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December 15, 2005 Lake Region Roundup Set for Jan. 4-5 The 2006 Lake Region Extension Roundup will be in Devils Lake on Jan. 4-5. Agricultural production issues will be the focus of the program. The event also will include presentations on health and financial planning. General sessions will be in the World War II Memorial Building. Concurrent sessions will be in the Memorial Building’s Armory Room, and the Historical Room and meeting room at the nearby Ramsey County Courthouse. Both days start with breakfast at 8 a.m. General sessions begin at 9:30. The North Dakota State University Extension Service organizes the event with help from agriculture-related businesses and agencies. Topics for the general sessions Jan. 4 include farming marginal land, custom farm work, 2006 crop budgets, 2005 small-grain variety performance trials, 2006 wheat market outlook and the U.S.-Canadian agriculture partnership. Concurrent sessions that day include a dry bean production and market update, determining the fair rental value of cropland with marginal land, machinery management efficiency, wheat production and marketing ideas, no-till farming, crop rotation, healthy oils produced in North Dakota, grazing management, flax production, economic viability of northeastern North Dakota farms, retirement planning options, bacterial diseases of wheat, and fungicide and nitrogen application. General sessions Jan. 5 include prevented planting issues with federal crop insurance, eligibility for the Conservation Security Program, irrigation possibilities in northeastern North Dakota, corn and barley market outlook, oilseed market report, nitrogen management and 2006 fertilizer price outlook, economics of fungicides for canola and dry beans, winter wheat seeding rates and variety performance, weed control, and soybean seed treatment and fertilizer. That day’s concurrent sessions include corn production research, the future of crop insurance, determining cow values, opportunities for getting started in commercial vegetable production, weed control, the Conservation Security Program, nitrogen management, and discussions of sunflower, canola and field pea issues. Attending the roundup is free of charge. No registration is necessary. For more information, contact your local NDSU Extension Service office. ### Source: Terry
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