Washington State's Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Research Center

Schedule of Field Days

Monthly Schedule:

February ; March; April ; May ; June ; July ; August
September ; October ; December

 

For WSU Variety Testing/Field Days/Other:
http://variety.wsu.edu/

 

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Date Event Location Host Phone

January

Jan. 31, 2013 Pre-Cherry Institute Orchard Tour 1:00 pm Sunny Slope Rd. Yakima; map Michael Bush 509-574-1600

February

March

         

April

May 15, 2013 Bulb Field Day 9:30am Gary Chastagner 253-445-4528

May

May 8, 2013 WAWG Wheat University Lind-9:00 a.m Aaron Esser 509-659-3210
May 21, 2013 Douglas Co. Winter Canola Field Tour 10:00am-12:00; Box lunch with an RSVP; Wade Troutman far near Bridgeport Dale Whaley 509-745-8531
May, 23, 2013 Winter Canola Field Tour

Pomery, WA; Hwy 12 turn south on SE 128/15th St. then drive 11.5 miles south; 5-7:00pm

Grilled hamburgers for dinner

Karen Sowers 808-283-7013
May 29, 2013 AgVentures NW Winter Canola Variety Trial Tour 9-11:00am; Paul and Lorri Williams farm NW of Reardan Paul Porter 509-348-0060
May 30, 2013 WSU Tour of Fresh Wheat Stubble Management for Irrigated Winter Canola 7:00-8:30pm Jeff Schibel farm near Odessa Karen Sowers 808-283-7013

June

June 4, 2013 Horse Heaven Tour Horseheaven Community Hall; 8:45 a.m Steven Norberg 509-545-3511
June 4, 2013 Mint Field Day WSU Prosser; 4:00pm followed by BBQ Shane Johnson,
Mint Commission
509-585-5460
June 5, 2013 Ritzville 1:00pm Aaron Esser 509-659-3210
June 6, 2013 Cherry Field Day WSU Prosser IARES, Roza Unit; 12:00 begin with BBQ
http://cahnrs-cms.wsu.edu/sweetcherryresearch/Pages/default.aspx ;
Matthew Whiting 509-786-9260
June 6, 2013 Connell Connell; 4:00 p.m. Steven Norberg 509-545-3511
June 6, 2013 Western Whitman Co. Research Tour Lacrosse, WA 8:00 a.m. -11:00am McGregor Plant in Lacrosse. Steve Van Vleet 509-397-6290
June 11, 2013 OSU Pendleton Ag Research Center Field Day

7:45-2:30 p.m.- Pendleton, OR Ag Research Center

Ice cream social in afternoon

Don Wysocki 541-278-4186
June 11-12, 2013 WSCS & WWW Mtg. Western Society of Crop Science and Western Wheat Workers annual mtg.-Pendelton, OR
Stephen Machado 541-278-4396
June 12, 2013 OSU Sherman Co. Ag Research Center Field Day 7:30-1:00 p.m. Moro, OR; Stephen Machado 541-278-4186
June 13, 2013 Harrington 6:00pm Diana Roberts 509-477-2167
June 13, 2013 WSU Lind Dryland Research Station Field Day Lind, WA, Dryland Research Center; 8:30am Bill Schillinger 509-235-1933

June 14, 2013

St. Andrews St. Andrews 6:00 pm Dale Whaley 509-745-8531
June 18, 2013 Fairfield Fairfield-7:00 a.m. Diana Roberts 509-447-2167
June 19, 2013 Moses Lake Irrigation 8:00am Andy McGuire 509-754-2011
June 19, 2013 Almira

4:00pm

Diana Roberts 509-477-2167
June 19, 2013 WSU Weed Science Field Tour Plant Path farm bldg adjacent ot Cook Farm Whelan-Albion Rd. 1:00pm Ian Burke 509-335-2858
June 20, 2013 Mayview Mayview 9:00 a.m. Mark Heitstuman 509-243-2009
June 20, 2013 Anatone Anatone 3:30 p.m. Mark Heitstuman 509-243-2009
June 22, 2013 Forest and Range Owners Field day Tonasket, WA; (Havillah) gates open at 8:00a.m.
Fire Springs Ranch; 64 Fire Springs Rd.
Andy Perleberg 509-667-6540
June 25, 2013 Walla Walla 3:00pm (pea, lentil, chickpea) Paul Carter 509-382-4741
June 25, 2013 Walla Walla 6:30pm (wheat) Paul Carter 509-382-4741
June 26, 2013 Dayton, WA 8:30 a.m. Paul Carter 509-382-4741
June 26, 2013 N. Lincoln Co.-Creston 8:00 a.m. Aaron Esser 509-659-3210
June 27, 2013 Reardon 7:00am Diana Roberts 509-447-2167
June 27, 2013 Small Grains Field Day Mt. Vernon Steve Jones 360-848-6153
June 27, 2013 Croplan Genetics/Winfield Solutions cereal grain and canola Answer Plot® tour Carothers Rd., Pullman; 9:00am-1:00pm Beau Blachly 509-843-7334
  WA Mint Commission Day WSU Prosser Doug Walsh 509-786-9287
coming 2013 WSU/USDA/ARS Palouse Conservation Feild Day Albion Hwy.    
June 27, 2013 Bickelton Bickelton, 3:00 pm Todd Murray 509-773-5817
June 27, 2013 Cook Farm Field Day Cook Farm-Pullman; 7:30 a.m. Dave Huggins 509-335-3379
  WSU Potato Field Day Othello WSU Research Station Mark Pavek  

