Wheat, soybeans, crop diseases and pests, and weed management are among the topics for the annual field tour set for July 17 at the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Agronomy Seed Farm, located one mile west and one mile south of Casselton, North Dakota.
The tour starts at 5 p.m. in the farm shop.
NDSU research and Extension specialists will be on hand to discuss current crop issues and answer questions from producers and other visitors, says Brian Otteson, Agronomy Seed Farm director.
Tour topics and speakers include:
Update on North Dakota winter wheat varieties, small grain crop production across the state, and work being done on Fusarium Head Blight resistance in durum at NDSU – Clair Keene, NDSU Extension agronomist in small grains and corn
Soybean variety discussion and update on current NDSU soybean research – Carrie Miranda, NDSU soybean breeder
Insect pest update – Jan Knodel, NDSU Extension entomologist and Pat Beauzay, NDSU research specialist
Hard red spring wheat update – Andrew Green, NDSU hard red spring wheat breeder
Update on current small-grain diseases and corn disease research – Andrew Friskop, NDSU Extension small-grains plant pathologist
Update on economically important diseases in soybeans – Sam Markell, NDSU Extension plant pathologist
Source: farmforum.net
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