Crop and Pest Report: Introduction

ISSUE 2 May 21, 2009

NDSU CROP MANAGEMENT FIELD SCHOOL SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 25 AT CARRINGTON

A crop management field school will be offered Thursday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center. The school is for crop advisers, but the program also will be beneficial for farmers. The school will provide hands-on training on crop, pest and soil management using field research and demonstration plots.

Specific field sessions include:

Weed identification - identify more than 60 living weed exhibits and review biology and control

Herbicide mode of action - identify herbicide classes by examining crop and weed injury symptoms

Wheat disease management - review disease forecasting and fungicide use strategies

Insect management - review current insect concerns

Update on strategies for use of nitrogen fertilizer

Row crop tillage systems and plant nutrition

For further details and preregistration information, contact the Carrington center at (701) 652-2951 or go to http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/. A completed preregistration form and $50 fee is requested by June 22 ($75 after June 22). A total of 50 participants will be accepted on a first-come/first-served basis. An application has been submitted to the certified crop adviser program to provide participants with continuing education units in the following management areas: 4.5 integrated pest, 1 nutrient, and 0.5 soil and water.