Associate Farm Editor, Reagan Calk, had the chance to visit with Aaron Schantz about the Schantz Farm Field Day coming up on Thursday, October 5, in Hydro, Okla.
The field day will feature multiple crops, Schantz said, including peanuts, cotton, and corn. Attendees will also have a chance to receive 3 ODAFF Applicator CEUs.
Some of the topics discussed will include reducing pesticide applications with improved genetics, peanut disease management, weed management in peanuts, fungicide and herbicide management on late corn, and more.
“This gives you a good opportunity to come out, see the different crops, see what we are doing on-farm with research, and be able to enjoy a good meal, get your CEUs, and fellowship with fellow farmers and producers,” Schantz said.
The CEUs will be built into the information provided during the farm tour, Schantz said, but producers will have the chance to come back after the tour and listen to PowerPoint presentations discussing those topics more in-depth.
“Registration is going to be at 7:45 a.m.,” Schantz said. “We will have a bus available at 8:15 to go out and do the farm tours, and then we will come back at 11:30 to do presentations before lunch.”
At 12:30, Lunch will be catered by Pecina’s Mexican Café in Weatherford.
Following lunch, Schantz said individuals in the area will have brought their antique tractors to perform demonstrations. There will also be tables available for industry groups to showcase their products.
“Anybody who is in the agriculture business- this is a good place to network,” Schantz said.
Directions to the field day from Hydro: 2 miles north on Highway 58, I mile west, ½ mile north.
