Carrington Research Extension Center 2024 Annual Report
(Research Report, Carrington REC, December 2024)CONTENTS
Split In-Season Nitrogen and Sulfur Applications Increase Spring Wheat Yield and
Quality in Conventional and No-Till Systems ....................................................................................... 5
Finishing Calves on North Dakota Protein Coproducts: The Effects of Canola Meal, Dried Distillers
Grains, and Soybean Meal on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics .............................. 9
Durum Intensive Management Study: Impact of Postemergence Nitrogen on Seed Quality ................. 12
Inoculants Improve Pea Yield when Peas are Grown in Areas of Low Pulse History ............................. 14
Mitigating Salinity Impact: Spring-Planted Winter Barley, Winter Rye, and Winter
Camelina Cover Crops Boost Soybean Yield ..................................................................................... 16
Fungicide Treatment Increases Wheat Yield and Test Weight ............................................................... 20
Interseeding Legumes with Hard Red Spring Wheat .............................................................................. 23
An Overview of the Nitrogen Response of Corn and Wheat at the Carrington Research Extension
Center from 2013 to 2024 .................................................................................................................. 24
Optimizing Planting Dates and Variety Selection for Winter Pea Establishment
in the Northern Environment .............................................................................................................. 30
Profitability Impact of Urea Application or Inoculant on Dry Bean Yield at Wishek, ND ......................... 32
Summary: Timing of Cover Crop Establishment in Spring Cereals ........................................................ 33
Hard Red Spring Wheat Variety Performance, Griggs County, 2024 ..................................................... 37
Soybean Response to Mid-Row Deep Banded Phosphorus at Planting ................................................ 39
Concrete vs. Dirt Feedlot Pens: The Effects in Temperature and Evening
Animal Behavior on Finishing Yearlings ............................................................................................. 40
Performance in Feedlot Calves is Influenced by Cow Herd – 2024 ND Angus University Feedout ....... 42
Producers Find Value in Feeding Calves to Finish: Dakota Feeder Calf Show Feedout 2023-2024 ..... 44
From Waste to Worth; Creating an Opportunity Out of a Disaster .......................................................... 47
Northern Hardy Fruit Evaluation Project – Orchard Update 2024 ........................................................... 49
CREC 2024 Administrative Updates ....................................................................................................... 52
NDSU CREC Arboretum Shrub Planting ................................................................................................ 54
Weather Summary .................................................................................................................................. 56
Agronomic Research Trials..................................................................................................................... 57
Hard Red Spring Wheat ................................ 65
Hard Red Winter Wheat ................................ 73
Durum ........................................................... 74
Barley ............................................................ 76
Canola .......................................................... 80
Flax ............................................................... 82
Winter Rye .................................................... 83
Soybean ....................................................... 84
Dry Edible Bean ............................................ 97
Buckwheat .................................................. 101
Field Pea .................................................... 103
Corn ............................................................ 105
Corn Silage ................................................. 111
Forages ...................................................... 115