Notes
Outline
2001 Sunflower Survey:
Highlights from
North and South Dakota
Art Lamey
NDSU Plant Pathologist Emeritus
Supported by a Grant from the National Sunflower Association
NSA Survey:  Planning
Planning Team:  NDSU, USDA, NSA
Survey Teams of Four:
1.  Yield Estimation
2.  Grass populations
3.  Insect and Bird Damage
4.  Lodging and Disease
Training Provided Before SD and ND Surveys
Survey Forms, Tape Measure, Calculator, Seed Sampling Bags (insect damage to be determined in USDA lab)
NSA Survey:  Execution
Surveyed one Field for Each 5,000 Acres
ND:  266 Fields Surveyed
SD:  140 Fields Surveyed
Field Locations Determined by GPS Hand Held Units
North Dakota:  5 Teams Used Hand Held Computers for Data Summary
Other Teams Used Special Form
NSA Survey:  Data Summary
Data Recorded by County; Grouped by Crop Reporting District
All Data Placed on Spread Sheet
Data Summarized by District
GPS Maps to be Drawn
One Data Point for Each Field
Size of Point Depends on Size of Numerical Observation
North Dakota Highlights
Compiled by Art Lamey
Hand Held Computers Programmed by Phil Glogoza
Forms Revised Based on South Dakota Experience
Yield by District
Oil and Confection by District
Solid Seeded or Row Planted
Tillage Used
Common Weed Problems
Lodging by District
Midge
Webbing of Heads
Bird Damage
Diseases:  Sclerotinia
Other Diseases
South Dakota Highlights
Compiled by Art Lamey and Marty Draper
Fields Located by Hand Held GPS Units
Yield by District
Oil and Confection by District
Solid Seeded or Row Planted
Tillage Used
Common Weed Problems
Lodging by District
Midge
Webbing of Heads
Bird Damage
Diseases:  Sclerotinia
Other Diseases
Thanks to the
National Sunflower Association
For a Grant
Supporting This Project