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At the upcoming EARC irrigated field day I will be discussing problematic weeds and one weed in particular that may potentially be a problem for us down the road, Palmer Amaranth. In a June edition of the NDSU Crop and Pest Report (https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/cpr) this weed was addressed. "In 2018, Palmer amaranth was found in five North Dakota counties. We believe Palmer was introduced into the state through sunflower screenings, contaminated seed, custom combines, used combines purchased from...
The first days of summer have come and gone. Now, it is time for the field days, the Montana State University Research Center Field Days. Every year, through June and July, the MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center in Sidney, Montana participates, along with other MSU Research Centers across Montana, in the Field Days program. During a Field Day, farmers and the general public are invited to come to the research station to go on a tour of the facility, learn about the researchers, places and...
Montana State University's Eastern Agricultural Research Center (EARC) and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Northern Plains Ag Research Lab in Sidney held a joint field day on June 20. The field day was held at Sidney ARS research farm located about 4 miles north of Sidney off MT Highway 16. Tour talks included a Weed ID talk looking at common herbicide resistant crop weeds in dryland agriculture as well as new weed arrivals, such as Palmar amaranth, identified in North Dakota this...
On Wednesday, July 10th at the Williston Research Extension Center (WREC), Gautam Pradhan, WREC's Dryland Research Agronomist, will be demonstrating how to use an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and sharing information about UAV's performance on crop production and precision field management at the WREC's Dryland Field Day. The project Pradhan will be speaking on includes the applicability of UAV based high throughput phenotyping in the identification of drought tolerant cereal genotypes. "We...
Farmers and ranchers wage a continuous battle with weeds in their crops and pastures, battles that have grown fiercer with new weed species popping up and the development of herbicide resistance in existing weeds. Knowing your enemy is key for combating resistance and preventing introduction of new species and area producers have an opportunity to brush up on their weed skills at the 2019 Froid Research Farm Field Day on Thursday, June 27, from 1-5 p.m. The day's program features discussions on...
Farmers and ranchers wage a continuous battle with weeds in their crops and pastures, battles that are often compounded by the arrival of new weed species and the development of herbicide resistance in existing weeds. Knowing your enemy is a key component for combating resistance and preventing introduction of new weed species. Producers will have two opportunities to hone their identification skills at field days being conducted later this month in Sidney and Froid, along with learning about other dryland research underway in this area. The...
ACH Seeds has enjoyed success in the sugarbeet industry due to constant research, developing varieties with excellent tonnage and sugar content as well as Yield Strength Rhizomania Tolerance, Fusarium, Aphanomyces, Rhizoctonia and Cercospora tolerance along with nematode resistance in select varieties. Crystal Beet Seed produced for the US markets is grown in Oregon and Washington, and processed in Oregon or Minnesota, depending on the market area. Along with their own proprietary testing,...
Scott and Anita Reidle Buxbaum both grew up on farms north of Fairview and have continued the farming tradition their whole lives, welcoming children and grand children along the way. Their son Brian, his wife Trish and their four children live on, and farm grandma and grandpa Frances and Eddie Buxbaum's place, farming 950 acres with 450 in sugarbeets. Daughter Kayla, her husband Blaine Watts and their two children live just ½ mile down the road and farm with Scott and Anita. The men,...
Educational opportunities abound for sugarbeet growers eager to keep up on the latest information in their field. From Ag Days and the EARC Field Days in Sidney to symposiums in Billings and Fargo, resources that enhance production are readily available. The newly formed Montana State Crop Education Association hosted the Malt Barley and Sugarbeet Symposium in Billings on January 8 and 9, 2019. Sidney Sugars agriculturalist Kathryn Cayko is a member of the association and attended the symposium. She said it was really successful this year with...
Since 2016, Chengci Chen, Superintendent and Cropping Systems Agronomist at the Montana State University Eastern Agricultural Research Center, has been working on sugarbeet response to tillage and a nitrogen management project. Some examples of the projects he has conducted are sugar beet variety trials to select adaptable varieties with high yield and sucrose concentrations, tillage study to compare conventional tillage to no-till, and a nitrogen and irrigation study to optimize irrigation and...
Sidney Sugars will hold 2019 grower meetings on February 11 at the Knights of Columbus, Glendive at 9:30 a.m. and the Savage Senior Center, Savage at 1:00 p.m. On February 12, Fairview growers are invited to the Waterhole #3 in Fairview at 9:00 a.m., and Sidney growers to the EARC at 1:00 p.m. Sidney Sugars agriculturalists will give short presentations on several topics and David Reisig will present updates concerning the 2018 farm bill in regards to sugarbeet insurance. Private applicator points are pending at this time....
Want to know more about ag research in this area? And the results? Have questions you'd like answered on crops and cropping systems, weeds, and diseases, or other issues impacting your farm or ranch? Have suggestions for new research in the MonDak? Here's your opportunity! Scientists from the MonDak area's three ag research centers in Sidney, MT and Williston, ND are hosting the second annual MonDak Ag Research Summit at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney on Wednesday Nov. 14, from 9 am...
