June 29, 2001

NDSU Field Day at Carrington Scheduled for July 19

The annual field day at the Carrington Research Extension Center is scheduled for Thursday, July 19, in conjunction with Carrington’s first Pasta Days celebration.

Crop variety trials and management research as well as advances in beef and bison research will be highlights of morning tours with crop disease, insect and weed management highlighted in afternoon sessions. The center is located 3 1/2 miles north of Carrington on Highway 281. The day’s events will begin at 9 a.m. with a welcome and refreshments and tours will begin at 9:30. Attendees will be able to attend one of three morning tours.

• The beef and bison tour will include a review of bison research projects and topics related to bison health and economics. Specialists will also discuss research on the use of fly ash for feedlots and feeding potato waste. There will also be discussions on cattle feeding partnerships, field pea use and cow-calf research and profitability.
• The crop variety tour will highlight contrasts among crop varieties and review the latest variety releases in spring wheat, barley, durum, oat, dry bean, soybean, canola and flax.
• The irrigation and high value crop tour will include information on producing juneberries, herbs and onions, management for high yielding wheat, irrigation water delivery for small and conventional acreage, sugar-end defect of russet potatoes and potato weed control.

A noon lunch is sponsored by the research extension center. Afternoon tours begin at 1 p.m. Attendees will be able to attend two of the three afternoon sessions.

• The weed management session will include a review of weed control research in small grains, a review of weed identification and discussion of weed management in soybean, dry bean, canola, flax and sunflower.
• The plant disease and insect session will include a review of small grain disease research and management practices, an update on current research on control of sclerotinia in sunflower, canola and other broadleaves and a review of insect concerns.
• The soil, water and crop management session will include information on annual forage production and late planting, oilseed fertility and soybean research. Specialists will also demonstrate how to assess and adjust seed spacing in row crops.

Tours of the center’s aquaculture facility will be conducted during the day in conjunction with the Pasta Day activities. The center will also host the North Dakota Dry Pea and Lentil Association Tour which will follow the afternoon tours.

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Source: Blaine Schatz, (701) 652-2951, bschatz@ndsuext.nodak.edu 
Editor: Tom Jirik, (701) 231-9629, tjirik@ndsuext.nodak.edu