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, email: Walter.Albus@ndsu.edu
Corn Hybrid and Row Width Study
Figure 1. Corn yield in 15-inch versus 30-inch rows at the Oakes Irrigation Research
Site from 2006 to 2012.
Corn hybrid row width Table
Material and Methods
Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Nitrogen Management in Hard
Red Spring
Wheat Utilizing Remote Sensing
Figure 1. Daily maximum temperatures at Oakes ND 2012.
Figure 2. Nitrogen sufficiency for N rates at sampling dates for Faller spring wheat at
the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2012.
Figure 3. Nitrogen sufficiency for N rates at sampling dates for Glenn spring wheat at
the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2012.
Nitrogen management in Faller wheat Table
Nitrogen management in Glenn wheat Table
Oakes Irrigation Research Site
The Response of Three Potato
Cultivars to Nitrogen Rate
Figure 1. The return to N Rates above 120 lb N/ac at
the Oakes Irrigation Research
Site from 2010
to 2012.
Figure 2. The percent nitrogen sufficiency for N rates
determine by chlorophyll
meter readings
on August 23 and determined by NDRE readings on August 21,
at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2012.
Figure 3. The dry petiole nitrate-N (PPM) means for
Russet Bannock, Russet
Burbank and
Dakota Trailblazer at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2012.
Response of potato cultivars to nitrogen Tables
Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Strip-Till, Corn on Corn, Nitrogen Rate Study
Figure 1. Acres planted to corn and
total bushels harvested from 1997-2012 in North Dakota.
Figure 2. Percent of maximum return
to N for N rates in strip-tilled corn on corn
from 2007 to 2012 at the Oakes
Irrigation Research Site.
Strip-till corn on corn Table
Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Strip-Till, Corn on Soybean,
Nitrogen Rate Study
Figure 1. Percent of maximum return to N for N rates in
strip-tilled corn on soybean
from 2006 to 2012 at the Oakes
Irrigation Research Site.
Strip-till corn on soybean Table
Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Optimum Corn Stover Removal
for Biofuels and
the Environment
Figure 1. The net return when the fertility cost leaving the field is subtracted from the yield
advantage in 100 percent removal plots compared to 0 percent removal for corn on corn plots
from 2008 to 2011 at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site.
Stover removal corn on corn Table
Stover removal corn on soybean Table
Oakes Irrigation Research Site