Grassland - Range			Beef
	Waste Management			Agronomy
	Horticulture			Station Information

AGRONOMY RESEARCH

• Early Season Foliar and Seed Applied Fungicide Review for 1998 – 2006
  Roger Ashley
  
• Ley Farming: A Systems Approach To Integrating Crop and Livestock Enterprises
  Patrick M. Carr, James Krall, Ken Kephart, and Jeff Gunderson
  
• Impact of Tillage and Crop Rotation on Grain Yield of Spring Wheat I. Tillage Effect
  Patrick M. Carr, Richard D. Horsley, and Glenn B. Martin
  
• Impact of Tillage and Crop Rotation on Grain Yield of Spring Wheat II. Rotation Effect
  Patrick M. Carr, Richard D. Horsley, and Glenn B. Martin
  
• 2006 Historical Corn Demonstration Plots
  John Hazen, Frank Kutka and Matt Smith
  
• Dunn County Forage Production Systems Demonstration
  Roger O. Ashley and David Twist
  
• 2007 North Dakota Forage Crop Variety Performance - (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  Roger Ashley and Dwain Meyer
  
• Projected No-till 2007 Crop Budgets Southwest North Dakota (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  Ron Haugen, Andrew Swenson, and Roger Ashley
  
• Modeling 100 Years of Water-use of a No-Till Double Crop Forage Production System
  Wesley Messer and Roger Ashley
  
  
  

VARIETY TRIAL INFORMATION

• 2006 Barley - Alfalfa burn down
• 2006 Durum - Alfalfa burn down
• 2006 Hard Red Spring Wheat - Alfalfa burn down
• 2006 Oat - Alfalfa burn down

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BEEF RESEARCH

• North Dakota Beef Quality Assurance Program
  Lisa Pederson
  
• Effect of yeast and enzyme alternatives in field pea and co-product-based natural beef production
  D.G. Landblom, C.J. Wachenheim, and T.A. Petry
  
• Drought Management: Effect of Early Weaning on Immune Response, Backgrounding and Finishing Performance, and Economics
  J. Harper and D.G. Landblom
  
• Herd Management Options during Drought: Another look at Early Weaning
  S.W. Fausti, D.G. Landblom, P.S. Johnson, R.N. Gates, M.K. Beutler, R.R. Salverson, S.I. Paisley, and H.H. Patterson
  
• The Effect of Early Versus Normal Calf Weaning on Feedlot Performance and Herd Management: A Cross-Discipline Case Study
  S.W. Fausti, D.G. Landblom, P.S. Johnson, R.N. Gates, M.K. Beutler, R.R. Salverson, S.I. Paisley, and H.H. Patterson
  
• Effect of Field Pea and Flaxseed Inclusion in Receiving Calf Diets and Carryover Effect on Finishing Performance, Immune Response, Carcass Quality, and Economics
  D.G. Landblom, D.K. Olson, and C.J. Wachenheim
  

2006 BEEFTALK ARTICLES

Written by Dr. Kris Ringwall,
Animal Scientist and Director of the Dickinson Research Extension Center

