Topics include canola cultivar selection, weed and disease management, fertilizer recommendations and more.

Participants will have an opportunity to view research trials and receive current production information.

The goal is to provide producers with information they can use when making management decisions for their farm.

Canola can be an alternative feed for livestock, but producers need to be aware of the challenges.

Canola can be a feed source if producers follow some common-sense precautions when introducing it to their livestock.

The 2009 crop profit projections are better than expected and are favorable when viewed in a longer historical context.

With few exceptions, all crops show positive returns to labor and management in all regions of North Dakota where the projections were made.

There was a large difference in profit by farm type.

However, producers are worried about whether average yields in 2013 will materialize. Unlike last spring, soil moisture is depleted.