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December 16, 2004 Lake Region Extension Roundup Set for Jan. 5-6 The 2005 Lake Region Extension Roundup will be in Devils Lake on Jan. 5-6. The event includes presentations on agricultural production issues and some family health and financial management topics. General sessions will be in the World War II Memorial Building. Concurrent sessions will be in the Memorial Building’s Armory Room or the Historical Room and meeting room in the nearby Ramsey County Courthouse. Both days start with a breakfast at 8 a.m. The program begins at 9:30. The North Dakota State University Extension Service organizes the roundup with help from agriculture-related businesses and agencies. Topics for the general sessions Jan. 5 include the use of nitrogen fertilizer products on small-grain crops; controlling volunteer canola, corn and soybeans; 2004 wheat, barley and flax performance in northeastern North Dakota; the 2005 outlook for wheat and durum; fungicide use; controlling weeds in and growing flax; growing corn in northern North Dakota; and maintaining wheat protein in a high-yield environment. Concurrent sessions will be on corn, soybeans, barley, wheat and the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network in the Armory Room; the coexistence of organic, biotech and conventional crop production systems, interpreting yield monitor data and developments in field pea production in the Historical Room; and developments in dry bean production, small-grain disease research, winter wheat and identity theft in the courthouse meeting room. General sessions Jan. 6 will include no-till crop management in northeastern North Dakota; the impact of crop rotation on no-till farming; soybean diseases and production; and changes in crop production costs in northeastern North Dakota. Concurrent sessions include the 2005 corn and soybean outlook, sunflower production and canola diseases in the Armory Room; oilseed contracts, soybean biodiesel development, managing grain contracting risk, inheriting and purchasing farms, and tips for a healthy lifestyle in the courthouse meeting room; and beef industry updates, electronic identification, no-till production and managing stored, wet grain in the Historical Room. Attending the roundup is free of charge. No registration is necessary. For more information, contact your local NDSU Extension Service office. ### Source:
Terry Gregoire, (701) 662-1364, tgregoir@ndsuext.nodak.edu |
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