The field day for the NDSU Oakes Irrigation Research Site - Robert Titus Research Farm is set for Aug. 4.
Remote irrigation management utilizing drip tape, white mold in soybeans, bio-stimulants to supply corn nitrogen and new potato varieties are some of the main topics that will be covered during the upcoming field day at the NDSU Oakes Irrigation Research Site - Robert Titus Research Farm, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 4.
The approximately 40-acre site, which is 4.5 miles south of Oakes on North Dakota Highway 1, is a substation of the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center.
The field day is set to begin with refreshments at 8:30 a.m. The tour will run from 9 a.m. to noon, with lunch following.
Topics that will be covered and the presenters include:
• Overview of the Oakes site’s projects – Kelly Cooper, agronomist at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site
• New potato varieties - Susie Thompson, NDSU potato breeder
• Automated irrigation using drip tape – Uday Vaddevolu, graduate research assistant, Oakes Irrigation Research Site
• Bio-stimulants for nitrogen in corn – Szilvia Yuja, CREC soils research specialist
• Drought-tolerant corn varieties and soil moisture sensors - Dean Steele, NDSU associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, and Mike Ostlie, CREC director and agronomist
• White mold studies in soybeans - Michael Wunsch, CREC plant pathologist
• Outdoor roundtable discussion
Participants also will have the opportunity to review the site’s irrigated corn hybrid and soybean performance tests.
For more information, contact the NDSU Oakes Irrigation Research Site at 701-742-2744.
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