Carrington Research Extension Center 2018 Annual Report

Using Unmanned Aerial Systems for Site-specific Weed Management in Corn ....................................... 5
The Effect of a Late-season Fungicide Application on Winter Wheat Performance ................................. 8
Spring Wheat Response to Phosphorus from Distillers Grains ................................................................ 9
Seed Inoculation Strategies on Fields with Prior Soybean Production ................................................... 11
Using UASs to Assess Dicamba Injury to Non-dicamba Tolerant
Soybeans in a Drift Simulation Study .................................................................................................. 12
An Update to Corn Plant Populations in Central North Dakota ............................................................... 15
Use of Remote Sensors to Predict Grain Protein and Yield of Wheat Response to N ........................... 17
Black and Navy Bean Seed Yield with Row Spacing and Plant Population ........................................... 19
CREC Pollinator Project: 2018 Update ................................................................................................... 21
Sulfur Effects on Two Varieties of Malting Barley Grain Yield and Quality ............................................. 24
Barley Yield and Grain Quality Effects of the Spatial Soil Variability of a Field in Carrington ................. 26
Intercropping Organic Peas and Oats for Forage ................................................................................... 29
Crop Rotation Effects on Corn with a Focus on Buckwheat as the Previous Crop ................................. 30
How Much Does a Rye Cover Crop Deplete Soil Moisture - 2018 Research Results ............................ 32
New Seed Conditioning Facility Begins Operation ................................................................................. 34
2018 Summary of Extension Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Field Survey in South-Central North Dakota ........................................................................................ 35
Northern-Hardy Fruit Evaluation Project: Highlights of Our Thirteenth Year .......................................... 36
Impacts of Bunk Management on Animal Performance and
Hydrogen Sulfide Concentrations of Steers Fed 25% Modified Distillers Grains with Solubles .......... 39
Feeding North Dakota-born Calves to Finish in North Dakota – DFCS .................................................. 42
North American Manure Expo…What’s in a NAME? .............................................................................. 44
Weather Summary .................................................................................................................................. 46
Agronomic Research Trials..................................................................................................................... 47