Educational programs for farmers, crop advisers, and agri-business personnel during the
growing season provide an opportunity for the audience to immediately
incorporate the information into farm or agri-business management. During the
2003 growing season, the Carrington Research Extension Center hosted numerous crop management tours and
training sessions. The Center’s research trials and demonstration plots were
used by extension and research staff to provide formal field training for about
550 people.
The following is a
listing of the crop management events conducted at the Center during May
through September:
May
- Extension IPM Crop Scout training
June
- Crop Management Field School
- Small grain fungicide and phosphorus
management meeting
- DuPont/Pioneer sales representatives field
training
July
- Pulse USA pulse crop tour
- Dazey off-station crop variety tour
- CREC Annual Field Day
- ND Dry Pea and Lentil Association pulse
crop tour
- Bayer fungicide tour
August
- Canadian crop scientist tour
September
- ND Soybean Council Soybean Research
Field Tour
- National Sunflower Association research
committee tour
Crop subject matter
areas during these events included crop cultivar performance, pest
identification and management (diseases, insects, and weeds), traditional and
alternative crop management, cropping systems, irrigated crop management, and
forage production.
Numerous informal
field visits also occur between Center agronomists and visitors. Visitors
during 2003 included persons from foreign countries including Argentina, Belarus, Canada, Republic of Georgia, and The Netherlands.
In the future, the Carrington Center will continue to host and conduct field
educational events during the growing season. Individuals or groups are
encouraged to visit the Center for formal or informal educational opportunities
throughout the year.