Canola production and marketing, nitrogen management, and herbicide control on waterhemp are among the topics that will be covered during the annual field day at North Dakota State University’s Carrington Research Extension Center – Oakes Irrigation Research Site on Aug. 6.

The field day consists of a tour of the site and select research conducted this season.

“The site has undergone many changes over the past year, and we will love to show it off,” says Mike Ostlie, director of NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center.

The tour starts at 9 a.m. with free morning refreshments.

Speakers and topics for the field day are the following:

• Corn disease ID and when management is needed – Andrew Friskop, plant pathologist in NDSU’s Department of Plant Pathology, Microbiology and Biotechnology
• What happens to nitrogen over the winter? – Kelsey Griesheim, assistant professor at NDSU’s School of Natural Resource Sciences, and Megan Culpitt, graduate student
• Staying three steps ahead of soybean diseases – Richard (Wade) Webster, NDSU Extension soybean pathology specialist
• Canola production – Ana Carcedo, NDSU Extension broadleaf crops agronomist
• Canola flea beetle update – Anitha Chirumamilla, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist at NDSU’s Langdon Research Extension Center
• Canola updates – Barry Coleman, executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association

A ribbon-cutting for the new offices, laboratories and conference room will follow the morning tour.

In the afternoon, two more topics will be discussed:

• Waterhemp management in corn and soybean – Jeff Stachler, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center
• Canola production – Carcedo

A free lunch for attendees – sponsored by General Irrigation and Dewatering, Starion Bank, Hoffman Irrigation, BankNorth, Northern Canola Growers Association and InVigor – will be served.

For registration and more information, visit ndsu.ag/OIRSfieldday-26 or contact Ostlie at 218-791-8912 or mike.ostlie@ndsu.edu.

The research site is located 4.5 miles south of Oakes, North Dakota, on U.S. Highway 1 South.

NDSU Agriculture Communication – July 16, 2026

Source: Mike Ostlie, 701-652-2951, mike.ostlie@ndsu.edu

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