{"id":92756,"date":"2019-07-30T04:35:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T04:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/agriculture-research-center-to-host-field-day\/"},"modified":"2019-07-30T04:35:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T04:35:05","slug":"agriculture-research-center-to-host-field-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/agriculture-research-center-to-host-field-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture research center to host field day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=7a446ce7-63be-46a0-84f5-1bbb0b71b95a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1501\" alt=\"Local farmers and ranchers get down in the dirt as Dave Dearstyne talks about the different levels of soil and how they hold moisture during a soils program presented at the Colorado State University research station at Yellow Jacket.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Local farmers and ranchers get down in the dirt as Dave Dearstyne talks about the different levels of soil and how they hold moisture during a soils program presented at the Colorado State University research station at Yellow Jacket.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Southwestern Colorado Research Center in Yellow Jacket will be hosting a field day and expo on Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Lunch will follow the tours and demonstrations. Learn more about current crop research trials including dry beans, industrial hemp, spring wheat, grain sorghum, alfalfa and dryland cover crops. See a demonstration from the High Desert Conservation District\u2019s Raptor Imaging on the use of drones in agriculture. CSU Extension staff from Montezuma and Dolores counties and the Montezuma County Weed Department will host an \u201cAsk the Experts\u201d table, so bring in a plant, weed, or insect to identify or discuss.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a tour the Research and Demonstration Orchard with CSU Extension staff. Many more partner organizations will discuss their current projects. Come prepared to be outdoors for several hours in the heat. On-site transportation on-site will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>Southwestern Colorado Research Center is at 16898 Road Z in Yellow Jacket.<\/p>\n<p>An RSVP is appreciated for a lunch estimate. Please call 970-562-4255 to RSVP or for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>facility conducts crop studies on hemp, beans, wheat, orchards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5993,5786,5740,5736,5735,5741],"tags":[281,44,13,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-92756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-dolores","category-frontpage-lead","category-local-news","category-news","category-newsletter","tag-agriculture","tag-dolores","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92756"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=92756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}