The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC) annual field tour will be held on July 12 at 5 p.m. Mountain time starting at the HREC Agronomy and Range Research Laboratory.

This year’s topics and speakers are:

• Weed management update - Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist
• Wheat diseases and seed treatments - Andrew Friskop, NDSU Extension plant pathologist
• Weed-control research conducted at the HREC - Caleb Dalley, HREC weed scientist
• Spring wheat varieties and breeding program - Andrew Green, NDSU hard red spring wheat breeder
• Barley varieties – Richard Horsley, NDSU barley breeder
• Durum wheat varieties – Elias Elias, NDSU durum wheat breeder
• Information on other variety trials and agronomy research projects at the HREC including winter wheat, pulse crops and soybeans – John Rickertsen, HREC agronomist

Participants will have the opportunity to see trials of several crops being grown at the HREC and be able to talk with Extension specialists and research scientists.

“The tour will give producers information about new varieties, agronomic practices and current crop production issues, along information on current crop production issues,” Rickertsen says.

Following the tour is a free supper at the Agronomy and Range Research Lab sponsored by Northern Pulse Growers, Southwest Grain and the Hettinger Chamber of Commerce.

All activities are free of charge. For more information, visit https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/events/2022-hettinger-rec-field-tour.

NDSU Agriculture Communication - June 29, 2022

Source: John Rickertsen, 701-567-4323, john.rickertsen@ndsu.edu

Editor: Kelli Anderson, 701-231-6136, kelli.c.anderson@ndsu.edu