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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center will conduct its annual Crop Day on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
The emphasis this year will be on corn and soybean management utilizing a
combination of NDSU and industry crop experts, according to Greg Endres, NDSU
Extension Service area agronomist at the Carrington REC.
Registration will begin at 9 a.m. There is no registration fee. Refreshments and
a meal sponsored by the North Dakota Corn and Soybean Councils will be served.
The morning’s educational program begins at 9:30 a.m. Bruce Due, Mycogen
agronomist, will review what was experienced and learned during the 2012 and
2013 growing seasons that can be applied in 2014 for corn and soybean
production.
Tim Becker, Joel Lemer and Lindsay Maddock, NDSU Extension agents from Eddy,
Foster and Wells counties, respectively, will review the 2013 tri-county results
from the NDSU corn establishment and yield study. They will be reviewing the
relationship of corn plants – field density, timing of emergence and spacing
(for example, normal versus skips and doubles) – and the impact on grain yield.
CREC agronomists Mike Ostlie, Blaine Schatz and Endres will provide highlights
of corn and soybean production research. They will discuss trial data primarily
on plant establishment and intensive management. Subjects include plant
populations, planting dates, row spacing, early season plant nutrition and
special inputs.
The final morning topic will be crop profitability projections for 2014. Steve
Metzger, farm business management coordinator at the CREC, will review the
potential costs and returns of corn and soybeans, compared with other crops,
including wheat, barley, dry beans and sunflowers.
After lunch, John Lee, Agvise soil scientist, will review his lab’s results of
the fall soil samples analyzed from this region to give participants information
for planning fertilizer needs in 2014. In addition, he will explain the proper
procedures for sampling crops for plant tissue analysis.
Dave Franzen, NDSU Extension soils specialist, will discuss three topics. He
will provide an update on NDSU’s revised recommendations for managing nitrogen
in corn. Also, he will discuss early season yellow corn syndrome and talk about
why and how to use plant tissue analysis.
A total of 4 continuing education credits in crop and nutrient management will
be available for certified crop advisers participating in the event.
More meeting details can be found at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/CarringtonREC.
Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Carrington REC at (701)
652-2951; Tim Becker, (701) 947-2454; or Joel Lemer, (701) 652-2581.