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Dr. Audrey Kalil, Plant Pathologist Audrey is the Plant Pathologist at the NDSU Williston Research Extension Center. She leads both basic and applied research programs focused on management of plant diseases on the economically important, highly diverse crops in western North Dakota. She also coordinates the summer IPM and Pulse Crop Scouting Programs....
Dr. Dave Franzen, Extension Soil Specialist Dr. Dave Franzen received his BS, MS and PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. He spent 18 years as an agronomist and manager in the retail fertilizer business in east central Illinois. He completed his PhD in 1993 with a thesis addressing field variability of P, K, and soil pH in two Illinois fields with the results published. He joined the NDSU faculty in June of 1994. Franzen provides educational programs on soil and soil fertility...
Dr. Joel Ransom, NDSU Extension Agronomist Dr. Ransom works to develop educational programs for farmers and conduct applied agronomic research that address production issues in corn, wheat, barley and oats and compile variety and hybrid selection guides for these crops based on the results of statewide testing....
Dr. Clair Keene NDSU Area Cropping Systems Specialist Dr. Clair Keene is the Area Extension Specialist in Cropping Systems at the Williston Research Extension Center in Williston, North Dakota. Clair earned her Ph.D. in agronomy from Penn State with an emphasis in weed science. Clair's current research projects include herbicide evaluation, saline seep reclamation with perennial forages, and intercropping. Clair's extension work includes training county extension agents in agronomic crop...
Dr. Adnan Akyüz, North Dakota State Climatologist Dr. Adnan Akyüz is the North Dakota State Climatologist and professor of climatological practice in North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota. Dr. Akyüz earned MS and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1988 and 1994 respectively. He also holds a BS degree in Meteorological Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. In his former positions, Adnan was the Missouri State Cl...
Dr. Ron Palmer, former University of Regina Faculty Dr. Ron Palmer was born on a small farm near Southey, Saskatchewan. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 1974. He obtained his Master's degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Manitoba in 1979, and then went on to obtain his PhD also from the University of Manitoba. In 1982, Dr. Palmer joined the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Regina and helped develop the new...
Gibbs Angus Ranch and Stortz Angus Ranch will be selling 120 yearling Angus bulls at Glendive Livestock Exchange in Glendive, MT on Wednesday, February 28th. For the past 14 years, the Gibbs and Stortz families have sold bulls together and both families have been involved in the cattle industry for multiple generations. The quality of their cattle is contributed to good maternal selection with an emphasis on disposition, udder quality, foot structure, and feedlot and carcass genetics. Their cattle are expected to convert grass to pounds and...
The Richland County Extension Office is hosting MonDak Ag Days, and along with it, the Ag Days Banquet, on March 1 at 6PM, with a social beginning at 5PM. Extension Agent, Tim Fine, spoke to the Roundup and explained the purpose of Ag Days. "The purpose of Ag Days," Fine said, "is really about educating our agriculture producers on the latest and greatest in what's going on in the agriculture world, both in educational presentations and by our trade show exhibitors." As a part of Ag Days, the ba...
This year, the 18th Annual MonDak Pulse Day will take place at the Elks Club in Wolf Point, MT on Tuesday, February 13th. The MonDak Pulse Day is a local area program that provides the latest information on the production, marketing, and utilization of pulse crops. To attend the event, there is a registration fee of $20 per attendee (includes catered meal); registration starts at 8:30 am MST. The event is open to the public and is organized by Montana State University (MSU) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension Agents in northeaste...
Farmers, crop scouts, agronomists and other agricultural professionals will have an opportunity to enhance their pest identification and management skills at the North Dakota State University Extension Service's 2018 Western Crop and Pest Management School. The school will be held March 6-7 at the Williston Area Recreation Center on the Williston State College campus. Participants also will be able to hear about current research results on topics such as weed control and pulse crop disease...
Monday, March 5th has been set by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments on the appeal by federal agencies and the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project against the injunction on the fish bypass and concrete weir imposed by Judge Brian Morris last summer. The court has up to six weeks to rule on the appeal. The 40 minute hearing will be held at the historic Pioneer Square Courthouse in Portland, OR at 9 a.m. The appellants include LYIP, the US Army Corps of Engineers, US Bureau of Reclamation and US Fish & Wildlife. LYIP...
Five Best of the Best in Wheat and Soybean Research and Marketing meetings have been set for Grand Forks, Moorhead, Minn., Dickinson, Williston and Minot. The first series of meetings will focus on recent issues that impact wheat and soybean production. They will be held at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on Jan. 31 and at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Moorhead on Feb. 1. Both meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. Joel Ransom, NDSU Extension agronomist and one of the meeting organizers,...
The Richland County Fair and Rodeo concert-goers will spend Saturday, August 4th moving and grooving to music by the Eli Young Band, featuring special guest the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Fair & Rodeo manager Jamie Larson announced the bands publicly on January 10th. Pre-sale tickets will be available until July 27th. The Eli Young Band, self-proclaimed modern country music “misfits”, is comprised of singer Mike Eli, guitarist James Young, bassist Jon Jones and drummer Chris Thompson. After building a grass-roots fan base in Texas in the ear...
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Statistics and United States Department of Agriculture show while women constitute less than 1 percent of the nation’s agricultural scientists, engineers and policymakers, they occupy the majority, about 60 percent, of lower-paid agricultural jobs on America’s farms and ranches. Six female professors at Montana State University and Flathead Valley Community College hope to increase the percentage of women agricultural scientists, engineers and policymakers by way of a $94,000 USDA National Institute of Food and Agr...
Intercropping is a new farming practice that includes growing a variety of crops together in one field. The purpose of using intercropping is to increase profits and reduce production risk. There are currently farmers using intercropping in North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta. Just in Saskatchewan, there were about 50,000 acres that were used for intercropping in 2017. "Currently intercropping is being practiced on thousands of acres on the northern prairies. It is...
The Montana Department of Revenue mailed livestock reporting forms this week to livestock owners who own livestock and need to meet upcoming reporting and payment deadlines. About 18,500 livestock owners who reported last year will receive reporting forms. All livestock owners need to report by March 1, 2018, any livestock they own as of February 1. Livestock owners can file online at ReportYourLivestock.mt.gov or submit the hardcopy form. Livestock owners who have not reported in the past need to report online or fill out a reporting form...
