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Carrington REC 65th Annual Field Day

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Add to Calendar 2024-07-16 04:00:00 2024-07-16 10:00:00 Carrington REC 65th Annual Field Day 9:00 a.m. Welcome9:30 a.m. Wagons leave the yard for concurrent toursLivestock TourDakota Feeder Calf Show and Angus University feedout updatesLivestock research update Estimating cattle condition with camera sensorsVirtual fencing for cattle Ear tags and other precision livestock technologies Camera grading for quality grade at local locker plants Agronomy Production TourNDSU crop breeder updates on spring wheat and dry beansManaging kochia and other difficult weeds in corn and soybean Soybean marketing and crush facility updates Nitrogen and microbe fate in different cropping and tillage systems Dry bean fungicide application recommendations for 2024Organic and Sustainable Agriculture TourCREC Organic program reviewOrganic practices (row crop farmers from the Organic Academy Roadshow and NCAT staff)equipmentweed controlharvest techniquesNorthern Hardy Fruit Orchard TourJim Walla: black rot disease of apple treesKathy Wiederholt: walking tour of the CREC fruit orchard12:00 p.m. Lunch on the grounds 1:15 p.m. Specialty Crop Tourlupinkernzapennycresssorghumcover crops  Photo Credit: Carrington REC Picnic lunch on the grounds at the Carrington REC annual field day. NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center NDSU Agriculture no-reply@ndsu.edu America/Chicago public
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NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center
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9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:30 a.m. Wagons leave the yard for concurrent tours

  • Livestock Tour
    • Dakota Feeder Calf Show and Angus University feedout updates
    • Livestock research update 
    • Estimating cattle condition with camera sensors
    • Virtual fencing for cattle 
    • Ear tags and other precision livestock technologies 
    • Camera grading for quality grade at local locker plants 
  • Agronomy Production Tour
    • NDSU crop breeder updates on spring wheat and dry beans
    • Managing kochia and other difficult weeds in corn and soybean 
    • Soybean marketing and crush facility updates 
    • Nitrogen and microbe fate in different cropping and tillage systems 
    • Dry bean fungicide application recommendations for 2024
  • Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Tour
    • CREC Organic program review
    • Organic practices (row crop farmers from the Organic Academy Roadshow and NCAT staff)
      • equipment
      • weed control
      • harvest techniques
  • Northern Hardy Fruit Orchard Tour
    • Jim Walla: black rot disease of apple trees
    • Kathy Wiederholt: walking tour of the CREC fruit orchard

12:00 p.m. Lunch on the grounds 

1:15 p.m. Specialty Crop Tour

  • lupin
  • kernza
  • pennycress
  • sorghum
  • cover crops 
A large group of people are seated a long tables, enjoying a picnic lunch on the grounds of the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center
Photo Credit:
Carrington REC
Picnic lunch on the grounds at the Carrington REC annual field day.
Contact Information

Contact Information

Mike Ostlie

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