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NDSU Offers Barley Production and Management for Profit Workshops

2008-12-19 22:29:00
Author: BizWire

Four Barley Production and Management for Profit workshops will be held in January at various sites in North Dakota and Montana. The workshops were organized by the North Dakota State University Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences (IBMS) and NDSU and Montana State University Extension Service county offices in each location.

The first workshop is scheduled for Dickinson on Monday, Jan. 12, at the Days Inn Grand Dakota Lodge and Conference Center. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The second workshop will take place in Sidney, Mont., on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at the St. Matthews Parish Center. Registration will be at 8 a.m.

The third workshop is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 15, at the Holiday Inn Riverside in Minot. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. The last workshop is set for Conrad, Mont., on Thursday, Jan. 22, at Norley Hall. Registration begins at 9 a.m.

Topics covered during the workshops are pricing and marketing information; agronomy updates; barley and malt quality; barley disease management; insurance updates; crop rotations; variety development updates; irrigation practices; production economics; insect problems in barley; updates on food barley; and updates on organizations supporting barley research, such as the IBMS, American Malting Barley Association (AMBA), USDA-Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service-funded Barley Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) and Barley for Rural Development.

Speakers include faculty and staff from the NDSU Extension Service, NDSU, North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Montana State University, USDA, Montana State University Extension Service, Risk Management Agency and private companies.

The workshops are open to the public and free of charge. However, preregistration is requested.

Contacts for each location:

Dickinson – Kurt Froelich, (701) 456-7665, kurt.froelich@ndsu.edu

Sidney – Ben Larson, (406) 433-1206, blarson@montana.edu

Minot – Mike Rose, (701) 857-6444, mike.rose@ndsu.edu

Conrad – Dan Picard, (406) 271-4054, dpicard@montana.edu

All workshops – Karen Hertsgaard, (701) 231-5384, karen.hertsgaard@ndsu.edu

Sponsors include the AMBA, Anheuser Busch Inc., CENTROL Crop Consulting, Malteurop North America Inc., MSU Extension Service, Montana Wheat and Barley Committee, North Dakota Barley Council, North Dakota Grain Growers Association, NDSU Extension Service, USDA-CSREES Barley CAP and USDA-CSREES Barley for Rural Development.

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