July

July 7, 2013 U of I Parker Farm Field Day 8:00a.m. Parker Farm; Moscow, ID; hosted lunch PSES Dept., UI  
July 9, 2013 Turf Field Day Goss Farm; Puyallup-BBQ lunch served Gwen Stahnke 253-445-4513
July 10, 2013 PNW Farmers Cooperate Colton-8:00am Steve Van Vleet 509-397-6290
  Cherry Field Day Prosser IAREC; Roza Unit; 10:00am; Lunch after Matt Whiting 509-786-9260
July 11, 2013 Spillman Field Day

Spillman Farm
Registration at: 7:30 a.m.
Lunch program

Steven Guy 509-335-5831
july 11, 2013 NARF Field Day Mt. Vernon Steve Jones 360-848-6153
July 16, 2013 Farmington 9:30 a.m. Steve Van Vleet 509-397-6290
July 16, 2013 St. John St. John-2:00pm Steve Van Vleet 253-397-6290
July 16, 2013 Lamont Lamont-5:00pm Steve Van Vleet 253-397-6290
  WSU Mt. Vernon NWREC Biofuels, camelina, mustard-afternoon Tim Miller 360-848-6138
  Drip Irrigation Systems in Vegetable Systems WSU Mt. Vernon NWREC John Roozen 360-848-6135
  WSU Mt. Vernon NWREC NARF Field Day State Route 536 (Memorial Highway) 3 miles west of Mt. Vernon
3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.-BBQ Flyer
Leslie duToit 360-848-6140
  Tilth Producers WA and WSU Small Farms Let Us Farm, Oakville
Organic Mixed Vegetables Production
  253-445-4500
  WSU/OSU Turfgrass Field Day R.L. Goss Research Facility; Puyallup, WA
8:00 am BBQ Lunch
Gwen Stahnke 253-445-4513
  WSU Orchard and Research Field Day Tukey Farm on Pullman Campus on near Airport Rd. 8:00-12:00 noon. Bradley Jaeckel 509-335-5893
  Pest Management Field Day Greentree Naturals Certifiied Organic Farm 12 miles NE of Sandpoint, ID; $15.00 which includes lunch. See http://www.greentreenaturals.com/ for details. Joyce Parker 509-335-7965
  Puyallup Organic Field Day and Resource Fair WSU Puyallup Craig Cogger 253-445-4512
  Second Annual Sunrise Orchard Field Day Wenatchee Tree Fruit Research Extension Center; Sunrise Orchard (between Quincy and Wenatchee on hwy. 28. Darla Ewald 509-663-8181
  Raspberry Field Day WSU Puyallup; Sakuma 1-3:00pm; WSU 3-5:00pm Patrick Moore 253-445-4525
  Raspberry Field Day WSU Puyallup
Randy Honcoop Farm, Lynden, WA. 11:00-1:00pm
Patrick Moore 253-445-4525
  WSU Field Day and Organic Farm Tukey Orchard (.5 mi northeast of the WSU bear facility at the corner of Grimes Way and Airport Rd) 9:30 a.m. - 1:00pm Doug Collins 253-445-4658
  Cranberry Field Day PCCRF Farm; WSU Long Beach REU; 2907 Pioneer Rd. Long Beach, WA 98631 Mary Garvey 360-642-2031
  Western WA Forest Owners Field Day Birdsview, WA Andy Perleberg 509-667-6540

August

  WSU Field Day and Organic Farm WSU Puyallup Doug Collins 253-445-4658
  Asparagus Field Day Erin Gwinn 509-266-4303
  Family Forest Owners Field Day Maytown, WA, just south of Olympia; 9:00am-4:00pm Andy Perleberg 509-667-6658
  Orchard Establishment Field Day Naches, WA; Allen Bro's Valley View Ranch Karen Lewis 509-760-2263
  Tilth Producers of WA and WSU Small Farms Alvarez Farms, Mabton   253-445-4500

Family Forest Owners Field Day Naselle, WA Andy Perleberg 509-667-6540
  Organic Grain Field Day Snohomish Conservation District, Chinook Farms 6:00-8:00 pm
Kate Halstead 425-357-6024
  No-Till Field Trials Puyallup Research and Ext. Center; 2606 West Pioneer Andy Corbin 425-357-6012
  WSU Watermelon Field Day Hermiston, OR Tom Waters 360-576-6030 ext. 20

September

  WSU Onion Fiels Day Weyns Farms off Rd. 10.5 SE, North of Othello, WA Tim Waters 509-545-3511
  No-Till Field Trials Puyallup Research and Ext. Center; 2606 West Pioneer Andy Corbin 425-357-6012
  Comprehensive automation for Specialty Crops Sunrise Orchard in Rock Island, WA Gwen Hoheisel 509-786-5609

October

  Fall Field Day Open House WSU Mt Vernon Gary Moulton 235-584-5216
         
   
December
   
  The Dalles Cherry Pruning Tour

John Carter's Point Block; Three Mile and Pleasant Ridge Rd. 8:30 a.m.-English

1:30 p.m.-Spanish

Lynn Long 541-296-5494

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