Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming CREC Events
The CREC’s annual Crop Management Field School is Wednesday, June 24, 2026. This is a hands-on field school for agronomists, field scouts, NDSU personnel, and farmers. Topics to be covered include Weed Identification, Herbicide Site-of-Action, Crop Growth Staging, and Nutrient Deficiencies and Soil Fertility. Alicia Harstad will guide participants as they identify at least 35 different weed species. Jeff Stachler with demonstrate at least 10 different sites-of-action. Ana Carcedo will stage wheat, corn, and soybean crops. Brady Goettl will discuss crop nutrient deficiencies and soil fertility.
The field school starts with registration at 8:30 a.m. with the program beginning 9:00 a.m. and ending at 3:00 p.m. Pre-registration is required to participate in the Crop Management Field School. The fee of $100 covers lunch, snacks, and resources. Attendance is limited to 50 people to allow for smaller groups and easier conversation, so register now to reserve your spot. Participants have the opportunity to obtain one Crop Management, one Nutrient Management, and three Pest Management CCA continuing education credits. For further information and to register for the field school visit: www.ndsu.ag/cmfs26 .
The 67th Annual CREC Field Day takes place Tuesday, July 14, 2026. The day begins with coffee and donuts at 9:00 a.m., introductions and welcomes at 9:20 a.m., and tour wagons leave the yard at 9:30 a.m. The day covers four major topics: agronomy, livestock, horticulture, and organic production. All tours run concurrently in the morning before a free picnic lunch on the grounds. Agronomy and livestock will also have afternoon programs with the agronomy program ending around 3:30 p.m.
The agronomic topics being covered at this year’s annual field day include NDSU hard red spring wheat and dry bean breeding programs, pulse crops, canola and soybean weed management, lupin commercialization, soybean agronomics, crop marketing, and field pea root rot results.
The Annual CREC Field Day requires no pre-registration, and the program is free to everyone interested in the topics being presented.
Jeff Stachler, Ph.D., CCA
Jeff.Stachler@ndsu.edu
Extension Cropping Systems Specialist
