Getting It Right
Getting It Right is an annual crop production conference featuring the latest research-based production information presented by NDSU specialists.
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GIR Soybean Tuesday, December 10, 2024
GIR Sunflower Thursday, January 30, 2025
GIR Canola Friday, March 14, 2025
Topics covered by NDSU agronomist Hans Kandel
- Soybean planting date x maturity trial
- Soybean variety selection
- Soybean variety trial information
- Soybean variety tool
- 2022 Soybean Variety Trial Results
- Soybean Vegetative Growth and Development
- Early planting of soybean, field day
- Drain Tile / controlled drainage field video
- Foliar Fertilizer Rarely Increase Yield in U.S. Soybean
- Cover crop after wheat and broadcast into soybean
- Soybean Plant Population Density, the best soybean management practices by Extension researchers from across the United States
- Boots on the Ground: Validation of benchmarking process through an integrated on-farm partnership: Final (2019-2021) on-farm trials report (including ND)
- How to Pick the Right Soybean Row Spacing, The best soybean management practices by Extension researchers from across the United States
- The Best Soybean Planting Date. The best soybean management practices by Extension researchers from across the United States
Topics covered by NDSU agronomist Greg Endres
- Soybean Response to Planting Rates and Row Spacings in North Dakota (A1961, June 2020)
- Soybean Growth and Management Quick Guide (A1174)
- Growing Rye as a Cover Crop in ND (A2010)
Topics covered by NDSU soil specialist Dave Franzen
- Effectiveness of the use of low rates of plant nutrients
- Soybean Soil Fertility SF1164
- Managing Soil Salinity in North Dakota
Topic covered by NDSU entomologist Janet Knodel
- Scouting for soybean aphids
- Scouting for spider mites in soybean
- Spider mite and grasshoppers
- Soybean midge
- Soybean Gall Midge and White-mold Gall Midge in Soybean E2006 - 2020
- Common Arthropod Pests of Soybean in North Dakota E2005 - 2020
Topics covered by NDSU pathologist Sam Markell
- Soybean Cyst Nematode – Let’s Talk Todes Video Collection
- How to identify and manage soybean cyst nematode (SCN) management solutions
- Frogeye Leaf Spot, Soybean Cyst Nematode and Sudden Death Syndrome
- Disease management information – multi-state publications
- Soybean Disease Diagnostic Series
Other Resources
Topics covered by NDSU dry bean breeder Juan Osorno
Topics covered by NDSU agronomists Hans Kandel and Greg Endres
- Dry bean variety trial information 2022
- Dry bean variety tool
- Dry bean types and development stages
- Dry Bean Production Guide (A113-20)
- 2021 Dry Bean Grower Survey of Production, Pest Problems and Pesticide Use in MN and ND
- Black and navy bean response to row spacing and plant population in Eastern ND (A1921)
- Growing Rye as a Cover Crop in ND (A2010)
- Winter rye as a preceding cover crop for pinto bean production in ND (A2050)
- Replanting or late planting crop (A934)
- Strip till for field crop production (AE1370)
- Pinto bean response to row spacing and plant population in North Dakota (A2060)
Topics covered by NDSU soil specialist Dave Franzen
- Fertilizing pinto, navy and other dry edible bean (SF720)
- Pinto bean response to phosphorus fertilizer in east-central ND (A1883)
- Managing Saline Soils in North Dakota (SF1087)
Topic covered by NDSU weed specialist Joe Ikley
Topics covered by NDSU plant pathologists Sam Markell and Michael Wunsch
- Dry edible bean disease diagnostic series
- Dry edible bean rust
- North Dakota Field Crop Plant Disease Management Guide
Other Resources
North Dakota Weed Control Guide
North Dakota Field Crop Insect Management Guide
North Dakota Field Crop Plant Disease Management Guide
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/varietytrials
Topics referenced by ND Corn Council Communications Director Heidie Haugo
