North Dakota State University’s Langdon Research Extension Center (LREC) will hold its field day live this year on July 22.

The event will run from 8:30 a.m. to noon, followed by lunch.

“Local growers will receive the most up-to-date information regarding the many challenges of the 2021 growing season in northeastern North Dakota,” says Randy Mehlhoff, the center’s director.

Topics that will be covered and the presenters are:

• Cover crops on saline and sodic field areas, Naeem Kalwar, Extension soil health specialist at the LREC
• NDSU soybean crop breeding program update, Carrie Miranda, NDSU soybean breeder
• NDSU pulse crop breeding program update, Nano Bandillo, NDSU pulse crop breeder
• NDSU hard red spring wheat (HRSW) breeding program report, Andrew Green, NDSU HRSW breeder
• 2021 small-grain disease update, Andrew Friskop, NDSU Extension specialist in small grain diseases
• 2021 canola growing season report, Ron Beneda, CHS agronomist
• 2021 insects affecting canola and other crops in northeastern North Dakota, Anitha Chirumamilla, Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Cavalier County  
• 2021 canola disease update, Venkat Chapara, LREC research plant pathologist
• Soybean and dry bean row spacing study, Bryan Hanson, LREC research agronomist
• Northeastern North Dakota weed problems, Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist

NDSU Agriculture Communication - July 7, 2021

Source: Randy Mehlhoff, 701-256-2582, randall.mehlhoff@ndsu.edu

Editor: Ellen Crawford, 701-231-5391, ellen.crawford@ndsu.edu