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2016 Crop Forecast
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Attacking acreage losses
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The numbers are out, and 2016 is looking like a tough year for North Dakota
farmers, according to a crops projection
by Andrew Swenson, farm management
specialist with the North Dakota State
University Extension Service.
The report shows that lower crop
prices will more than offset a general
improvement in yields and costs relative
to 2015 projections for most North Dakota
crops.
Total costs per acre generally have
declined, Swenson says. The price
of nitrogen fertilizer was projected at
10 percent lower, fuel prices are down
sharply and seed prices for spring wheat,
durum, barley, soybeans, flax, oats millet, safflower, winter wheat and rye are
lower than 2015.
Crop insurance costs will generally
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He says, Preliminary studies show
a 20 to 25 percent in (wheat) yields will
stop the erosion in wheat acres and make
wheat competitive in areas where you
wouldnt automatically plant corn or
soybeans. The good news is, 20 percent is
probably achievable with the tools we already have: better management of inputs,
better genetic choice with seed, more intensive management.
Even greater yield increases are possible when more and better technology
becomes available to wheat farmers
-- something the plan will promote, Blankenship says.
The National Association of Wheat
Growers began discussing a battle-back
plan last winter, eventually deciding to go
beyond the association and include all
aspects of the industry to unify the effort
to try to reinvigorate wheat, he says.
The association wants the entire industry, including tech companies, state
wheat groups, private and public researchers and exporters, to be part of the
effort.
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Tatyana Rand holds up a vial containing specimens of adult and larval wheat stem sawfly, as well as one of the wasps
that parasitizes the pest in front of a test wheat plot at Froid Research Farm during the recent Dryland Field Day for USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory.
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Rand.
She has been researching and studying the pest for the past six years.
Presently she is taking a closer look at the effects of rainfall on the pests
lifestyle.
Historical papers going back to the 1800s and on up to the present day
have noted that sawflies do very poorly in high rainfall or severe drought
years. Its not known how or why, however, rainfall levels are so critical.
We want to put some rigorous science behind this and figure out what is
going on, Rand said. Many fields dont have parasitoids, and were trying
to figure out why they are not everywhere, so we can make them more numerous and better at attacking sawflies.
Her study looks at three different moisture levels, both with and without
parasitoid wasps, to better pinpoint the factors that play into successful
management of sawflies.
For the drought scenarios, water is excluded using drought frames,
while drip tape adds water for the other extreme.
Insect cages surround the test plants to create a controlled environment
for each scenario.
In addition to improving management strategies, Rands data may also
improve the ability to predict wheat stem sawfly outbreaks, providing
growers with more guidance for management decisions. That way theyd
have a better idea when to recommend planting solid-stemmed wheat or
alternative crops such as pulse or oilseeds.
Another avenue of research into the wheat stem sawfly came up rather
unexpectedly when research entomologist Stefan Jaronski observed that
a number of the pest larvae had been infected with a fungus called Beauveria in the course of doing some laboratory work.
Some strains of Beauveria have been used for pest management in other
plants without harm to the plants or to people consuming the plants, and,
in fact, two strains of the bacteria are already registered with the EPA.
That means the human and environmental safety of Beauveria is already
relatively well known, making this a particularly appealing line of research.
Jaronski has since been out in the wheat fields of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado surveying for strains of Beauveria. While distribution of the sawfly-killing kind of Beauveria appears to
be restricted to a few fields, in those few fields, most of the larvae had the
infection.
Jaronski believes the particular strains that work against sawfly are
probably endophytic meaning the bacteria has infected the wheat itself.
Otherwise it could not get into the stem of the wheat plant to infect the larvae and kill them.
This opens up intriguing possibilities for helping manage the sawflies,
Jaronski says.
While an endophytic Beauvaria infection would not get a present years
infestation, it could help control the next years problems, and it might
help keep infestations low in the future years. The bacteria can be applied
by spraying it on a crop, or by putting it in the soil at planting so it colonizes the plants root system sort of like a probiotic, but for plants.
Its not a magic bullet, Jaronski said. We still have to figure some
things out, but stay tuned.
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Thanks to science, theres a bit of magic that happens in the MonDak, and its
magic that is now at your fingertips.
NDSU has for 21 years put out a guidebook to all the new research in the MonDak, and this year, MSU for the first time
is also putting out a guidebook to all the
great stuff they have going on across the
state.
All this research contributes to the
MonDaks standing as a No. 1 producer
of some 14 different crops, and the nice
thing is, both these guidebooks are yours
for the asking, free of charge.
You can find them online, or at the
respective entities that produced them.
Theyre also often seen at field days.
Heres a rundown on each.
For the first time this year, MSU is releasing a compilation of research projects
across the state. While the research projects in this first-time publication seem to
be heavy into sheep, Tim Fines, Extension agent for Richland County, sees a
few projects that could translate well to
cattle operations.
Among these is a research project that
looks into sheep grazing for field pea
cover crops in a winter wheat production
system.
Cover crops are gaining in popularity,
and if they can be effectively terminated
by grazing them, so they dont have to be
tilled or sprayed, that could make them
even more attractive to both farmers and
ranchers, Fine said.
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at alternative forages like peas and barley, Fine said. I think even though this
research was done on sheep, a correlation
can probably be made to cattle.
More of the report is available online
at http://www.msuextension.org/coa/
documents/2015FullReport.pdf. MSU officials say they hope to hear feedback from
growers and producers in the MonDak
to help guide future research priorities.
They also encourage growers to contact
the scientists involved in the studies of
interest to them for more information.
I definitely see this as a useful tool
for our producers, Fine said. There is
an awful lot of research going on in the
agriculture world, and it is nice to have a
source that highlights the most current
research. And that also allows people
feedback, to try and help direct future research projects.
2015 Agricultural
Research Update
This one is put together by both the NDSUs Williston Research Extension Center and the MSUs Eastern Agricultural
Center. Its got it all from hops to high
tunnels, all with a MonDak slant.
The booklet is now in its 21st year of
printing and contains a wide array of not
just useful, but essential, information for
any producer in the MonDak.
This booklet is available at both the
WREC and the EARC and is often distributed during field days and other
seminars in the MonDak. It is totally free
and available online at https://www.
ag.ndsu.edu/WillistonREC/variety-trial-data-1/2015-annual-agricultural-research-update/2015-annual-agricultural-research-update/view.
The first 73 pages look at variety trial
information for a whole bunch of crops
commonly grown here. Wheat, barley and
oats. Flax, Safflower and Canola. Corn,
beans and sugarbeet just to name a few.
Meanwhile, researchers are looking
at the potential of all kinds of new crops,
ranging from Juneberries to hops. The
latter has attracted dozens of calls for
researcher Kyla Splichal, who is conducting a variety trial on the specialty crop.
The interest is not too surprising. With
the craft beer industry taking off across
the country a new brewery is opening
every 16 hours hops represent a new
nesota Extension.
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The fee includes three meals and refreshment breaks, and reference materials. A brochure that contains workshop
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Students enjoy making their own bread in these photos from the 2015 Bread Day. Last year, 250 students attended the Wheat Shows Bread Day in Williston.
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