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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center’s annual Nutrient Management Day will be held Aug. 13.
The program, formerly known as Compost Day, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The topics are:
* Containment pond management technologies available to North Dakota producers –
E.J. Habrook, K-Line Irrigation Systems of North America, and Lori Frank, Barnes
County 319 Watershed program
* Composting mortalities – Mary Berg, livestock environmental management
specialist at the Carrington Research Extension Center
* Manure composting demonstration – Emily Kline, livestock environmental
management specialist at the center
* Using manure and compost as a fertilizer for crops – Chris Augustin, soil
health specialist at NDSU’s North Central Research Extension Center
* Microbiology of manure and compost, and the role of microbes in converting
manure to composted material – Ann-Marie Fortuna, NDSU soil health assistant
professor
Registration is not required but is suggested by Aug. 9 to provide the event’s
organizers with the number of people attending lunch. The cost of lunch is $9
person. Water will be provided to participants. Morning activities will take
place outside, so dress accordingly.
To register or for more information, contact Berg or Kline at (701) 652-2951 or
mary.berg@ndsu.edu or emily.m.kline@ndsu.edu. More information also is available
at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/lem.
The Carrington Research Extension Center is 3.5 miles north of Carrington on
U.S. Highway 281.