Fourth Annual Barley Field School

July 20-23, 2015
Presented by the North Dakota State University Department of Plant Sciences and North Dakota Barley Council, Fargo, ND
 
The fourth annual IBMS Barley Field School will be held July 20 to 23, 2015 in Fargo, North Dakota at North Dakota State University.

Information on the Field School is at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/plantsciences/events/2015-ndsu-barley-field-school
 
Registration for the Barley Field School is $500 which includes transportation to all events, lunches and a social and dinner on Wednesday evening. Other meals are on your own. Travel expenses are your responsibility. Fees are used to cover Field School expenses.

To register online go to:

https://epayment.ndus.nodak.edu/C22800_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=4068&SINGLESTORE=true
 
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Radisson Hotel Fargo at the rate of $99 plus tax. These rooms are available at this rate until June 20, 2015. To reserve a room at this rate, contact the hotel directly and ask for the NDSU Barley Field School room block.
 
Radisson Hotel 201 5th St N, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102; Phone: +1 (701) 232-7363; Fax: +1 (701) 232-8039; www.radisson.com/fargond
 
No deadline has been set for registration, however, hotel reservations must be made by June 20, 2015. Please contact Karen Hertsgaard with questions (701-231-5384, karen.hertsgaard@ndsu.edu)
 
The agenda and presenters are listed below.
Agenda

Monday July 20

Travel Day

5:30 to 7:30 PM Open House Social at the Fargo Brewing Company

Tuesday July 21

8:15 AM Welcome – NDSU Plant Sciences and North Dakota Barley Council

8:30 AM Lecture – Barley Growth Stages and Management –Jochum Wiersma, University of Minnesota Small Grains Production Extension Specialist

9:30 AM Lecture – The Effect of Soil on Barley Growth and Quality – R. Jay Goos, NDSU Soil Scientist

10:30 AM Barley Breeding Basics – Richard Horsley, NDSU Barley Breeder

11:15 AM Lecture – Malting Barley Growing Practices and its Effect on Malt Quality – Richard Horsley

12:00 PM Lunch at NDSU Greenhouse

12:30 pm Hands-on demonstrations – soil conditions and determining growth stages in barley

1:15 PM Tours of NDSU Laboratory and Field Research Facilities

o   Barley and Malt Quality Laboratories (Paul Schwarz, NDSU Barley and Malt Quality Specialist)

o   Barley Pathology Nursery (Robert Brueggeman, NDSU Barley Pathologist)

o   Campus Plots and Agronomy Seed Farm – Casselton (Richard Horsley)

Free evening

Wednesday July 22

9:00 AM Lecture – Barley Harvest and Storage – Kenneth Hellevang, NDSU Agriculture Engineering Specialist

10:15 AM Lecture – The pedigree seed system and how to find barley seed – Gonzalo Rojas-Cifuentes, North Dakota Foundation Seedstocks

11:00 AM Depart for lunch at location TBD

12:30 PM Depart for West Fargo, ND Agriculture Elevator Facility tour, and tour Jim and Eric Broten small grain farm and NDSU plots at Dazey

7:00 PM Group Dinner, Location TBD

Thursday July 23

7:30 AM Participants check out of Radisson Hotel Fargo

8:30 AM Lecture – Barley Malt Quality, Paul Schwarz

9:45 AM Break

10:00 AM – Lecture – Cropping Decisions and how farmers decide to grow barley – Andy Swenson, NDSU Agribusiness and Applied Economics Specialist

11:00 AM –Demonstration and tour of NDSU Commodity Trading Room

1:00 PM Optional Lunch at Würst Bier Hall in Downtown Fargo

Participants depart