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.
Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.