The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission, and the University of Georgia Extension Peanut and Cotton Teams, will co-sponsor the annual cotton and peanut research field day on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in Tifton, Georgia. The field day will begin at the Lang-Rigdon Farm (230 Rigdon Altman Rd, Tifton GA) with trams departing at 8:20 a.m. We will conclude with lunch at the Tifton Campus Conference Center (please RSVP so we can get an accurate count for lunch preparations, contact Mrs. Debbie Rutland at (229) 386-3424 or drutland@uga.edu if you plan to attend).
2015 UGA Cotton & Peanut Research Field Day
September 9th, 2015
Sponsored by:
The Georgia Cotton Commission
The Georgia Peanut Commission
8:00 a.m. Arrival at Lang-Rigdon Farm (230 Rigdon Altman Rd, Tifton)
8:20 a.m. Welcome and Discussion of Logistics (West)
8:25 a.m. Load Trams
GROUP I
8:35 a.m. Cotton Agronomics (Whitaker)
Cotton Entomology (Toews)
9:00 a.m. Peanut Pathology (Brenneman)
Peanut Entomology (Abney)
9:30 a.m. Peanut Pathology (Culbreath)
Cotton Biocontrol (Schmidt)
9:55 a.m. Cotton Pathology (Kemerait)
10:10 a.m. Peanut Agronomics (Tubbs)
GROUP II
8:35 a.m. Peanut Pathology (Culbreath)
Cotton Biocontrol (Schmidt)
9:00 a.m. Cotton Pathology (Kemerait)
9:15 a.m. Peanut Agronomics (Tubbs)
9:35 a.m. Cotton Agronomics (Whitaker)
Cotton Entomology (Toews)
10:00 a.m. Peanut Pathology (Brenneman)
Peanut Entomology (Abney)
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10:30 a.m. Depart for the Tifton Campus Conference Center (TCCC)
10:50 a.m. Load Trams at TCCC and travel to RDC Pivot
11:00 a.m. Cotton Breeding (Chee)
Cotton Agronomics (Byrd)
Cotton Physiology (Snider and Meeks)
11:30 a.m. Irrigation and Irrigation Scheduling (Vellidis and Porter)
11:45 a.m. Peanut Breeding (Branch)
Peanut Breeding (Holbrook)
Peanut Agronomics (Monfort)
12:15 p.m. Research Equipment Discussion (Peanut and Cotton Teams)
12:35 p.m. Depart for the Tifton Campus Conference Center
12:45 p.m. Lunch at the Tifton Campus Conference Center
Cotton and Peanut Economics (Smith)
Comments from the Georgia Cotton Commission (Seaton)
Comments from the Georgia Peanut Commission (Koehler)
Comments from the Associate Dean of Extension (Perry-Johnson)
Please RSVP to Mrs. Debbie Rutland at 229-386-3424 or drutland@uga.edu by Thursday September 3rd, 2015 if you plan to attend, so that we can have an accurate head count for the meal.