FIELD DAY SET

PORTAGEVILLE -- Sen. Christopher S. Bond, Rep. Bill Emerson, Missouri Director of Agriculture Tim Kelley and University of Missouri curators will be special guests during the 30th annual Delta Center Field Day, to be held here Sept. 5.

`Research and Extension for the 21st Century' will be the theme of the day-long event. Cotton production, corn and grain sorghum development, rice and soybean production are among topics to be discussed during the event.

"More than 1,500 people are expected for the field day events," said Jake Fisher, superintendent of the Delta Center.

Tours will start at 9 a.m. at the Lee Farm, about seven miles southeast of Portageville, at the Junction of Routes T and TT. Tour wagons will depart hourly, with the final tour at 1 p.m.

Commercial agriculture and machinery displays will be exhibited, and farm safety demonstrations will be presented.