Williston Research Extension Center holds field days
Submitted Photo Rojee Chipalu Pradham, second from left, Horticulture research specialist with North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center, talks about tomatoes in giving a garden tour at the Williston Extension Center field day July 10. The day also featured dryland crops tours, speakers on beneficial bugs, crop diseases and soil health. A noon lunch was served to the public. Photo by Roger Riveland
Submitted Photo Dr. Carlos Pires, North Dakota State University soil health specialist from Fargo, performs a slake test on various soil samples at the Williston Extension Center field day on July 10. A slake test evaluates soil structure and health by immersing it in water. If the soil lacks microbial and organic matter it quickly falls apart (slakes), whereas a healthy soil will not and has good stability. The tubes, left to right, are: no-till for 37 years, grassland and conventional tillage. The conventional tillage quickly fell apart, whereas the grassland held fast. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo The root system lengths attainable by various cover crops are shown at a soil workshop at the North Dakota State University Williston Extension Center tour on July 10. The roots, from left to right, include red clover, flax, winter rye, sorghum sudangrass, piper sudangrass and pearl millet. All the roots reached at least 50 inches. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo Rojee Chipalu Pradham, second from left, Horticulture research specialist with North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center, talks about tomatoes in giving a garden tour at the Williston Extension Center field day July 10. The day also featured dryland crops tours, speakers on beneficial bugs, crop diseases and soil health. A noon lunch was served to the public. Photo by Roger Riveland
Submitted Photo Dr. Carlos Pires, North Dakota State University soil health specialist from Fargo, performs a slake test on various soil samples at the Williston Extension Center field day on July 10. A slake test evaluates soil structure and health by immersing it in water. If the soil lacks microbial and organic matter it quickly falls apart (slakes), whereas a healthy soil will not and has good stability. The tubes, left to right, are: no-till for 37 years, grassland and conventional tillage. The conventional tillage quickly fell apart, whereas the grassland held fast. Photo by Roger Riveland.
Submitted Photo The root system lengths attainable by various cover crops are shown at a soil workshop at the North Dakota State University Williston Extension Center tour on July 10. The roots, from left to right, include red clover, flax, winter rye, sorghum sudangrass, piper sudangrass and pearl millet. All the roots reached at least 50 inches. Photo by Roger Riveland.