The Northwest Research and Outreach Center’s (NWROC) annual Crops and Soils Day is scheduled for Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at NWROC’s Maintenance/Farm Operations Building located south of Polk County Hwy 71 on NWROC’s campus. Parking is across from the office building.
Morning Small Grains Tours I and II
Registration at 7:30 a.m. and CEU Credits Signup Sheet
Load wagons and start tours at 8:00 a.m.
A complimentary lunch served at noon for morning and afternoon guests.
Morning Session Speakers (and topic) –
Lindsay Pease – Performance of NWROC’s New Subsurface Drainage Installation
Angie Peltier – Over or within the canopy: Sprayer configuration and white mold management
Ruth Dill-Macky – Disease of Small Grains
Ian MacRae – Insect Research, 2021
Jim Anderson – Wheat Breeding Variety Update
Kevin Smith – Hulless Barley: Naked But Not Afraid
Beverly Durgan – Weed Management in Small Grains
George Weiblen – Breeding drug-free industrial hemp for fiber production in Minnesota and the Dakotas
Afternoon Sugar Beet Program
Registration 12:15 p.m. and CEU Credits Signup Sheet
Simultaneous tours start at 12:45 p.m.
Ashok Chanda – Management of Rhizoctonia and Cercospora in sugarbeet
Tom Peters – Sugarbeet Tolerance with Ultra Blazer and S-Metolachlor in Sugarbeet
Dan Kaiser – Is fall urea an option for sugarbeet production?
Austin Lien – Safety and Efficacy of Fungicides Mixed with Starter Fertilizer for Rhizoctonia in Sugarbeets
Contact Megan Benoit at mbenoit@umn.edu or 218-281-8610 with questions.
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