Field Tours
Take four walking tours and discuss the latest breakthroughs in agriculture and technology with researchers and extension specialists from the University of Illinois.
Walking tours begin every half-hour between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon, as groups are available. Each tour lasts about an hour, so please come early if you plan to take all four.
Tour topics include:- Bioenergy
- Continuous Corn
- Foliar Fungicides
- Corn Rootworm Management
- Weed Management
- SCN Management
Tour A
- Kevin Steffey
- Soybean Insect Management: Everything But the Kitchen Sink
- Mike Gray
- Is There a Future for Granular Soil Insecticides? Is a 20% Target Enough?
- Eric Adee
- Investing in the future: SCN Management Today
- Emerson Nafziger
- Managing Corn Following Corn
Tour B
- Carl Bradley
- Foliar Fungicides for Corn and Soybean…The New Norm or Just a Fad?
- Joe Spencer
- “Rootworms Use Refuges, Do You”?
- Fabián Fernández
- Taking a Look at Our Roots
- Fred Below, Allen Becker
- The Seven Wonders of the Corn Yield World
Tour C
- Josie Hugie, AJ Woodward, Dean Riechers
- Synergistic Herbicide Tank Mixes for Weed Management in Corn
- Aaron Hager, Dawn Nordby
- Glyphosphate-Resistant Weeds in Illinois: How to Improve Your Chances
- Mike Tannura, Scott Irwin, and Darrel Good
- Are Corn and Soybean Trend Yields Increasing at a Faster Rate?
- Malia Appleford, Richard Cooke
- Removing Tile Drain Nitrates With Biofiltration: Let the Bugs Do the Work!
Tour D
- Yuanhui Zhang, Mitch Minarick
- Thermochemical Conversion Process for Swine Manure to Produce Oil and Reduce Waste
- Al Hansen, Jon McCrady
- Research in Biodiesel Utilization
- Xinlei Wang
- Alternative Energy for the Farmstead
- Frank Dohleman, Stephen Long
- Miscanthus and Switchgrass Trials for Alternative Energy in Illinois