Carrington Research Extension Center 2022 Annual Report

NDSU Extension Responds to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak .......................................... 5
Biofortification Strategies in Spring Wheat................................................................................................ 7
Using Spatial Analysis to Overcome Heterogeneity in Field Trials ........................................................... 9
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria for Corn: Testing Two Commercial Products ................................................... 12
Durum Intensive Management Study: Impact of Postemergence
Nitrogen and Foliar Fungicide on Seed Quality ................................................................................... 16
Quantifying the Impact of Fungicide Spray Volume on White Mold
Management in Dry Beans and Soybeans .......................................................................................... 17
Winter Rye Cover Crop Preceding Soybean: Fall Planting Dates and Rates Study Overview ............... 21
Efficiency of Sulfur Fertilizer Affected by Nitrogen Availability in Canola ................................................ 22
Rate Response of MES and MESZ as a Starter Fertilizer for Spring Wheat .......................................... 25
Effects of Ground Hybrid Rye as a Partial or Complete Replacement of
Corn as the Concentrate Source in Backgrounding and Finishing Rations ......................................... 27
Discovering Performance and Value in North Dakota Calves: Dakota Feeder
Calf Show Feedout 2021-2022 ............................................................................................................ 30
Exploring Feeding Performance of Heavy Yearling Angus Cattle - 2022 North Dakota
Angus University Feedout .................................................................................................................... 33
Developing a Cyberinfrastructure for Integrated Pest Management of
Soybean Crops in North Dakota .......................................................................................................... 35
2022 Getting-it-Right Crop Production Program ..................................................................................... 38
Northern-Hardy Fruit Evaluation Project: Orchard Update ..................................................................... 39
2022 Research at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site Robert Titus Research Farm ............................. 43
State of the Carrington Research Extension Center: 2022 ..................................................................... 44
Weather Summary .................................................................................................................................. 45
Agronomic Research Trials..................................................................................................................... 46