Crops & Soils Day
Northwest Research and Outreach Center, Crookston, MN
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Agenda
Morning Registration 7:45 a.m.
Small Grains Tour 1 8:15 a.m.
Small Grains Tour 2 10:20 a.m.
Lunch 12:15 p.m.
Afternoon Registration 12:30 p.m.
Sugarbeet tours (2) 1:00 p.m.
run simultaneously
Crop & Soils Day is intended for producers and agricultural professionals.
In case of rain, a modified program will be presented indoors and the speakers will be available for consultation.
Morning Program
Registration opens at 7:45 a.m.
Wagons will be loaded and tours will start promptly at 8:15.
Participants have the option of starting with Tour #1 or Tour #2 at 8:15 and
take the other tour after the break at 10:20 a.m.
Wheat Breeding Variety Update:
Dr. Jim Anderson, Wheat Breeding &
Genetics, University of Minnesota
Barley Varieties and Breeding Research:
Dr. Kevin Smith, Barley Breeding &
Genetics, University of Minnesota
Weed Management in Small Grains:
Dr. Beverly Durgan, Extension Weed
Scientist, University of Minnesota
Do Seed Treatments Make A Difference:
Dr. Jochum Wiersma, Extension Small Grains Specialist,
Northwest Research & Outreach Center
Disease Management in Small Grains:
Dr. Madeleine Smith, Extension Plant
Pathology, Small Grains and Canola,
Northwest Research and Outreach Center
The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Agriculture:
Dr. Ian MacRae, Entomology, Northwest
Research & Outreach Center
Afternoon Sugarbeet Program
Registration opens at 12:30 p.m.
Load wagons and begin tour at 1:00 p.m.
Two tours will run simultaneously
Controlling Volunteer (RR) Corn and (RR) Soybean
in Sugarbeets:
Dr. Tom Peters, Extension Sugarbeet
Agronomist,
University of Minnesota and North Dakota State University
New and Established Options for Managing
Rhizoctonia on Sugarbeet:
Jason Brantner, Senior Research Fellow,
Northwest Research & Outreach Center
The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Agriculture:
Dr. Ian MacRae, Entomology,
Northwest
Research & Outreach Center
Cercospora Leaf Spot Control, a Tank Mix Imperative:
Dr. Hal Mickelson, Scientist,
Northwest
Research and Outreach Center
Directions
Crops and Soils Day will be held at NWROC’s north farm, located one mile north of the University of Minnesota Crookston campus on Highway 75 North.