• Bulls Are Valuable Assets, and Now Is the Time to Evaluate the Old Bulls
• The Beef Business is Full of Optical Illusions
• Power Drives Technology
• Bull-buying Homework: Study Numbers, Make Good Choices
• Reality Hits Hard
• Visit Your Nutritionist Now or Your Veterinarian Later
• Prepare for Calving: Get a Calving Book and Use It
• Index Traits Can Simplify Bull Purchase Procedure
• Good Beef Management Includes Forage Planning
• The Morning Paper
• Calving and Pac-Man – Now is the Time
• Numbers, Different Functions, Different Outcomes
• Paranoia Can Overwhelm Common Sense Solutions
• When Should I Turn Out the Bulls?
• A Shining Star - Zero Dollar Feedlot Treatment Costs
• Attitude Change Alert
• Tagging Calves - Know Your Speed, Distance and Escape Route
• Ear Tags Are Like Seed - Only the Beginning
• Electronic Identification - Two Steps Ahead, One Back
• People Are Not Robots
• Reduce Summer Stress on Calves by Developing a Vaccination Program
• Shrink – $20 Worth of Understanding
• Source- and Age-verified Replacements Are Hard to Find
• Keep Your Bull at Home
• Did You Miss Your Rotation Date?
• Ten Observations on Animal Identification
• Grazing Plan Will Eliminate the Need to Hit Panic Button
• Late-calving Cows Can Be Costly
• Early Cow Pregnancy Check Can Create Marketing Options
• Drought and Infertility – Find the Fertile Cattle and Sell the Rest
• The J Game – Vaccinate
• A Cow's Production Needs to Cover Expenses
• Early Weaning is Certainly a Viable Option in Drought Conditions
• Beef Cows are What They Eat
• Now Is the Time to Plan Ahead For Thin Cows
• Verify Is a Verb, Which Means Action
• Verification - Same Story, Different Time
• Source and Age Verification Are Two Different Concepts
• Do You Have Your SRMs Managed by the Correct PVP or QSA?
• Do Not Cut Out Tags
• A Call to Arms Because the Rooster Crowed
• The Future of Beef
• The Changing Face of Beef Production
• The Future of Beef – Midsized Challenges
• The Future of Beef – Consumer Issues and Demand
• The Future of Beef – Global Competitiveness
• Beef Cow Waste Creates Challenges for the Future
• The Future of Beef – Environmental Issues for Beef
• Most Cow-calf Producers Are Animal-feeding Operations
• The Future of Beef – Labor Issues
• The Future of Beef – Food Safety and Animal Health Issues
• The Future of Beef – Animal Welfare

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GRASSLAND RESEARCH

• Chemical Management of Silver Sagebrush
  Llewellyn L. Manske PhD
  
• Stimulation of Ecosystem Biogeochemical Processes with Grazing
  Llewellyn L. Manske, PhD
  
• Environmental Factors that Affect Range Plant Growth, 1892-2006
  Llewellyn L. Manske PhD
  
• Effects on vegetation, endomycorrhizal fungi, and soil mineral nitrogen from prescribed burning treatments repeated every-other-year in mixed grass prairie invaded by western snowberry
  Llewellyn L. Manske PhD

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HORTICULTURE RESEARCH

• 2006 Cultivar Trials of Bedding Plants (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  B.A. Laschkewitsch and R. C. Smith
  
• Rose Variety Evaluation Project
  Jerry C. Larson, Tim Winch and Kris Ringwall
  
• Progress Report - Daylily Variety Evaluation
  Barbara A. Laschkewitsch, Jerry C. Larson and Tim Winch
  
• Container Gardening Tomato Variety Evaluation
  Jerry C. Larson and Tim Winch
  
• Perennial Flower Performance Sun vs Shade
  Jerry Larson and Frank Kukta
  
• Perennial Flower Performance Data Sun vs Shade (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
• 2006 NC-7 Regional Plant Trials North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station - Ames, Iowa
  Jerry C. Larson And Tim Winch
  
• 2006 Progress Report – Study Of Woody Plants Evaluated At The NDSU Dickinson Research Extension Center
  Larry J. Chaput
  
• 2006 Progress Reports Horticulture Community Activities
  Jerry C. Larson, Frank Kutka and Tim Winch

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WASTE MANAGEMENT

• Livestock Waste Education, Information and Assistance Program
  Teresa Dvorak and Ron Wiederholt

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STATION INFORMATION

• Livestock Inventory (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
• 2006 DREC Weather Summary
  
• 2006 DREC Ranch Headquarters Weather Summary
  
• Farm/Ranch Business Management Education Year 2006 (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  Jerry Tuhy, Instructor
  
• Web Site Stats (PDF - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
• 2006 SARE Activities in the Dakotas

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