This year the Williston Research and Extension Center (WREC) has chosen to hold its dryland field day and its irrigated field day in conjunction with the West Energy event. Calling the combined field days the MonDak Ag Showcase, Dr. Jerry Bergman, Director of the WREC, hopes to highlight the importance of agriculture to those in the energy industry.
“The MonDak Ag Showcase is designed to acquaint energy interests with the potential in agriculture,” Bergman comments. “Following the WREC dryland field tour on Tuesday morning, July 24, participants can then gather at the Williston Airport International Inn on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 to attend the MonDak Ag Showcase. Invited speakers will discuss both agriculture and energy related topics.”
He adds, “There will be talks on the energy infrastructure, along with talks on the importance of agriculture to our region and to the world.”
After the WREC irrigated field tour, scheduled for the following day, Wednesday, July 25, at the Nesson Valley, invited guests to the MonDak Ag Showcase can then request one-on-one tours of area agricultural processing facilities.
“We plan to invite approximately twenty guests, representing various agricultural interests, to attend the MonDak Ag Showcase,” Bergman says. “Barilla Pasta will attend, and Busch Ag from Fargo and a representative from a fertilizer company are confirmed guests. We plan to invite others in the ag industry that we feel would like to learn more about our region.”
At press time, plans were not finalized for the MonDak Ag Showcase, but Bergman expects the event will educate Ag industry representatives about our region and will inform energy industry people of the importance of agriculture to the MonDak.
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