrass, A. Jones, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS-Gainesville, FL

2:20 Nutrient Management for Snap Bean Production. G. David Liu, Ph.D., Vegetable Nutrition Specialist, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS-Gainesville, FL

2:40 Weed Control in Potato and Snap Bean Production. Peter Dittmar, Ph.D., Weed Scientist, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS-Gainesville, FL

3:00 Postharvest Handling of potatoes. Steve Sargent, Ph.D., Postharvest Technology. Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS-Gainesville, FL

3:20 See snap bean trials at Dickey Farm

3:50 See potato trials at Buckeye Back Farm

4:20 Adjourn

Please RSVP by phone Crystal 941-721-4524 or e-mail crys21@ufl.edu

Driving Directions:

If you are traveling South on Interstate 75, take exit 229 east to US301 North to 13400 Dickey Road (2 miles)

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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE, FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES, SEA GRANT, AND 4-H YOUTH, STATE OF FLORIDA,

IFAS, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COOPERATING.

 

 

 

Crystal Snodgrass, M.S.
Extension Agent, Vegetables
Manatee County Government
University of Florida IFAS Extension
941-722-4524, Ext. 230
Fax: 941-721-6796
crys21@ufl.edu
http://manatee.ifas.ufl.edu