January 2005
Sheridan County Conservation Notes
119 North Jackson
Plentywood, MT 59254
406-765-1801
A bimonthly publication of the Sheridan County Conservation District
Froid Research Farm Tour Is June 23
(Gina Snyder, Roosevelt County Extension Agent)
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The 2005 Froid Research Farm Tour is scheduled for June 23 starting at the research Farm at 1:00 p.m. with registration. The research farm is located 8 miles north of Culbertson on Highway 16.
At 1:15 p.m., Paul Miller, Founder, President and Board Director of Sustainable Systems, LLC will talk about the transition from Montola to Sustainable Systems, biofuels and what the future of the company will be in Culbertson.
At 1:30 p.m. the busses will board for the Off Farm Tour featuring crops such as peas, lentils, alfalfa and other dry land rotational crops in the area. Producers will be led by Terry Angvick, Sheridan County Extension Agent; Sue Blodgett, Montana State University Extension Entomologist; Andy Lenssen, USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory Weed Ecologist and Gina Snyder, Roosevelt County Extension Agent, to learn about the rotational benefits, insect and weed management and growing information of rotational crops in the area.
At 3:30 p.m. the busses will return from the Off Farm portion of the tour and participants will ride on wagons to view research being done by USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) scientists. Research will include a wheat/pea rotation study by USDA-ARS NPARL Soil Scientist Jed Waddell, a cover crop trial by USDA-ARS NPARL Soil Scientist Upendra M. Sainju and an alternate vs. stacked rotation study done by Andy Lenssen and a team of USDA-ARS NPARL scientists. The On Farm tour portion will also include a soil horizon demonstration pit to show how our farming practices affect our soils and to view the structures that naturally occur in our soils.
The day will wrap up with a steak supper sponsored by the Sheridan and Roosevelt County Conservation Districts.
This traditional research tour is sponsored by the Sheridan and Roosevelt County Conservation Districts, USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory – Sidney, MT, and Montana State University Extension. We have a fun and educational day planned and hope to have a good turnout for the tour again this year.
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