Sand Plain Research Farm

East African immigrant farmers grow culturally relevant crops in Minnesota; U of M researchers share agricultural management expertise.

The Becker Irrigation and Nutrient Management Field Day is being hosted at the Sand Plains Research Farm on August 31st from 4 - 7:30 pm. Boxed dinner will be provided. Registration is free!

Presentations topics will include:

• Effects of irrigation and nitrogen on corn yield, nitrate leaching, and water and nitrogen use efficiency
• Enhancing soil health in potato cropping systems
• Improving N use efficiency for corn and potato
• Improving N management for irrigated corn with N source and application timing
• Expanding a statewide irrigation scheduling application, sensors, models, and protecting irrigator privacy
• Nitrogen requirements for hybrid rye as a grain and forage crop
• Wagon tour of research farm

The University of Minnesota has released a new hard red spring wheat variety called ‘MN-Rothsay.’ MN-Rothsay features a good combination of yield, protein, and disease resistance and exceptional straw strength.