Maize field walk with Dr Bob Nielsen

Tuesday 6 October, 10:30am - 12:30pm, Tirau

Join us for a hands-on field event with Dr. Bob Nielsen (now retired) but previously Professor Emeritus of Agronomy at Purdue University, Indiana, speaking on climatic risk mitigation and an engaging discussion on maize physiology and crop agronomy. Bring your questions Dr Nielsen has 40 years of experience to learn from. 

Lunch provided.

Dr Bob Nielsen, raised on a farm in eastern Nebraska, earned degrees from the University of Nebraska and the University of Minnesota before joining Purdue University in 1982. Known as Purdue’s “Corn Guy,” he spent 40 years advancing profitable, sustainable corn/maize production through research, teaching and extension, reaching more than 720,000 farmers and advisers in the US and sharing his knowledge at conferences in many countries including New Zealand, Argentina and Canada, before retiring in 2022.