Latest research results highlighted at NWROC Crops and Soils Day
Morning sessions showcase small grains, sugar beets are afternoon focus
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The latest findings in research trials and other studies of crops and soils in the area were spotlighted at the Northwest Research and Outreach Center’s annual Crops and Soils Day, which took place in field plots on and near the UMN Crookston campus.
The event was conducted in virtual fashion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Small grain tours took place in the morning, with the afternoon program dedicated to sugar beets.
Morning sessions/tours included:
• Angie Peltier – Over or within the canopy: Sprayer configuration and white mold management
Tom Peters selected for Sugarbeet Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Tom Peters, extension sugarbeet agronomist and weed control specialist at North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota, was selected as the 2020 Sugarbeet Distinguished Service Award recipient at the 2021 Sugarbeet Research Reporting Session virtual meeting. Written By: Michael Spieker | ×
Tom Peters
Tom Peters was the 2020 recipient of the Sugarbeet Distinguished Serving Award, presented during the annual Sugarbeet Research Reporting Session in January.
The annual Sugarbeet Research Reporting Session was a virtual meeting in 2021. The meeting featured a wide variety of presentations beginning with an update on sugarbeet production challenges in Europe. The United States sugarbeet production segment featured presentations from Idaho, Colorado and Michigan in addition to presentations from researchers and Extension specialists from North Dakota State University, the
Sugarbeet growers will have an opportunity to learn more about diseases, weeds and insect pests during seminars North Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota are holding virtually Feb. 9-11.
Here is the seminar schedule:
Tuesday, Feb. 9 – seminar for Minn-Dak farmers
Wednesday, Feb. 10 – American Crystal Sugar Co. seminar for growers from Grafton to Grand Forks
Thursday, Feb. 11 – seminar for the growers from Hillsboro to the Moorhead factory districts
The presenters and topics that they will cover are:
Ashok Chanda, University of Minnesota Extension sugarbeet crop systems specialist – management of rhizoctonia damping-off and root rot of sugarbeets
Mohamed Khan, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension sugarbeet specialist – strategies to manage cercospora leaf spot in sugarbeets