The 2024 KSU-Post Rock Extension District Wheat Plot Tours are Wednesday, May 22, to view more than 25 varieties in each of the wheat plots with five stops. The wheat tour day will have an “eastern” and “western” leg of the tours starting at 10 a.m. in Smith County with the Jewell County tour starting at 10:30 a.m. Two sites will offer lunch at 11:30 a.m. In Jewell at the city lake at the shelter house (blue water tower) sponsored by State Exchange Bank and noon at the Osborne County Wheat Plot sponsored by Midway Co-op, Inc.
The Osborne County wheat plot tour will begin following lunch at 1:30 p.m. with the Lincoln County Plot tour also starting at 1:30 p.m. The last stop will be the Mitchell County plot starting at 4:30 p.m. south of Beloit. Variety trials along with the wheat condition throughout the growing season, will be discussed at each of the plot stops along with additional fertility and seeding rate studies at the Mitchell County location.
The Post Rock Extension district wheat plot cooperators are Darrell and Josh Bohnert; Doane Farms (Rodney and Craig Doane); Marty Fletchall; Steve Kuhlman and Rosebrook Farms (Jeremy, Dale and Dan Rosebrook).
For specific directions to the wheat test plots visit the website at postrock.ksu.edu, then “events.”
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