2008 Field Day & Summer Meeting

We returned to the University of Missouri’s Bradford Farms in Columbia, Missouri to complete the drainage test plots we began in 2007. We had originally planned to also hold a Summer Meeting, but once again, rain shut us down and we had to cancel the meeting and only installed one more test plot for the Bradford research team. Instead of putting the final installation off yet another year, Bradford Farms ended up contracting with one of our members to complete the project once the land had dried up.

: Jeff Lance checks the survey points

: (L to R) Mel Kleinsorge and Bradford Farms manager connect a T fitting while Jeff Lance works on the ditch behind them.

: Jeff Lance checking out the tile rolls.

: A Hostetter Construction worker unloads the Hydramaxx 2500.

: Mel Kleinsorge lines up a piece of pipe to space the control structures while Larry LaFollette walks up to help.

: Larry Mueller, Research Specialists, hauls more tile for the project.

: Jim Bledsoe checking one of the trenches.

: Bev Hostetter Arnold backfilled the trenches.

: Local landowners and some volunteer watch the action up close.

: Bev Hostetter backfilling the trench