North Central Research Extension Center to hold field day
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North Dakota State University’s North Central Research Extension Center (NCREC) will host its annual field day tour on Wednesday, July 20. The center is located 1 mile south of Minot on Highway 83 S.
The event will start at 8:30 a.m. with a pest clinic featuring weed, insect and plant disease specimens. Other events prior to the start of the tour will be a hay judging contest, plant root demonstration and pulse crop nutrition booth.
The field tour component will feature these topics and speakers:
- NDSU hard red spring wheat breeding – Andrew Green, NDSU spring wheat breeder
- Weed control updates – Brian Jenks, NCREC weed scientist; Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist
- Cool/warm season mixtures for forage production – James Rogers, Extension forage crop production specialist at the NCREC
- Interseeding corn and alfalfa – Austin Kraklau, NCREC research specialist
- Microbiome and biological products – Barney Geddes, NDSU Department of Microbiological Sciences assistant professor
- Soybean insects – TJ Prochaska, Extension crop protection specialist at the NCREC
- Soil Health – Leo Bortolon, Extension cropping systems specialist at the NCREC; Ryan Buetow, Extension cropping systems specialist at the Dickinson Research Extension Center; Rogers
A noon meal will be served following the tour.
Visit www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/events/2022-north-central-research-extension-center-field-days for more information.
NDSU Agriculture Communication – June 30, 2022
Source: Shana Forster, 701-857-7679, shana.forster@ndsu.edu
Editor: Elizabeth Cronin, 701231-5391, elizabeth.cronin@ndsu.edu