Fayette County Demonstration Farm

History of the Fayette County Demonstration Farm

     In 1990, then Fayette County agricultural agent Larry Lotz, partnered with the Fayette County Commissioners to establish the Fayette County Research and Demonstration farm on the site of the former Fayette County Childern's Home.  The 20 acre site has been used to test and showcase new technologies in the production of corn, soybeans, wheat, and alfalfa.  Each year the farm hosts hunderds of producers from round the country at its annual diagnostic clinic and the Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Association Field Day.

2007 Events

Soybean and Wheat Diagnostic Clinic
When: July 10, 2007
Time: 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Cost: Free
CCA Credits: 1 Nutrient Management, 2 Pest Management

SWOCGA Field Day
When: August 14, 2007
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Cost: Free, lunch provided
CCA Credits: Will be offered
Commercial Pesticide Credits: Will be offered
Pesticide Collection provided by the Ohio Department of Agriculture

2007 Research Projects
Crop Rotation, Phosphorus and Potassium, Tillage Study
Comparison of dry versus liquid fertilizer programs for soybeans
Economic evaluation of late planted, short season corn, and late planted full season soybeans
Nitrogen rates for late planted, short season, corn
Corn starter comparison

2006 Research Results

Crop Rotation, Phosphorus and Potassium, Tillage Study
Corn Planter Type, hybrid, seed rate Study
Foliar Micronutrients for Soybeans
Traited corn and nitrogen rate study
Nitrogen rates and grain quality for nutritionally enhanced corn hybrids