The annual Northeast Research Farm Tour will be held on Thursday, July 23 at 4:00 PM and run till dusk. The farm is located on the Junction of State Highway 20 and Codington County Highway 11 or 2.5 west of Exit 193 on I-29.
Several tours will focus on crop management including weed management, crop diseases and insects, small grains variety trials, soil fertility, and soybean planting dates. Dinner will be provided to all attendees as a courtesy of SDSU Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota Wheat Commission, and South Dakota Crop Improvement Association.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for crop, nutrient, and pest management will also be available for certified crop advisors.
Field Tours
Weed Management (CCA Credit: 1 Pest Management)
- New Year, Same Weeds, Different Tactics: Eric Jones, Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Weed Management Specialist
Small Grains Variety, Diseases and Pests (CCA Credit: 0.5 Crop Management, 0.5 Pest Management)
- Spring Wheat Varieties and Advanced Breeding Lines: David Karki, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Crop Production Specialist
- Oat Varieties and Advanced Breeding Lines: Melanie Caffe, Professor and SDSU Oat Breeder
- Insects Pests Update: Adam Varenhorst, Associate Professor & SDSU Extension Field Crop Entomologist
- Wheat and Oat Diseases and their Management: Madalyn Shires, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Plant Pathology Specialist
Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management (CCA Credit: 1 Nutrient Management)
- Long-term Soil Fertility Management: Anthony Bly, SDSU Extension Soils Field Specialist
- Corn and Soybean Production with Strip-Tillage: Peter Kovacs, Associate Professor and Precision Cropping Systems
- P and K Rate and Placement Decision: Jason Clark, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist
- Digital Agriculture Tool with One Click for Higher Yields and Profits: Ali Nafchi, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Precision Agriculture Specialist
Booths and Posters
- Disease Diagnostic Lab (Booth): Connie Tande, SDSU Extension Plant Diagnostician
- SDSU Digital Ag. Lab (Booth): Ali Nafchi, Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Precision Agriculture Specialist
- Functional Genomics Lab (Booth): Shyam Solanki, Assistant Professor
- Herbicide resistance screening of Kochia Populations in South Dakota (poster): Muskan, presenting author.
- A management strategy of saline-sodic soils using salt-tolerant perennial grasses (poster): Dwarika Bhattarai (presenting author), Rojina Kafle, Thandiwe Nleya
- Efficient Use of Microbial Managers: Nikhil (presenting author) Shyam Solanki