Topics covered by NDSU Extension Cropping Systems Specialist Greg Endres
A834 Basics of Corn Production in North Dakota
A1173 Corn Growth and Management Quick Guide
NDAWN Corn Growing Degree Days
U2U Useful to Usable Decision Support Tools – Corn GDD
Performance of Drought-Tolerant Corn Hybrids Under Varying Irrigation Strategies
A1851 Corn Response to Phosphorus Starter Fertilizer in ND
Topics covered by NDSU Extension Cropping Systems Specialist Ryan Buetow
AE1637 Compatibility of ND Soils for Irrigation
39th Annual Western Dakota Crops Day Research Report 2022
Weekly Updates from the Dickinson REC
Topics covered by NDSU Extension Soil Science Specialist Dave Franzen
Corn Nitrogen Calculator (app)
Soil Fertility Recommendations for Corn
Topics covered by NDSU Extension Weed Specialist Joe Ikley
Topics covered by NDSU Extension Plant Pathologist Andrew Friskop
University of Wisconsin-Madison Tarspotter app https://ipcm.wisc.edu/apps/tarspotter/
Topics covered by NDSU Extension Entomologist Janet Knodel
NDSU Extension Grasshopper survey maps
Texas A & M Extension Handy Bt Trait Table for U.S. Corn Production
NDSU Extension Corn Insect Trapping Network
Variety update and plant development:
- A1124-22 ND Canola Variety Trial Results for 2022 and Selection
- Old variety trials website: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/varietytrials/canola
- New interactive VT website: https://vt.ag.ndsu.edu/
- A1280 Canola Production Field Guide
- A686 Canola Production
- Canola Growing Degree Days/Growth Stages
- A1171 Swathing and Harvesting Canola
Weed control update:
- North Dakota Weed Control Guide
- PS1945 Herbicide Resistant Traits in MN and ND
- W1947 ND Herbicide Chart
- Popular herbicides no longer control kochia in some areas
Plant nutrition:
- SF1122 Fertilizing Canola and Mustard
- SF990 Soil Sampling as a Basis for Fertilizer Application
- SF2012 What is Soil Acidity?
Intercropping Field Pea and Canola:
- A2048 Intercropping for Grain Production in the Northern Great Plains
- SF1122 Fertilizing Canola and Mustard
- 2022 Williston REC Annual Report (page 76)
Insect management:
- North Dakota Field Crop Insect Management Guide
- E1234 Integrated Pest Management of Flea Beetles in Canola
- Grasshoppers
- Canola Sunflower Midge
- Crop and Pest Report
- E1347 Bertha Armyworm in Canola: Biology and Integrated Pest Management
- E1346 Diamondback Moth in Canola: Biology and Integrated Pest Management
Plant pathology:
- North Dakota Field Crop Plant Disease Management Guide
- Blackleg
- Clubroot
- Sclerotinia
- Sclerotinia risk map (during the season)
Topics covered by NDSU agronomist Hans Kandel
- Estimating Sunflower Yield
- Sunflower variety trial information 2022
- Sunflower variety tool (oil)
- Sunflower variety tool (non-oil)
- NDAWN Sunflower growing degree model
- Analysis of NSA survey data determining the impact of disease on yield components in ND and MN sunflower fields
Topics covered by NDSU agronomist Greg Endres
- A1995 Sunflower Production Guide
- A1145 Stage of Sunflower Development
- AE1370 Strip Till for Field Crop Production
- A934 Replanting or Late Planting Crops
- SF1087 Managing Saline Soils in North Dakota
Topics covered by NDSU entomologist Janet Knodel
- E823 Banded Sunflower Moth
- Insecticide application timing for red sunflower seed weevil
- Scouting for and managing grasshoppers
- Banded sunflower moth egg scouting video
- Scouting for red sunflower seed weevil video
Topics covered by NDSU soil fertility specialist Dave Franzen
Topics covered by NDSU plant pathologist Michael Wunsch
Topics covered by NDSU plant pathologist Sam Markell
Other Resources
- W253-23 North Dakota Weed Control Guide
- E1143-23 North Dakota Field Crop Insect Management Guide
- PP623-23 North Dakota Field Crop Plant Disease Management Guide
- National Sunflower Association page for sunflower growers
- National Sunflower Association Survey 2021
- National Sunflower Association Survey 2019
