John Nowatzki, NDSU Extension Service agricultural machine systems specialist, is scheduled to conduct seminars on the use of ZoneMap in Bowman, N.D., on March 24 and in Ashley, N.D., on March 25.
ZoneMap is an online option for crop producers to develop management zones and fertilizer application maps for their fields, and is available for free use at zonemap.umac.org. ZoneMap was developed by the Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium for use in the northern Great Plains.
“ZoneMap users can incorporate their field data with satellite imagery to delineate field management zones, assign fertilizer rates for each zone and then download the fertilizer application maps in a digital format ready for loading into their in-cab computer,” Nowatzki said.
Computers will be available at the seminars. However, participants are encouraged to bring their own wireless Internet-enabled laptop computers so they can take all the seminar data with them when they leave.
The Bowman ZoneMap Seminar is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. MDT at the Dakota Room of the Bowman County Courthouse. The Ashley seminar is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. CDT at the Dakota Family Restaurant.
NDSU Extension agents Andrea Bowman and Bill Klein are coordinating the seminars.