Registration Open for 2025 NDSU Extension Crop Management Field School

May 26, 2025

By Jeff Stachler

Crop advisers and farmers are invited to attend North Dakota State University Extension’s annual crop management field school.

The 2025 Crop Management Field School will be held June 27 at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC). This field school is for agricultural professionals, including crop consultants, agronomists, agribusiness representatives, Extension agents and farmers.

The 2025 school will feature two familiar topics. One is weed identification, presented by Alicia Harstad, NDSU Extension agent for Barnes County and Jeff Stachler, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist at the CREC. The other, herbicide site of action, will be presented by Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist.

Source : ndsu.edu

Video: Dicamba Returns for Georgia Farmers: What the New EPA Ruling Means for Cotton Growers

After being unavailable in 2024 due to registration issues, dicamba products are returning for Georgia farmers this growing season — but under strict new conditions.

In this report from Tifton, Extension Weed Specialist Stanley Culpepper explains the updated EPA ruling, including new application limits, mandatory training requirements, and the need for a restricted use pesticide license. Among the key changes: a cap of two ½-pound applications per year and the required use of an approved volatility reduction agent with every application.

For Georgia cotton producers, the ruling is significant. According to Taylor Sills with the Georgia Cotton Commission, the vast majority of cotton planted in the state carries the dicamba-tolerant trait — meaning farmers had been paying for technology they couldn’t use.

While environmental groups have expressed concerns over spray drift, Georgia growers have reduced off-target pesticide movement by more than 91% over the past decade. Still, this two-year registration period will come with increased scrutiny, making stewardship and compliance more important than ever.