Research Centers Hold Field Days

Tavin Schneider Sustainable Oils agronomist discussed the potential of camelina in Montana and contracts that Sustainable Oils company offers to growers. Camelina is an oilseed crop, and the oil can be used to produce renewable diesel. Sustainable Oils has recently acquired a refinery in Bakersfield, CA, and they are looking to increase the acres of camelina grown in Montana. Sustainable Oils is also looking at winter varieties and herbicide resistant varieties in camelina. (Photo submitted)

Part of the Williston Research Extension Center Fields days held July 13 and 14 was as much for non-farmers as anyone. Here people talk with each other while on the vegetable garden part of the Horticulture Tour Wednesday afternoon. Dave Andre, rural Grenora, snacks on cherries fresh off the bush at the Williston Research Extension Center Field Days Horticulture Tour Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Roger Riveland)

WREC held their Nesson Valley Irrigated Tour on July 14. Pictured is Dr. Gautam Pradham, NDSU dryland agronmist, Williston Research Extension Center speaking on the study evaluating the feasibility of growing and cultivating guar and black gram in North Dakota.