With fertilizer prices rising, biologicals are becoming a huge area of interest to farmers, according to Leo Bortolon, NDSU research agronomist at North Central Regional Extension Center (NCREC) south of Minot, N.D. Bortolon has been testing biologicals in several crops at the center, including wheat and canola, looking at how nitrogen use efficiency can be improved through using biologicals.
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At Minot field days, there is always a weed identification table full of weeds found in the northwestern fields of the state.
Producers in the Minot region listened to Leo Bortolon discuss some of the 125 ongoing trials at North Central Research Extension Center at field days last summer.
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