WILLISTON, N.D. – A large field of the intermediate wheatgrass, Kernza, stretched across the fields at more than five feet tall in some areas at NDSU’s Williston Research Extension Center (WREC) in July, surprising the large group of farmers and researchers gathered with its sheer height.
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A large field of the intermediate wheatgrass, Kernza, stretched across the fields at more than five feet tall in some areas at NDSU’s Williston Research Extension Center (WREC) in July, surprising the large group of farmers and researchers gathered with its sheer height.
In the middle of the Kernza field, a soil pit was dug to show how long the tap roots extended, breaking through compaction layers. The roots can extend up to 10 feet, which increases soil carbon and takes up nutrients and water from deep in the soil, Keene said. Roots were seen from the bottom of the 5-foot-deep soil pit.
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