Irrigated Vegetable Tour Set for Sept. 3

Commercial vegetable production and North Dakota State University’s Devils Lake Irrigation Test Project will be featured on a Cando area tour scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 3.

Cabbage and other vegetable crops, as well as processing facilities, will be viewed at the farms of Mike Johnston and Mike Parker. Both are Devils Lake Irrigation Test Project participants.

NDSU is conducting research to determine the potential for using excess surface water in the Devils Lake basin for irrigation.

Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, NDSU high-value crop production specialist, will discuss weed control in vegetable crops. David Hopkins, co-leader of the Devils Lake Irrigation Test Project, will provide an overview and update on the project.

Mike Liane, NDSU Extension Service irrigation specialist, will discuss irrigation development in North Dakota and will demonstrate how drip irrigation works. Rudy Radke, NDSU Extension Service high-value crops specialist, will provide an overview of North Dakota vegetable production and marketing.

Holly Mawy, director of the Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture in Bottineau, will discuss activities at the center as well as the North Dakota Farmers Market Association.

The tour will begin at 11 a.m. at the Mike Johnston farm. From the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and North Dakota Highway 17, go one mile east on North Dakota Highway 17, then three-fourths of a mile south.

Lunch will be sponsored by Ken Storm of KT Irrigation.

The tour will conclude at approximately 3 p.m. There is no registration fee and the tour is open to the public. For more information, contact Liane at (701) 351-0726 or e-mail michael.liane@ndsu.edu.

NDSU Agriculture Communication