May 11, 2006

Crop Management Field School June 22 at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center

A crop management field school will be offered Thursday, June 22, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center. The event’s targeted audience is crop advisers. The school is organized and conducted by the NDSU Extension Service.

The school will provide hands-on training on crop pests and soil management using field research and demonstration plots.

Field sessions include:

• Weed identification - identify more than 60 living weed exhibits and review their biology and control
• Herbicide mode-of-action - identifies herbicide classes by examining crop and weed injury symptoms
• Wheat disease management - review disease forecasting and fungicide use strategies
• Insect management - review current insect concerns in oilseed and grass crops
• Soil pits – below-ground examination to explain above-ground crop growth

Workshop instructors include: Ken Eraas, North Dakota Department of Agriculture noxious weed specialist; Greg Endres, NDSU Extension Service area agronomist; Dave Franzen, NDSU Extension Service soils specialist; Terry Gregoire, NDSU Extension Service area agronomist; Janet Knodel, NDSU Extension Service entomologist; Bill Leith, entomology graduate student; and Marcia McMullen, NDSU Extension Service plant pathologist.

For further details and preregistration information, contact the Carrington center at (701) 652-2951 or go to www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/. A completed preregistration form and $50 fee is requested by June 19 ($75 after June 19). A total of 50 participants will be accepted. An application has been submitted to the certified crop adviser program to provide participants with 4.5 integrated pest management and 1.5 soil and water management continuing education units.

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Source: Greg Endres, (701) 652-2951, gendres@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Editor: Rich Mattern, (701) 231-6136, richard.mattern@ndsu.edu

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