Hettinger REC Field Day
NDSU Hettinger REC Field Day Tours
Tuesday- July 9, 2024
All tours will start at the Agronomy & Range Lab/All times are Mountain Time.
Welcome & Opening Comments, Load Trailer/Caravan for Tours
3:00 P.M. New Livestock Facilities Ribbon Cutting Ceremony & Tour
Come and tour the new livestock facilities, the single biggest investment in facilities in our 115-year history!
4:00 P.M. Corn, Soybean and Pea Herbicide Trials Tour
5:00 P.M. Agronomy Field Tours
Spring wheat management study - Jose Montoro Bais, NDSU graduate student
Weed management update - Joe Ikley, NDSU Ext. weed specialist
Weed-control research conducted at the HREC - Caleb Dalley, HREC weed scientist
Small grain disease outlook & wheat scab research- Andrew Friskop, NDSU Ext. plant pathologist
Spring wheat varieties - Andrew Green, NDSU spring wheat breeder
Barley varieties – Richard Horsley, NDSU barley breeder
Durum varieties and other ongoing agronomy trials & Information on other variety trials and agronomy research projects at the HREC including winter wheat, pulse crops, canola and soybeans – John Rickertsen, HREC agronomist
Participants will have the opportunity to see trials of several crops being grown at the Hettinger REC and talk with Extension Specialists and Research Scientists.
Following the tour is a free supper at the Agronomy & Range Lab Sponsored by: CHS-Southwest Grain, Helena Agri-Enterprises and LemmonMade Butcher Shop.
All activities are free of charge/Everyone Welcome
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Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.