ALBANY, Mo. – Those attending the Hundley-Whaley Farm, Field and Family Day can learn about a variety of topics including drones, current crop diseases, how to back up a gooseneck trailer and how to stop bleeding with a tourniquet.

The free event, Sept. 4 at 1109 S. Birch St., Albany, promises an evening of interesting educational activities and a complimentary dinner, says Jennifer Miller, director of the University of Missouri Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center.

Registration begins at 4 p.m., and attendees can take their choice of wagon tours beginning at 5 p.m. MU Extension livestock field specialists Shawn Deering and Jim Humphrey will present ways to improve forage systems. There will be an update on Missouri PaddockTrac, an online tool that can help producers manage pastures. Brian Findley of Advanced Aerial Ag LLC will share how drones can improve farm efficiency. MU research specialist Terry Woods will talk about growing different milkweed and nectar wildflowers in Missouri.

Another wagon tour features presentations from Corteva Agriscience field scientist Kristin Rosenbaum and Jake Young, technical product manager at NOVUS Ag.

MU Extension state soybean specialist Andre Reis will give an update on soybean research, and state crop pathologist Mandi Bish discusses diseases affecting Missouri crops this year.

Workshops and exhibits will cover farm safety and health. Charlie Ellis, MU Extension agricultural engineer, will talk about ways to improve preharvest safety. Licensed drivers can learn how to safely back up a gooseneck trailer.

Attendees can learn valuable skills at the MU School of Medicine’ Mobile Sim. The unit contains advanced simulation equipment and facilities for medical training.

The 30-foot vehicle has virtual reality devices and four computerized patient mannequins. Mobile Sim’s trained staff will help attendees interact with these mannequins for hands-only CPR training, Heimlich maneuver and basic bleeding control, including tourniquet use.

Attendees also can learn about hydroponics from MU Extension field horticulturist Gwen Funk. Other presentations will discuss black vultures, farm succession, soybean as a food source, 4-H and more.

A free awards dinner at 7 p.m. will recognize 4-H’ers, Century Farms and Gentry County Extension Council members.

Partners for the event include MU Extension, Albany Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Soybean Association, United Electric, Hall Bottom Seed, Corteva, Premier Ag, Seedway, MFA and the Albany FFA chapter.

For more information about the event, go to https://mizzou.us/HWFFF24.

The 375-acre MU Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center, in Gentry County, is involved in pesticide evaluations and sustainable agriculture concepts. Learn more at https://extension.missouri.edu/programs/hundley-whaley.

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Among the many demonstrations at the MU Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center’s Farm, Field and Family Day on Sept. 4 will be Missouri PaddockTrac, an online tool that helps producers manage pastures. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Miller.