NDSU Ag Extension - Oakes Irrigation Research Test Site

The Oakes Irrigation Research Site was established in 1970 on a 15.8-acre tract of land 4.5 miles south of Oakes, ND and adjacent to ND State Hwy 1. In 1993 the site was increased to 20 acres. The major goals of the Oakes Irrigation Research Site are encompassed in the following objectives:

1. Determine alternate and specialty crops (especially vegetables) adapted for commercial production under irrigation in North Dakota and define the agronomic practices needed to successfully produce them.
2. Develop and refine Best Management Practices for irrigation that are producer acceptable.
3. Provide irrigators with research data that aids in efficient crop production.
4. Promote irrigation development within the Garrison Diversion Project as well as private development.

A cooperative agreement between North Dakota State University and the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District makes this research effort possible. The University provides research scientists and technical staff and the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District provides most of the financial resources. North Dakota State University faculty and staff from the departments of Soil Science, Plant Sciences, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and Plant Pathology participate in conducting experiments at the site.

Performance Trials

• Cabbage
• Chinese Cabbage
• Carrots
• Field Corn
• "Sugar enhanced" Sweetcorn
• "Supersweet" Sweetcorn
• Onions
• Pumpkin
• Soybeans

WEED CONTROL STUDIES

• Cabbage weed control study
• Carrot weed control study
• Pumpkin weed control study
• Aim and Callisto on sweetcorn

OTHER STUDIES

• Pumpkin cover crop and living mulch study
• Living mulches intercropped in vegetables
• Herbicide screening for vegetables and living mulches

Contact

Walt Albus, Research Supervisor
Oakes Irrigation Research Site
P.O. Box 531
Oakes, ND 58474-0531
Office: (701) 742-2189
Shop: (701) 742-2744
Fax: (701) 742-2700

Oakes Irrigation Field Trials

9251 Hwy 1
Oakes, ND 58474
(701) 742-2744

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/oakes/2002Report
The web site provides North Dakota State University Ag Extension reports on the tests performed at the Oakes Irrigation Test site.

NDSU Research Center
NDSU ND Agricultural Experiment Station Web Site