NDSU’s North Central Research Extension Center is scheduled to host its annual field day tour on Wednesday, July 20. The center is located one mile south of Minot, North Dakota, on Highway 83 S.
The event is set to start at 8:30 a.m. with a pest clinic featuring weed, insect and plant disease specimens. Other events prior to the start of the tour will be a hay judging contest, plant root demonstration and pulse crop nutrition booth.
The field tour component will feature these topics and speakers:
• NDSU hard red spring wheat breeding – Andrew Green, NDSU spring wheat breeder
• Weed control updates – Brian Jenks, center weed scientist; Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist
• Cool/warm season mixtures for forage production – James Rogers, Extension forage crop production specialist at the center
• Interseeding corn and alfalfa – Austin Kraklau, center research specialist
• Microbiome and biological products – Barney Geddes, NDSU Department of Microbiological Sciences assistant professor
• Soybean insects – TJ Prochaska, Extension crop protection specialist
• Soil health – Leo Bortolon, Extension cropping systems specialist; Ryan Buetow, Extension cropping systems specialist at the Dickinson Research Extension Center; and Rogers
A noon meal is scheduled following the tour.
