Disease Management Emphasized During Small Grain Plot Tours

University of Minnesota Extension is hosting a series of plot tours and small grain disease management clinics. Extension Small Grains Specialist Jochum Wiersma says it’s a great opportunity to get the latest information on disease management. “The plot tour is not traditional because the crop hasn’t headed yet so there’s not as much to see, but we will talk about the important varieties in wheat and we’ll talk about barley as well.” Managing Fusarium head blight will be a focus. “The goal is to talk a little bit about the updated recommendations to suppress Fusarium head blight with the new nozzle recommendations that NDSU came out with, we’ll also talk about what the risk scenarios look like right now based on the weather models that we rely on to get a feel for how the weather is impacting or creating opportunities for Fusarium head blight, the way it did last year.” After today’s clinic in Fergus Falls, there will be similar events in Oklee, Humboldt and Strathcona this week.