North Dakota State University’s Hettinger Research Extension Center will hold its annual field day on July 8 at 5 p.m. MDT in Hettinger, North Dakota. The activities will begin at the center’s Agronomy and Range Research Laboratory.

Participants will have the opportunity to see research trials of several crops being grown at the Research Extension Center and hear presentations from NDSU Extension specialists and research scientists.

“We have a nice lineup of speakers this year, who will focus on small grains varieties, corn and soybean research, and updates on weed control and wheat disease management,” says John Rickertsen, research agronomist at the Hettinger Research Extension Center. “We’ll also celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the release of Ceres spring wheat, NDSU’s first wheat variety.”  

This year’s topics and speakers are the following:

• Weed-control research and weed management update – Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist, and Caleb Dalley, research weed specialist at the Hettinger Research Extension Center
• Small grain disease outlook and wheat scab research – Andrew Friskop, NDSU Extension plant pathologist
• Spring wheat varieties – Andrew Green, assistant professor in NDSU’s Department of Plant Sciences
• Durum wheat varieties – Rickertsen
• Barley varieties and pet food markets – Richard Horsley, NDSU barley breeder and head of NDSU’s Department of Plant Sciences
• Corn biologicals trial – Rickertsen
• Corn nitrogen rates study – Brady Goettl, NDSU Extension soil science specialist
• Soybean inoculation study, canola and soybean research – Ana Carcedo, NDSU Extension broadleaf agronomist
• North Dakota farm/ranch management education program – Tyler Kralicek, Farm/Ranch Management Program director

A supper sponsored by Farm Credit Services of Mandan, CHS Southwest Grain, Helena Agri-Enterprises and LemmonMade Butcher Shop will follow the sessions.

All activities are free of charge.

For more information about the field day, visit ndsu.ag/HRECfieldday-26.

NDSU Agriculture Communication – June 22, 2026

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

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