Want to know more about ag research in this area? And the results? Have questions you’d like answered on crops and cropping systems, weeds, and diseases, or other issues impacting your farm or ranch? Here’s your opportunity! Scientists from the MonDak area’s three ag research centers in Sidney, MT and Williston, ND are hosting the second annual MonDak Ag Research Summit at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney on Wednesday Nov. 14, from 9 am to 3 pm (MT). Researchers from the MSU Eastern Ag Research Center (EARC) in Sidney, MT; the NDSU Wi...
The North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center (WREC), Montana State University Eastern Agricultural Research Center (EARC) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Northern Plains Agricultural Research Lab in Sidney are partnering once again to showcase agricultural research underway in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. The 2nd annual MonDak Ag Research Summit will be held on Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mountain Time at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney. The summit was established last year and i...
The North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center (WREC), Montana State University Eastern Agricultural Research Center (EARC) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Northern Plains Agricultural Research Lab in Sidney are partnering once again to showcase agricultural research underway in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. The 2nd annual MonDak Ag Research Summit will be held on Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mountain Time at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney. The summit was established last year and i...
The MSU-EARC/Extension 38th Annual Field Day was held on July 17 in Sidney. Eastern Ag Research and Northern Plains Research Laboratory scientists presented their latest research and findings for producers of grains, pulse crops and sugar beets. For more on the field day and Ag research important to local producers see future editions of the monthly Ag Roundup publication....
The MSU-EARC/Extension 38th Annual Field Day was held on July 17 in Sidney. Eastern Ag Research and Northern Plains Research Laboratory scientists presented their latest research and findings for producers of grains, pulse crops and sugar beets. For more on the field day and Ag research important to local producers see future editions of the monthly Ag Roundup publication....
Sidney has held annual Field Day Tours for many years to showcase their involvement and research with agriculture. The primary purpose of Field Days is to inform and make the public aware of what the research centers around the MonDak area are performing and accomplishing. It is now that time of year where research centers are planting seeds in the ground and getting ready to present new ideas and studies for the public to analyze. The MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center Irrigated Farm...
At the EARC/MSU Extension Field Day, Dr. Mike Giroux will be speaking on durum and low cadmium durum around 1 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, July 17th. Dr. Giroux is a Professor of Wheat Genetics and Interim Department Head of the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Giroux earned a Ph.D. in Plant Genetics from the University of Florida where he studied genes limiting cornstarch biosynthesis and agronomic yield. Giroux’s current research focuses on developing durum wheat varieties adapted to M...
Dr. Luther Talbert, Montana State University (MSU) wheat breeder/researcher, will be discussing spring wheat breeding challenges and opportunities at the EARC/MSU Extension Field Day on Tuesday, July 17th. "I will talk about developing spring wheat varieties for Montana, especially as related to climate challenges we will continue to face," said Talbert. The MSU spring wheat-breeding program has developed several varieties that are widely grown in Montana such as Vida, Duclair, and Lanning....
Williston, Sidney, and Froid have held annual Field Day Tours for many years to showcase their involvement and research with agriculture. The primary purpose of Field Days is to inform and make the public aware of what the research centers around the MonDak area are performing and accomplishing. It is now that time of year where research centers are planting seeds in the ground and getting ready to present new ideas and studies for the public to analyze. The Williston Research Extension Center...
Dr. Luther Talbert, Montana State University (MSU) wheat breeder/researcher, will be discussing spring wheat breeding challenges and opportunities at the EARC/MSU Extension Field Day on Tuesday, July 17th. "I will talk about developing spring wheat varieties for Montana, especially as related to climate challenges we will continue to face," said Talbert. The MSU spring wheat-breeding program has developed several varieties that are widely grown in Montana such as Vida, Duclair, and Lanning....
At the EARC/MSU Extension Field Day, Dr. Mike Giroux will be speaking on durum and low cadmium durum around 1 p.m. MST on Tuesday, July 17th. Dr. Giroux is a Professor of Wheat Genetics and Interim Department Head of the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Giroux earned a Ph.D. in Plant Genetics from the University of Florida where he studied genes limiting cornstarch biosynthesis and agronomic yield. Giroux’s current research focuses on developing durum wheat varieties adapted to M...
The joint federal and state Sidney ARS / EARC Field Day was held Tuesday, June 19 in Sidney. Area producers learned about dryland agricultural research being done in this region including work on intercropping, renovating CRP monocultures, new cereal livestock forages, soil acidification and remediation, as well as training in vertebrate pest control, grazing cover crop mixes, and more. Left: Dave Branson, research entomologist, speaks about drought and grasshoppers....
The joint federal and state Sidney ARS / EARC Field Day was held Tuesday, June 19 in Sidney. Area producers learned about dryland agricultural research being done in this region including work on intercropping, renovating CRP monocultures, new cereal livestock forages, soil acidification and remediation, as well as training in vertebrate pest control, grazing cover crop mixes, and more....
