Researchers highlight latest finds at field days

Phyllis Coulter
Jul 15, 2023
Jul 15, 2023

Entomologist and Extension specialist Nick Seiter stands in a University of Illinois corn rootworm research area in Urbana ready to be tented in July to study control of the pest that is a yield robber in some parts of the Midwest.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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URBANA, Ill. — This time of year, a visit to the test plots at the University of Illinois is as much fun for farmers as a county fair is for kids.

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Crop scientist Connor Sible is part of professor Fred Below’s research team focusing on how to get sustainably high corn and soybean yields.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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Researcher and entomologist Kacie Athey is studying how growing cut flowers with tomatoes may affect pests.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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Researcher and Extension specialist Juan Arbelaez explains intercropping studies of oats and peas at test plots at the University of Illinois.
Photo by Phyllis Coulter

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