A field day for fruit and vegetable growers will be held July 12 at Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs.

Growers will have the opportunity to see what's happening with the numerous vegetable and fruit research trials being conducted at the center.This event is being sponsored jointly by Penn State University's College of Agricultural Sciences and the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association.The program will begin at the Horticulture Research Farm located 11 miles west of State College at Gate H on Route 45, just east of the Ag Progress Days site.Projects located on the Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Entomology and Agronomy Research Farms will be discussed.Registration and refreshments will begin at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m. there will be a drone demonstration followed by tours of vegetable and small fruit research plots from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.The following projects will be discussed:• Weed management in processing tomatoes and sweet corn• Allium leafminer monitoring• Cantaloupe and pepper establishment• Hops• Tomato breeding• Product efficacy trials for vegetable disease management• Sweet potato size management and butternut squash storage• Low tunnel strawberry production• High tunnel strawberry and raspberry production• Cover crops for vegetable production• Pumpkin variety evaluation• Wine grapes research trialsLunch will be served at 12:30.From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. there will be breakout sessions, including:• Tree fruit research trials• High tunnels• Hands-on vegetable pest and disease identificationFrom 3:30 to 4 p.m. there will be an optional sprayer calibration demo qualifying for a pesticide applicator core recertification creditThere is a registration fee. Registration includes lunch, drinks and snacks.Call 717-694-3596 to register. Walk-in registrations are welcome.