Crop advisers and farmers are invited to attend North Dakota State University Extension’s annual crop management field school.

The 2025 Crop Management Field School will be held June 27 at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC). This field school is for agricultural professionals, including crop consultants, agronomists, agribusiness representatives, Extension agents and farmers.

The 2025 school will feature two familiar topics. One is weed identification, presented by Alicia Harstad, NDSU Extension agent for Barnes County and Jeff Stachler, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist at the CREC. The other, herbicide site of action, will be presented by Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist.

The afternoon sessions will feature soybean disease management by Wade Webster, NDSU Extension soybean pathology specialist and soil health management by Carlos Pires, NDSU Extension soil health specialist and Naeem Kalwar, NDSU Extension soil health specialist.

Registration starts 8:30 a.m. in the CREC meeting room, with the program starting at 9.

The school costs $100 per person to attend, which includes lunch. The program will conclude at 2:45 p.m.

Registration is required by June 23, and space is limited to a maximum of 50 attendees. Registration and more information are available at ndsu.ag/cropmgmt25.

The CREC is located at 663 Highway 281 NE in Carrington, North Dakota.

Certified crop advisers will be able to earn four hours of continuing education units by attending.

NDSU Agriculture Communication – May 22, 2025

Source: Jeff Stachler, 701-541-0043, jeff.stachler@ndsu.edu

Editor: Dominic Erickson, 701-231-5546, dominic.erickson@ndsu.edu