The Best of the Best in Wheat and Soybean Meetings will be held on Feb. 7, at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and on Feb. 8, at the Courtyard by Marriot in Moorhead, Minnesota.
Each day the programs begin at 8:20 a.m. and will conclude at 3 p.m. The agenda includes information on wheat disease management, pigweed control, spring wheat variety selection, Phytophthora root rot in soybean, on-combine protein mapping in spring wheat, ag equipment prices and a commodity market update.
“We are pleased to continue the Best of the Best meeting series in 2024,” says Clair Keene, NDSU Extension small grain and corn agronomist. “We have some new names on our program as well as some long-time speakers. We’re excited to have Wade Webster, the new NDSU Extension soybean pathologist speak about Phytophthora in soybean as well as long-time speakers Dave Franzen, NDSU Extension soil science specialist and Frayne Olson, NDSU Extension crops marketing economist.”
Melissa Carlson, vice president of research for the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers will speak about her on-farm research using combine-mounted sensors to measure protein in spring wheat.
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Categories: North Dakota, Crops, Soybeans, Wheat