North Central REC Field Day
8:30 a.m. Pest clinic and display booths with coffee and doughnuts
9 a.m. – Welcoming remarks by NCREC director Shana Forster, NDSU vice president Greg Lardy, and representatives of the State Board of Agricultural Research and Education
9:15 a.m. – Carbon capture and carbon market for growers – David Ripplinger, professor and Extension bioproducts/bioenergy economist
9:30 a.m. – Load trailers for field tours
Stop one:
9:40 a.m. – Cover crops – Leo Bortolon, research agronomist; Chandler Gruener, Extension soil health specialist; James Rogers, Extension forage crops production specialist
9:55 a.m. – Forage production trials – Rogers
10:10 a.m. – Insect issues – Jan Knodel, professor and Extension entomologist
10:30 a.m. – Soybean diseases update – Richard (Wade) Webster, assistant professor and soybean pathology specialist
Stop two:
10:45 a.m. – Weed control update – Brian Jenks, weed scientist, and Joe Ikley, assistant professor and Extension weed specialist
Stop three:
11:15 a.m. – NDSU UAV robotics and AI update – Rex Sun, assistant professor, agricultural and biosystems engineering
11:35 a.m. – Case IH equipment demo
Noon – Return to NCREC for lunch
1 p.m. – Board of Visitors meeting
Requests for accommodations related to disability should be made to the event contact person at least two weeks in advance of the event.