North Dakota Small Grains Page

NDSU Extension Service
North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
NDSU College of Agriculture

Compiled by Joel Ransom,

Extension Agronomist for Cereal Crops

Updates, links and recent articles

2012

Presentations made at the 2012 Best of the Best in Wheat and Soybean Research and Marketing

held in Moorhead and Grand Forks, January 31 and February 1, 2012

What Are the Risks and Benefits of Tile Drainage for Wheat and Soybean Production, Hans Kandel, Dept. of Plant Sciences, NDSU

Preventative and Planting into Fallow: What is Fallow Syndrome and How Do You Manage it in Wheat and Soybean Production? Joel Ransom, NDSU Extension

Residue Management - How Do You Manage Corn Residue in the Red River Valley When You Have Wheat and Soybeans in the Rotation? Brad Carlson, U of M Extension, Mankato

Why Can’t I Apply Nitrogen in September? - The Nitrogen Story, Albert Sims, NWROC / U of M

Overview of the Principles of N-Fertilizer Management and Sources, Dave Franzen, NDSU Extension

Understanding Soilborne Diseases of Soybean: Minor or Major Production Problems, Dean Malvick, Dept. of Plant Pathology, U of M

Seed Treatments for Soybeans: A Management Tool or a Solution Looking for a Problem? Phil Glogoza, U of M Extension

Soybean Cyst Nematode: Where is it Now? Sam Markell, NDSU Extension

The Canadian Wheat Board: What Effects It Would Have On Our Trade, Frayne Olson, NDSU Ext.

 Presentations made at the 2012 Best of the Best Meetings in Western ND held in Dickinson and Minot, February 7th and 8th, 2012

• Spring management of winter wheat– Blake VanderVorst, Ducks Unlimited

  Saline seeps – can they be managed? – David Franzen, NDSU Extension Service, Fargo

  The physiology of grain fill and how the environment impacts kernel characteristics – Joel Ransom, NDSU Extension Service, Fargo

  Variety update: Barley, durum and spring wheat – Greg Endres, NDSU Extension Service

  What are all these diseases that afflict our wheat and barley and why didn’t the fungicide work? – Marcia McMullen, NDSU Extension Service, Fargo.

  Herbicides and adjuvants: what’s new, what works, what’s on the horizon – Rich Zollinger, NDSU Extension Service, Fargo

  Marketing wheat and barley in 2012 – Frayne Olson, NDSU Extension Service, Fargo

  A new look at small grains in crop rotations –Pat Carr, Agronomist, Dickinson Research Extension Center

Older Postings

• Hard White Wheat - Producing North Dakota's Next Market Opportunity  This new publication from the NDSU Extension Service outlines marketing and production issues of hard white wheat.
   

• Sprout damage in cereals and the falling number test (Sept 2004)

• Frost damage in cereals (May 2004)

• Winter wheat survival 2003/2004

High Profit/Intensive Wheat Production Resources

Research Reports

• Managing for high yield – What worked in 2005? A review of intensive wheat production research in North Dakota in 2005 (posted 2/25/06)

• Managing for high yield: A review of intensive wheat production research in North Dakota in 2004 (posted 3/14/05) 

• Management options for increased wheat yield and profit: A review of high input wheat production research in North Dakota in 2003

Power Point Presentations made in 2004 on High Profit Wheat Production  (these files require the use of Adobe� Reader�)

• Fundamentals of high profit wheat (Joel Ransom)

• Building a foundation for yield and profit (Greg Endres)

• Fertilizing wheat for high yield (Dave Franzen)

• Controlling wheat disease for dollars (Marcia McMullen)

• Protecting yield potential: Insects and income (Phillip Glogoza)

• Weed Control That Makes Money (Terry Gregoire)

• New equipment in wheat management (Vern Hoffman)

• More buck for the bushel (George Flaskerud)

• What is Wheat Quality and Why it Matters (Brian Sorenson)

Varietal Testing Information

• Link to current variety testing results in North Dakota

• Strategy For Selecting The Best Performing Varieties

          A Basic Primer on Biotechnology
Biotechnology and its use to modify the genetic makeup of living organisms has become a topic of heated discussion in recent years. Confusion is plentiful on the topic of biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The purpose of this publication is to discuss genetic/biochemical processes at a basic level and how biotechnology is used to modify the genetic makeup of an organism.

        Growing White Wheat in North Dakota
With the new Farm Bill there is increasing interest in producing white wheat in North Dakota.  This publication provides some basic facts about white wheat.