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Field days, workshops and laboratory trainings

  1. Stephen Baenziger. "The Wheat CAPS Project: What it Means for Cultivar Development". Presentation at the Gurley Seed Day. Seventy three wheat growers attended. Gurley, NE. August 14, 2007.

  2. Stephen Baenziger. "The Future of Wheat Breeding". Presentation at the Hemingford Seed Day. Seventy wheat farmers participated of this meeting. Hemingford, NE. August 7, 2007.

  3. Jim Anderson. Field Day. 75 participants. Morris, MN. July 12, 2007.

  4. Arron Carter, Kim Kidwell, Kim Campbell. Workshop "CSI" Plant Style: From the Laboratory to the Wheat Field. Targeted to farmers, seed dealers and students, 18 people participated. Pullman, WA. July 12, 2007.

  5. Arron Carter, Kim Kidwell, Kim Campbell. WSU Field Day. 145 participants. Pullman, WA. July 12, 2007.

  6. Luther Talbert, Field Day, Wheat Development Using Markers, attended by 46 farmers and extension. July 2007. Denton, MT.

  7. Luther Talbert, Field Day, Wheat Breeding, attended by 40 extension and farmers, July 2007. Conrad, MT.

  8. Luther Talbert, Field Day, New Techniques in Wheat Breeding, attended by 21 farmers, Bozeman MT, July 2007.

  9. Luther Talbert, Field Day, Wheat Breeding, attended by 78 extension and farmers, Sidney MT, July 2007.

  10. Jim Anderson. Field Day. 200 attendees. Crookston, MN. July 12, 2007.

  11. Bill Berzonsky. First part of a two-part "Kitchen to Combine" experiential trip with 10 students. North Dakota. July 11, 2007.

  12. Jim Anderson. Field Day. 250 attendees. Crookston, MN. July 11, 2007.

  13. Mark Sorrells. "Cornell Wheat Breeding and the Wheat CAP Project". Seed grower's field day. Ithaca. NY. July 5, 2007.

  14. Jackie Rudd. Three wheat field days. TX, 2007.

  15. Arron Carter. MAS workshop in conjunction with the Western Wheat Workers/Extension meeting.  Total participants: 30.  Title: “From Problem to Solution: Breeding Stripe Rust Resistant Spring Wheat.” Pullman, WA. June 20th, 2007. 

  16. Herb Ohm. Purdue University Field Day. Integration and complementation of marker assisted selection and classical (phenotyping) plant breeding. West Lafayette, IN. June 12, 2007.

  17. Kim Kidwell. WSU Field Day Plot Tours Where MAS was highlighted: St. John, WA (11 June, 15 attended), Moses Lake, WA (13 June, 30 attended), Lind, WA (14 June, 180 attended), Bickleton, WA (22 June, 8 attended).

  18. Luther Talbert. Field Day, Wheat Breeding, attended by 85 extension specialists and farmers. Havre, MT. June, 2007.

  19. Mark Sorrells. "Wheat CAP - How it affects wheat breeding strategies for New York". Small grains management field day. Aurora, NY. June 6, 2007.

  20. Jorge Dubcovsky. Hands-on Workshop on Marker Assisted Selection for artisan bakers and culinary experts from the Bread Bakers Guild. Thirty attendees. The tour was sponsored by the Bread Bakers Guild and organized by the California Wheat Commission. Davis CA, June 5 2007.

  21. Robert Zemetra. The WheatCAP was presented ta two field days. More than 80 participants. Aberdeen, ID. June, 2007.

  22. Nora Lapitan and Scott Haley. Eight presentations at summer field plot tours to wheat growers and other industry professionals about wheat breeding and how markers and the CAP grant will help us do a better job of breeding in the future. Several extension agents were in attendance at these presentations.

  23. P. Stephen Baenziger. The CAP efforts were briefly presented at four field days at Sidney, Dalton, Kimbal, and Scottsbluff, NE. Approximately 150 growers present at these presentations from June 19 to June 22.

  24. Herb Ohm. Interactions with Purdue Extension agents: wheat management trials. in Posey County, IN. June, 2007.

  25. C. James Peterson. MAS and the Wheat CAP Project. Sherman Station Field Day. 120 participants (65 growers, 15 field advisors, 25 researchers, and 15 extension agents). Moro, OR. June 13, 2007.

  26. C. James Peterson. MAS and the Wheat CAP Project. Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center Field Day, 200 participants (135 growers, 20 field advisors, 25 researchers, and 20 extension agents). Pendleton, OR. June 12, 2007.

  27. Kim Campbell, Kim Kidwell. Organization of the Extension Workshop for the Western Region. The workshop was planned in coordination with Debra Kollock, County Extension Director, Stevens County, Washington State University. June 20, 2007.

  28. Kim Campbell, Kim Kidwell. Organization of a workshop coordinated with John Burns, Extension Specialist, Washington State University, as part of the WSU Spillman Agronomy Field Day. July 12, 2007.

  29. M.D. Flowers. New varieties and new traits. Morrow County Field Day. 50 participants (35 growers, 10 field advisors, and 5 extension agents). Hepner, OR. 2007

  30. Allan Fritz. Six presentations at wheat field days to discuss variety development, variety selection, the use of marker assisted selection and the role of the CAP grant in future wheat improvement efforts. Caldwell, KS; Conway Springs, Kansas; Hutchinson, KS; Hesston, KS; Dickinson County, KS and Belleville, 2007

  31. Allan Fritz. Field plot tour with representatives of Cereal Food Processors and International Baking Company where the CAP program was discussed. KS, 2007

  32. Herb Ohm. Field day. Several extension agents from neighboring counties, and seed producers participated. Posey County, June 2007.

  33. C. James Peterson. New varieties and traits characterized with molecular. Hyslop Farm Field Day, 50 participants (15 growers, 10 field advisors, 15 researchers, and 10 extension agents). Corvallis, OR. May 30, 2007.

  34. Jerry Johnson, “Combine to Kitchen” educational trip with 19 participants, 2 county agents, 2 farmers, 1 milling industry, 4 undergraduates, 7 graduates, 3 staff. University of Georgia, GA, 2007.

  35. Carl Griffey. Field Day for seedsmen, private industry, and agriculture consultants. Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center and the Virginia Crop Improvement Foundation Seed Farm. Fifty seven attendees. Warsaw, Virginia. May 15, 2007.

    36. Warsaw Field Day

  36. Arron Carter. MAS workshop in conjunction with the state FFA convention. Total participants: 50 FFA students and 8 FFA advisors. Title: “CSI Plant Style: From the Laboratory to Your Lunch Tray” Pullman, WA. May 11th, 2007. 

  37. Jorge Dubcovsky. “New Wheat varieties developed by Marker Assisted Selection”. 80 participants. Field Day UC Davis, CA. April 25, 2007.

  38. PhD students Juan Brevis and Iago Lowe, supported by the WheatCAP grant, presented their mapping results to California wheat growers. Field Day UC. Davis. April 25, 2007.

  39. Ed Souza. Workshop. AACC Cincinnati Section Workshop – 60 milling and baking professionals extracted DNA from wheat shorts (aluerone).  Wooster OH, March 2007.

  40. Jerry Johnson. Wheat extension meeting for growers, seeds-men, and industry. Statesboro, GA. February, 2007.

  41. Jim Anderson. Winter field days. Approximately 600 participants. 9 locations in MN. January 15-19, 2007.