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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The North Dakota State University Extension Service is hosting a daylong agricultural program Dec. 17 at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center.
Joel Lemer, an Extension agent in Foster County said, “The daylong program will provide a wealth of educational information on a variety of topics – some old, some new – to crop and livestock producers, not only in central North Dakota but statewide. The program also
includes horticultural offerings for the nontraditional production agriculturalist.”
Workshop topics include:
* Alternative specialty oil and legume crops for 2016
* Conventional vs. Roundup Ready soybeans
* Will sulfur make money?
* Herbicide-resistant weed identification (live plants)
* Sprayer cleanout and temperature inversion effects on sprayer drift
* Vegetative options for saline soils
* North Dakota Soybean Council update
* Annual grasses for forage production
* Alternative beef feeding methods
* The nutritional and financial value of a beef heifer
* 2016 crop budgets
* Beef breeding synchronization/artificial insemination
* Oil and gas (energy) outlook
* Crop and livestock marketing outlooks
* Horticultural issues such as pruning shrubs, and tree diseases and pests
* Climate change/North Dakota weather forecast (general program)
The Central Dakota Ag Day program begins with coffee and doughnuts at 9:30 a.m. Workshops start at 10 a.m.
Central Dakota Ag Day is sponsored by the Agricultural Improvement Associations and Extension Service offices in Foster, Eddy, Wells, Griggs, Sheridan and Stutsman counties.
No registration is required. Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Lemer at (701) 652-2581 or joel.lemer@ndsu.edu.
The Carrington Research Extension Center is 3 1/2 miles north of Carrington on U.S. Highway 281.