Fargo, North Dakota
December 18, 2008
The "Crop Production Guide 2009"
has been released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment
Station and North Dakota
State University Extension Service. This is the 19th edition
of the publication. The book has 271 pages of crop production
information suited for producers and agricultural specialists.
"This publication has the 2008 climate summary, integrated pest
management, soil test recommendations, variety trial information
and research reports," says Hans Kandel, NDSU Extension Service
agronomist. Kandel compiled the information for this year's
guide.
"This is a comprehensive publication with variety information
about our main crops, which include wheat, barley, oats, flax,
field peas, lentils, canola, soybeans, dry edible beans and
sunflowers," Kandel says. "More detailed information will be
available in specific crop variety publications as more of the
data is analyzed."
The best way to select a high-yielding variety is to use data
averaged across several locations and years. Because weather
conditions are unknown in advance, averaging across several
years of data will identify a variety that yields well through
differing weather conditions.
"Selecting a variety that has performed well in dry and moist
conditions is the best way to identify a cultivar that does
well, regardless of weather fluctuations," Kandel says.
Variety trial data from all NDSU Research Extension Centers and
for all crops can be found at
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/variety/index.htm.
Copies of the publication are available through county NDSU
Extension Service offices for $10. Copies also are available
through the NDSU Agriculture Communication Distribution Center's
publication Web site at
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs, by calling (701) 231-7882 or
sending an e-mail to
ndsu.distributioncenter@ndsu.edu. |
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