DATE:     8/13/97
CONTACT:  Dr. John Mueller, (803) 284-3343
WRITER:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-334

Edisto Fall Field Day
Sept 11 at Blackville

     BLACKVILLE -- The second annual Edisto Fall Field Day is set
for South Carolina farmers Sept. 11 at Clemson University's
Edisto Research and Education Center.
     "The day begins with morning sessions on beef cattle,
peanuts, marketing and weeds. Following lunch, afternoon tours of
soybean, cotton and corn research plots are scheduled," said John
Mueller, Clemson Extension plant pathologist and field day co-chairman.
     Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the first sessions run
from 10 a.m. to noon.
     The beef cattle session will include looks at subtropical
beef breeds, how differences in milk production in Angus cows
affect weaning weights, the relationship between breed and
carcass composition, and sustainable agriculture production
systems.
     The peanut tour will look at new varieties, herbicides,
strip-till peanuts and foliar fungicides.
     The indoor/outdoor session will look at marketing of this
year's crops and weed identification and symptoms of herbicide
damage.
     Afternoon sessions begin at 1:15.Tour No.1 will be the
official State Soybean Tour. It will include looks at soybean
cyst nematode management, the effects of boron and insect growth
regulator (Dimilin), promising S.C. soybean lines, RoundUp Ready
soybean varieties and weed management.
     Tour No.2 will look at yield monitors for cotton and
soybeans, cotton insecticides, corn nematodes, weed management in
cotton and stink bug management in cotton.
     Tour No. 3 will look at row spacing in RoundUp Ready double-cropped soybeans, composted municipal waste injected under
cotton, late-planted strip-till cotton varieties, wheat
production and Bt cotton varieties.
     A weed identification session will be combined with a break
from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Tours will be repeated between 3:15 and 4:45
to give participants a chance to catch a second afternoon
session.
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