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2004 North Dakota Alternative Crop Variety Performance

A1105, December 2004
Compiled by:
Gregory Endres, Area Extension Specialist Cropping Systems
Kent McKay, Area Extension Specialist Cropping Systems
Also see the 2004 Variety Trial Data 
from all crops from all 
NDSU Research/Extension Centers.

This publication contains information on selected buckwheat, lentil, proso millet, mustard, field pea and safflower varieties that North Dakota State University tested in 2004. Additional alternative crop varieties may have been tested but are not listed. Although alternative crops may have been tested across the state, adaptation may be limited to specific regions

Safflower Yield (Oil %) Buckwheat Lentil
Safflower Height in Inches Proso Millet Mustard
Safflower Test Weight (lb/bu) Field Pea
Safflower Seed Yield (lb/acre)

Information contained in this publication is based on research coordinated by the following NDSU Research Extension Center and Main Station agronomists:

Eric Eriksmoen, Hettinger
Mark Halvorson, Minot		 Bryan Hanson, Langdon
Burton Johnson, Fargo		 Neil Riveland, Williston
Blaine Schatz, Carrington

Contact NDSU Research Extension Centers or Extension Service offices for more detailed and site-specific information on alternative crop variety performance and production recommendations.

Crop variety data are available in an electronic format at: http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/variety/  Weather data are available at: http://ndawn.ndsu.nodak.edu/ 

Thanks to the following NDSU research specialists and ag technicians for their research work and data compilation for this circular: 

Gordon Bradbury, Williston
Robert "Yabo" Gjellstad, Minot		 Rick Olson, Hettinger
Paula Petersen, Fargo		 Richard Wilhelmi, Langdon
Steve Zwinger, Carrington
Also, thanks to Betty Montgomery and Stacey Rzaszutak, administrative secretaries, Carrington, for their assistance in assembling this publication.

 

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