The NDSU Extension Service's annual crop management field school is scheduled for Thursday, June 19, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Carrington Research Extension Center.
The targeted audience is crop advisers, but the program also will be beneficial for farmers. The school will provide updates, using hands-on training in field research and demonstration plots, on crop, crop pest and soil management recommendations.
Specific field sessions include:
- Weed identification - identify more than 60 living weed exhibits and review biology and control
- Herbicide mode of action - identify herbicide classes by examining crop and weed injury symptoms
- Reducing soil erosion and increasing soil health
- Soybean cyst nematode
- Intensifying the production and protection of soybeans and other row crops
Instructors for the field school are Greg Endres and Shana Pederson, NDSU Extension Service area agronomists; Sam Markell, Extension plant pathologist; Mike Ostlie, Carrington Research Extension Center research agronomist; Hal Weiser, Natural Resources Conservation Service soil health specialist; and Richard Zollinger, Extension weed specialist.
Preregistration is required. A total of 50 participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants will receive reference materials, refreshments and a noon meal. Certified crop advisers participating in the event will receive 6 continuing education units.
For further details and preregistration information, go to www.ag.ndsu.edu/CarringtonREC/events or contact the Carrington Research Extension Center at 701-652-2951. A completed preregistration form and $75 fee is required by June 16. The cost is $100 after June 16.
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