Agriculture at North Dakota State University
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Irrigation Workshops Set for November and December (11/3/03) Workshops will be held by the NDSU Extension Service in New Town, Carrington and Bismarck to teach producers the fundamentals of irrigation and update their skills.  FULL STORY



NDSU Schedules Beef Quality Assurance Training Sessions
(10/31/03) A series of training sessions has been scheduled for North Dakota beef producers who want to receive certification or be recertified in the North Dakota Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program.  FULL STORY

Niger Thistle as an Alternative Crop (10/30/03) Niger thistle is commonly used as birdseed, because it attracts many of the finch species such as goldfinches and pine siskins.  FULL STORY

NDSU Turfgrass Management Program Starts Strong (10/30/03) Students can specialize in fields such as maintaining a sports complex, managing a golf course, developing equipment, consulting, sod farming, chemical and equipment sales, irrigation design, and sport facility architecture.  FULL STORY

Warm Harvest makes Cooling Stored Grain more Important (10/30/03) The warm weather was excellent for grain harvest, but it increases the potential for grain storage problems according to engineering specialist Ken Hellevang.  FULL STORY



Give Your Lawn a Head Start
(10/24/03) Get seed in the ground while you still can!  FULL STORY

Columbus Day Has Come and Gone: Ideal Time for Planting Garlic (10/24/03) Fall planting makes for larger bulbs, according to NDSU horticulturist, Ron Smith.  FULL STORY

BeefTalk: Knowing How to Compare Apples to Oranges Is Critical (10/30/03) Use the correct terminology and know what it means to communicate effectively, beef specialist Kris Ringwall advises.  FULL STORY

Prairie Fare: Healthy Eating as We Get Older (10/30/03) Our bodies change as we grow older and so do our nutritional needs, explains food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson. She also offers a recipe for Fruit and Pudding Milk Mixer.  FULL STORY

Plains Folk: Country Life (10/30/03) Discussions about young people abandoning farm and small-town life have been around a long time.  FULL STORY

Hortiscope (10/30/03) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  FULL STORY




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