UMass Agronomy Farm Research Field Day

Student and faculty researchers from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Departments of Plant Biology, and UMass Extension will share background and findings with

Research trials to be presented include:

• Summer cover crops for fall vegetables
• Balansa clover as a roller crimped cover crop
• Caterpillar pest monitoring in sweet corn
• Strawberry varieties and systems for New England
• Weed seedling emergence in warmed soils
• Vegetable variety trials
• Emergence speed in summer-planted carrots
• Perennial cover crops for corn silage production
• Sulfur fertility needs
• Bee pathogen transmission on flowers
• Precision nitrogen management using drone imaging

Please pre-register if possible to help with food ordering.