North Dakota State University's North Central Research Extension Center (NCREC) will host its annual field day tour July 20. The center is located 1 mile south of Minot on Highway 83 S.
The event will start at 8:30 a.m. with a pest clinic featuring weed, insect and plant disease specimens. Other events prior to the start of the tour will be a hay judging contest, plant root demonstration and pulse crop nutrition booth.
The field tour component will feature these topics and speakers:
NDSU hard red spring wheat breeding -- Andrew Green, NDSU spring wheat breeder
Weed control updates -- Brian Jenks, NCREC weed scientist; Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist
Cool/warm season mixtures for forage production -- James Rogers, Extension forage crop production specialist at the NCREC
Interseeding corn and alfalfa -- Austin Kraklau, NCREC research specialist
Microbiome and biological products -- Barney Geddes, NDSU Department of Microbiological Sciences assistant professor
Soybean insects -- TJ Prochaska, Extension crop protection specialist at the NCREC
Soil Health -- Leo Bortolon, Extension cropping systems specialist at the NCREC; Ryan Buetow, Extension cropping systems specialist at the Dickinson Research Extension Center; Rogers
A noon meal will be served following the tour.
Visit https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/research-extension-centers-recs/north-central-rec for more information.
Categories: North Dakota, Crops, Education