Small Grain Industry Gathers for Virginia Small Grains Field Day

Eastern Virginia AREC and the Virginia Grain Producers Association once again joined forces to host the Virginia Small Grains Field Day at Eastern Virginia AREC in Warsaw, VA on May 19, 2022. The day began with field tours discussing progress in the small grain breeding program including upcoming variety releases, progress of malting barleys, remote sensing research, and disease management.

In addition to field tours, the indoor portion of the event included celebrating the career of Dr. Carl Griffey who retired in December 2020. Dr. Carl Griffey was recently inducted into the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Hall of Fame after a long and successful career as the premier small grains breeder on the east coast.

We were also fortunate to have Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Matthew Lohr with us in attendance and receive an update.

If you missed the event or would like to go back and view one of the presentations, please click here: 2022 Virginia Small Grain Field Day - YouTube.

Thank you to Mennel who was the event sponsor for this year's field day. Thank you to Farm Credit, Virginia Crop Improvement, Perdue Agribusiness, Farm Bureau, Local Seed Co., VDACS, First Bank, and Smithfield Grain for sponsoring the lunch. Axis Seed, Crabbe Aviation, Frazier Quarry, Coastal Agribusiness, Rockydale Quarries, VIPG LLC, Meherrin, and USG were our registration sponsors. Again, thank you to all of our sponsors, Small Grains Field Day and events of its kind would not be possible without their generosity.