NDSU sets fruit, vegetable and woody plants field day for Aug. 14
The North Dakota State University Department of Plant Sciences will host a fruit, vegetable and woody plant field day on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the NDSU Horticulture Research Farm and Arboretum near Amenia and Absaraka, North Dakota. The field day will begin at 4:30 p.m.
“This event will showcase some of the exciting horticulture research being conducted in our Plant Sciences department at NDSU and give field day participants a chance to see how some of the projects we are working on might be suitable for their gardens, orchards or farms,” says Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences professor and field day organizer.
The field day will include presentations on caterpillar tunnel grapes, high tunnel grafted tomatoes, apples for fresh eating and hard ciders, organic weed control research, alternative fertilizer sources for bell pepper and grape yield, allium companion cropping for Fusarium control/suppression in tomato, grape and juneberry breeding research, and woody plant breeding research.
Please register by August 11 to join us for a boxed dinner at 6:30 p.m. Registration is available at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090C4EAAA828A4F94-57650782-ndsu#/.
For more information on the field day, visit https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/plant-sciences/research/high-value-crop-production/FVWP-field-day.
Directions to the NDSU Horticulture Research Farm:
From Interstate 94, take Wheatland exit 324 onto Cass County Road 5 and head north toward Wheatland. The road curves to meet Cass County 10 (35th St SE) shortly after passing through Wheatland. At that stop sign, turn north onto County 10. Follow the curve to the west, then turn right and head north, continuing on Cass County 5 (148th Ave SE, a paved road). At the Absaraka intersection (Cass County 5 and 30th St SE, marked with Absaraka turn sign), turn right. Continue east until you reach the first left (section line) and turn left (149th Ave SE) and head north. Continue north until you reach the first left (section line) and turn left (29th St SE). This road is marked with a sign that says “Minimal Maintenance Road.” The arboretum is down this road on the left.
Use the following GPS address: 14850 29th St. S.E., Amenia, ND, 58004. This address takes you to the crossroads of 29th Street Southeast and 149th Avenue Southeast. The farm is just due west from this address on the minimal-maintenance road, 29th St SE.
NDSU Agriculture Communication – Aug. 1, 2025
Source: Harlene Hatterman-Valenti, 701-799-7063, h.hatterman.valenti@ndsu.edu
Editor: Kelli Anderson, 701-231-6136, kelli.c.anderson@ndsu.edu
