2022 Dickinson REC Agronomy Field Day

The program begins with registration and weed and insect identification at 8:00 a.m. (MST) at the center’s headquarters in Dickinson and following with a lunch provided by the Dickinson Chamber of Commerce Ag Committee at noon.  After the lunch we will have a horticulture tour.

 Field day topics and presenters are:

• Weed and Insect Identification
  • Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension Weed Specialist, Fargo
  • TJ Prochaska, NDSU Extension Crop Protection Specialist, Minot NCREC
• Introduction to the Dickinson REC (8:45)
  • Dr. Chris Augustin, NDSU Soil Scientist and Director of DREC
• Small grain diseases to out for in 2022
  • Andrew Friskop, NDSU Extension Plant Pathologist, Fargo
• NDSU wheat breeding program & traits to look out for
  • Andrew Green, NDSU Wheat Breeder, Fargo
• NDSU Dickinson REC agronomy projects & soil pH overview
  • Ryan Buetow, NDSU Extension Cropping Specialist, DREC

• Grain bin safety
  • Angie Johnson, NDSU Farm and Ranch Safety Coordinator, Fargo

• Rhizobia and nitrogen fixation
  • Barney Geddes, NDSU Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Fargo

• On-farm research and untrapped potential
  • Leo Bortolon, NDSU Extension Cropping Systems Specialist, Minot NCREC

• Market Update
  • Frayne Olson, NDSU Extension Crop Economist, Fargo

 Certified Crop Advisor CEU Credits have been applied for,          

There will be a horticulture tour after lunch.  Presenters and topics of the Horticulture tour are: hops variety trials, soil testing, pollinator garden, and rehoming established trees.

• Tom Kalb, NDSU Extension Horticulture Specialist, Fargo
• TJ Prochaska, NDSU Extension Crop Protection Specialist, Minot NCREC
• Blake Johnson, City of Dickinson Forester
• Jon Sticka, Temporary Farming-Machinery
• Chris Augustin, NDSU Soil Scientist and Director of DREC

For more information about the field day, contact Buetow, who is coordinating the event, at 701-456-1106 or ryan.buetow@ndsu.edu.