Fruit and vegetable growers can get information to help them prepare for spring planting during a Nov. 21 field day.
Experts from Mississippi State University Extension Service, the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, and Alcorn State University will present several educational sessions at the Alliance for Sustainable Agricultural Production Demonstration Farm Field Day in Goodman.
Alan Henn, an MSU Extension plant pathologist; Blake Layton, an MSU Extension entomologist; and Bill Evans, a MAFES associate research professor with MSU, will discuss crop nutrient management, irrigation, crop rotation, cover crops, soil testing, and pest, disease and weed control.
Jairo Diaz, director of the Mississippi River Research Center at Alcorn State, will present information on sustainable irrigation management and water source testing. Girish K. Panicker, an associate professor and director of the Center for Conservation Research at Alcorn State, will introduce growers to turmeric. Turmeric is an ornamental plant that can be used in food preparation and for medicinal purposes. Participants will get free rhizomes of turmeric to take home.