Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University
P.O. Box
531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Voice: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail: Walter.Albus@ndsu.edu
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Data on irrigated crop production have
been collected for the past 38 years on approximately 20 acres at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site located on the
Robert Titus farm. The site is located 4.5 miles south of Oakes adjacent to
North Dakota State Highway 1. The
objectives of these studies are encompassed in the following goals:
1.
Provide irrigators with information that
results in efficient crop production.
2. Develop
and refine Best Management Practices that are producer acceptable.
3. Promote irrigation development in North
Dakota.
4. Determine
alternate and specialty crops to be grown under irrigation in North Dakota and
develop agronomic practices for their successful adaptation.
A
cooperative agreement between North Dakota State University and the Garrison
Diversion Conservancy District makes this research effort possible. The University provides technical staff;
Walter Albus as research agronomist, Leonard Besemann as research assistant and
Heidi Eslinger as research technician.
The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District provides most of the
financial resources. North Dakota State
University faculty and staff from the departments of Soil Science, Plant
Sciences, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and Plant Pathology and
Agricultural Experiment Station participate in conducting experiments at the
site.
Go to Oakes
Irrigation Research Site 2007 Annual Report
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Irrigation Research Site home page