Delta Harvest Wrap-up set for Nov. 3
October 27, 2016
The annual Delta Harvest Wrap-up will take place Nov. 3 at the Delta Career Advancement
Center in Delta Junction.
The gathering, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., will bring producers, agricultural researchers
and farm agency representatives together to talk about current research efforts and
research needs and to share observations about the farming season.
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers will include Steven Seefeldt, Mingchu Zhang
and Bob Van Veldhuizen, who will talk about a crop protection and pest management
grant and grain variety trials. Meghan Lene of the Salcha-Delta Soil and Water Conservation
District will speak about bromegrass hay fertilizer trials and a lime study, and Delta
Extension agent Phil Kaspari will provide an update on local weed management challenges.
Lloyd Wilhelm of the Farm Service Agency and Mike Stephens of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service will also provide program updates.
The Delta Junction district office of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative
Extension Service will host the event. For more information, call Kaspari at 907-895-4215.