July 21, 2021
In-person tours will resume for the NWROC Crops & Soils Day in 2021! This year's field day will be held Wednesday, July 21st and feature a morning small grains program and an afternoon sugarbeet program. The morning session registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. and tours beginning at 8:00 a.m. A complimentary lunch will be served at noon. The afternoon session registration begins at 12:15 p.m. with tours beginning at 12:45 p.m.
Small Grains Program
7:30 a.m. registration | 8 a.m. tours I & II (break and switch tours around 10 a.m.)
| Presenter | Title |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Sugarbeet Program
12:15 p.m. registration | 12:45 p.m. tour
| Presenter | Title |
|---|---|
| Ashok Chanda | Management of major sugarbeet diseases |
| Tom Peters | Sugarbeet Tolerance with Ultra Blazer and S-Metolachlor in Sugarbeet |
| Dan Kaiser | Is fall urea an option for sugarbeet production? |
| Austin Lien | Importance of tank-mixing for managing Cercospora leaf spot of sugarbeet |
A complimentary noon lunch will be served between the two tours. The field day is free to attend. For additional information, contact Megan Benoit at [email protected] or 218.281.8610.