The 33rd Annual University of Missouri Graves-Chapple Research Center Field Day will be held Tuesday, August 24, beginning with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. (MU Graves-Chapple Research Center Facebook photo)

The University of Missouri Graves-Chapple Research Center is once again hosting its Field Day. The 33rd annual event will take place Tuesday, August 24.

Breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m. with tours starting at 8:00 a.m. The last tour will leave the building at 11:15 a.m. A free lunch will start at 11:45 a.m. 

Featured speakers will include Charlie Ellis (Northwest Missouri strip trial results), Ray Massey (farming carbon markets), Andy Luke (Enlist or Xtend soybeans: pros and cons), Travis Winans and Haylee Schreier (weed management update), Kevin Rice (update on soybean gall midge and new traps to quantify stink bugs in soybean fields), Peng Tian (current diseases and services of the MU plant diagnostic clinic), Scott Brown (critical drivers in the market outlook for corn and soybeans), Ben Brown (corn and soybeans costs of production), and Wayne Flanary (effect on crop yield for different inputs). 

The farm is located at 29955 Outer Road, Fairfax. Take Exit 99 to the east outer road.