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Keeping stored grain cool is important as outdoor temperatures fluctuate and eventually start to warm this spring, a North Dakota State University Extension Service grain storage expert advises. "Not only will daytime temperatures be increasing, but the bin works as a solar collector," Extension agricultural engineer Ken Hellevang says. More heating occurs on the south wall of a grain bin on March 1 than during the middle of the summer. "This heats the grain next to the bin wall to temperatures...
At the 65th Annual Hard Spring Wheat Show on Wednesday, February 7th, Dr. Dave Franzen and John Nowatzki will be speaking. Nowatzi will be speaking at 11:00 am CST and Franzen will be speaking at 2:45 pm CST. Nowatzki is the Agricultural Machine Systems Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND. His responsibilities as an Agricultural Machine Specialist are to develop and teach educational programs related to agriculture machinery o...
Joel Ransom, Extension Agronomist Professor at North Dakota State University, will be speaking on the topic, "Moving the Yield Potential of Wheat Upward: What We Learned in 2017" at the 65th Annual Hard Spring Wheat Show. Ransom will be discussing the performance of wheat varieties in different parts of North Dakota. He will also review a range of experiments that were conducted in 2017 by agronomists at the regional research extension centers throughout the state. Many of these are routine...
On Wednesday, February 7th, an agricultural advocating and musical group of three brothers will be coming to Williston! The event will take place at the Williston Grand Hotel from at 6:00 pm CST to 8:00 pm CST. It is open to the public and admission is free. The Peterson Brothers: Kendal, Greg, and Nathan will be presenting educational and entertaining parodies and talks, all for the purpose of advocating for agriculture. They will be talking about the need to inform people about what they do...
Dr. Janet J. Knodel NDSU Extension Entomologist Janet J. Knodel received her B.S. in Zoology and Ph.D. in Entomology from North Dakota State University in Fargo and her M.S. in Entomology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. Since 2006, she has been the Extension Entomologist and Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND. She provides statewide program leadership for Extension...
Dr. Andrew Friskop NDSU Extension Plant Pathologist Dr. Andrew Friskop is an Extension plant pathologist responsible for the management of cereal diseases in North Dakota. He is a native of North Dakota and received his Ph.D. (2013) from North Dakota State University. His applied research program focuses on the management of several cereal diseases. Dr. Friskop is assisted in his projects by Scott Meyer and Elizabeth Crane....
Dr. Frayne Olsen, NDSU Extension Economist Dr. Frayne Olson is the Crop Economist/Marketing Specialist with the North Dakota State University Extension Service and Director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives. Dr. Olson conducts educational programs and research in evaluating crop marketing strategies, crop outlook and price analysis, and the economics of crop contracting. As Director of the Center for Cooperatives, he teaches a senior level course on cooperative business management...
John Nowatzki NDSU Agricultural Machine Systems Specialist John's responsibilities include developing and teaching educational programs related to agriculture machinery selection and operation, geo-spatial technology for precision resource management, conservation tillage technologies, agricultural chemical application technology, energy conservation and alternative energy use. Expertise areas: agricultural machine systems, precision agriculture, conservation technology, farm equipment energy...
Greg Endres, Area Specialist, Cropping Systems Greg Endres is the CREC area specialist and cropping systems. Greg is a native of Minnesota. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees in plant science from North Dakota State University at Fargo. He began employment with the NDSU Extension Service in 1983 and has worked since 1990 as area extension specialist/cropping systems at the Carrington Research Extension Center. He serves farmers and crop advisers with educational programs...
Ryan Buetow, Area Extension Cropping Systems Specialists Ryan Buetow is the area extension cropping systems specialist at the Dickinson Research Extension Center. Buetow attended North Dakota State University, where he pursued an undergraduate degree in crop and weed science and a master's degree in plant sciences with work in nitrogen management in soybean and dry bean. He is currently working on observing the effects of rotation, nitrogen, and fungicide on foliar diseases of wheat, strategies...
The Kubas family has been farming and ranching in the area for 5 generations. In 2013 Bobby and Erika Kubas took over Tuhy Angus and established JB Angus. Their primary focus is raising seed stock for commercial cattlemen. The registered cows receive no special treatment and must maintain their place in the herd, making them structurally sound and acclimated to hard winters. Good maternal genetics are important, and a lot of selection pressure is placed on the bulls. Cattle must have structural correctness, a calm disposition, and “real w...
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...
