Weed management, wheat diseases and seed treatments, and industrial hemp are among the topics for this year’s field tour.

Information about new varieties and weed management are among the field tour topics.

Extension specialists will share the most recent research findings and recommendations on wheat and soybean production and research.

The varieties include chickpeas, field peas and soybeans.

The guides are an important source of information for farmers and agronomists looking for data on variety performance.

A benefit of planting winter wheat is providing living cover over the winter to hold soil in place and prevent it from blowing.

A soil survey conducted last year detected increasing levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae for the upcoming 2007 season.

Faller, a new hard red spring wheat variety, has been developed and released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

A number of factors can influence the amount of damage that cold weather causes to winter wheat.

North Dakota's winter wheat crop escaped major damage from the abnormally cold weather in early April.