Submitted by: agcomm,  Thu Nov 13 11:02:19 1997


                        November 13, 1997
 
Crop and Livestock Review Scheduled at Carrington
 
     The NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center will host a
crop and livestock review meeting Thursday morning, Dec. 11, to
highlight current production agriculture challenges and the
research being conducted at the Carrington Center to address
these problems.
     The meeting, which is free and open to the public, starts at
9:30 a.m. with a session on economic trends and challenges for
agriculture.  Beginning at 10 a.m., 20-minute concurrent sessions
on crops and animal science will be conducted on a variety of
topics, including attributes of crop rotations, crop performance
and economics of alternative vs. traditional crops, fertilizing
or inoculating grain legumes, managing wheat disease, precision
harvest of canola, and management of Canada thistle and common
milkweed.   
     Animal science topics include alternative winter beef cow
diets, crambe meal for cows, cattle feeding in North Dakota,
balancing bison budgets and researching commercial bison
production.
     Speakers will be Center faculty Vern Anderson, Greg Endres,
Jim Harbour, Karl Hoppe, Steve Metzger, Brad Miller, Blaine
Schatz and Steve Zwinger. 
     For additional details contact the Carrington Research
Extension Center at 701-652- 2951.
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NDSU Agriculture Communication
Source: Greg Endres (701) 652-2951
Editor: Barry Brissman (701) 231-7866