2025 Midwest Mechanical W**d Control Field Day

Name: 2025 Midwest Mechanical W**d Control Field Day
Start: 2025-08-20T08:00:00-05:00
Location: ISU Horticulture Research Station

Schedule

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

ISU Horticulture Research Station | Ames, IA

At the morning Expo/trade show you’ll see weeding tools and speak with company reps from manufacturers in the US, Europe, and Japan; connect with suppliers and buyers; and meet the farmers in attendance from all over the region. At the morning education sessions you’ll learn from experienced farmers and experts.
At noon, the field day will break for lunch – an opportunity to network, or continue looking at trade show equipment and speaking with exhibitors. In the afternoon farmers follow the tractors out to the demonstration fields, where corn, beets, and brassicas have been planted especially for the demonstrations. The field demos are the heart of this event, and MANY cultivation tools of all scales for row crops and vegetables will be demonstrated by company reps. Everything from camera-guided, to autonomous robots, to belly-mounted cultivators and cultivating tractors will be demonstrated in the field and explained by manufacturers. Participants are split into small groups for quality demo. These demonstrations will show how the machines should be mounted and properly adjusted according to crop and soil conditions, and will help farmers visualize how the implements can work on their own farms.
This event is perfect for farmers and ag advisors who want to: see a particular weeding tool before buying it, learn how to adjust cultivators, see what is new in cultivation, and learn from other farmers.
Schedule:
8:00-9:00am – Arrival, Coffee and Pastries
9:00am – Welcome and Official Start
8:00-12:00pm – Trade Show
10:30-11:30am – Education Sessions
11:00-12:00pm – Walk-Behind Alley Demos
12:00-1:00pm – Lunch
1:00-3:30pm – Field Demos
4:00pm – Surveys and Ice Cream
Learn more: https://www.thelandconnection.org/event/2025-mmwcfd/