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2026 BFMA Summer Tour Info
The 56th Annual Blackland Farm Managers Tour will be held on Wednesday, August 5th in Beaufort County along Peoples Road, located between Bath and Burbage Crossroads. This year’s event will be hosted by Scattered Acres and Poole Farms. In the event of inclement weather, the tour will be held on Friday, August 7th.
The format for this year’s tour will look very different from past events. Attendees will have the freedom to move at their own pace through exhibits, research plots, live demonstrations, and sponsor tents. NC State University Extension specialists will be on-site presenting a wide range of timely and relevant topics, while agricultural industry representatives will showcase the latest products, hybrids, and varieties directly in the field.
Participants will get an up-close look at emerging technologies and management practices shaping modern agriculture. Join us and see why the Blackland Farm Managers Tour has continued to grow into one of the largest and most impactful agricultural events of its kind in North Carolina.
While wagons will rotating from station to station, attendees are invited to bring their personal utility vehicle (UTV), side-by-side, golf cart, or other personal off-road vehicle to move throughout the Tour site. If you intend to bring a personal off-road vehicle to the Tour, please read this Participant Waiver, Release, and Assumption of Risk. If you plan to bring your own personal off-road vehicle you must pre-register here. At the end of registration, there will be a check-box for you to confirm that you have read and agree to the terms of this waiver.
Pesticide (2 hours X, N, D, O) and CCA (3.5) credits will be available!
2026 Blackland Farm Managers Tour Program
7:00 am - Registration opens - Pick up your meal token and your program!
NC State Extension Presentations
The following presentations will occur one time so don’t miss them!
8:00-8:30 am - When Water Changes the Game: Population and PGR Strategies for Indeterminate Soybeans - Dr. Chad Poole, NCSU Water Resiliency Extension Specialist
8:45-9:15 am - Managing Deer Damage in Soybean Production - DJ Stokes, NC State Extension Soybean Research Associate & Dr. Cory Heaton, Extension Wildlife Specialist, Clemson University
9:30-10:00 am - Examining Corn Hybrid Nitrogen Needs by Seeding Rate and Hybrid - Ryan Heiniger, NCSU OVT Director
10:15-10:45 am - Beyond NPK: What Else Should Be Included in Your Fertility Program? - Dr. Luke Gatiboni, NC State Extension Soil Fertility Specialist
11:00-11:30 am - Soybean Foliar Disease Management Decisions - Dr. LeAnn Lux, NC State Extension Pathologist - Soybeans & Peanuts
Live Demonstrations
9:30 am AND 11:00 am - See & Spray: Lessons Learned from University Testing
Presenters: Dr. Charlie Cahoon (NC State Extension Weed Specialist - Corn & Cotton)
and Diego Contreras (NCSU Graduate Student)
10:00 am AND 12:30 pm - Tiling Demonstration
11:30-1:00 - Floating lunch
12:00 pm - Comments from Commissioner Troxler and others
If you plan to attend this year's tour, please pre-register here.
North Carolina Cooperative Extension is an equal opportunity provider.
Persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency may request accommodations to participate by contacting Andrea Gibbs, at 252-926-4486, andrea_gibbs@ncsu.edu or in person at the County Extension Office at least 10 business days prior to the event.
Become a Summer Tour Sponsor
The event will offer an excellent opportunity to interact with farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the state and beyond and will include educational presentations on corn and soybean production and management.
If you would like to be a sponsor of our 2026 Summer Tour click the link below.
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