Corn can sometimes survive for four to five days. The most important management tool a producer has after heavy rains, says Franzen, is to try to enhance surface drainage as much as possible by making sure culverts are not plugged, as well as clearing field openings, fences and other passageways to prevent ponding in fields. Registration for the 18-hole scramble will begin at 9 am, with a shotgun start at 11 am. Prizes will be given to first, second, and third-place teams for low handicap and low scratch scores. Many door prizes will be given away to those present at the 6 pm barbecue, also at the Thief River Falls Golf Club.
Cost covers green fees, cart, morning rolls and coffee, lunch, and evening barbecue.
The North Dakota Ag Experiment Station has released Belzer, a new durum wheat variety with moderate resistance to scab and resistance to both stem and leaf rust. Belzer equaled the variety Ben in yield and has shown lower scab infection levels than any other durum variety presently grown, says Elias M. Elias, the NDSU plant breeder who developed Belzer. This is a major weakness, but the variety was released because of its greater tolerance to scab. Belzer is well adapted to the areas where wheat scab has been a problem. In parts of the state where scab is of less concern, varieties that have a higher test weight should be sown.