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First West Nile related death in ND has occurred, read more on Page 7.

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This is the third of three articles covering the NDSU Research Extension Crop and Soil Field Day on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Cover Crops: Hans Kandel, NDSU Extension Broadleaf Crop Agronomist, discussed optimal ways to incorporate cover crops. There are many options when it comes to incorporating a cover crop in to your farming operation. You can plant in the fall after harvest with a crop that will grow a bit in the fall or a crop that will overwinter and grow in the spring. You can also plant a cover crop between rows when the crop is small or broadcast at an appropriate time. The best way to get establishment is to plant the seed in the ground. You can broadcast the seed on top of the ground if you have rain, but that is a bit trickier and works best with a small seed, like radish or turnip. The key with broadcasting is moisture. In a normal year, there is a danger of planting the cover crop too early. The best timing is when you see the yellowing of the beans in the bottom, then you know the canopy is going to open up and that would be the best time to fly on a cover crop. This year, with the lack of moisture, you can plant now, and it will not be an issue at harvest. If you have wider row spacing on soybeans, the canopy is going to open up a bit quicker and you can broadcast a bit earlier. If you have an early maturing soybean, it will drop the leaves a little earlier and you can apply

cover crop then. However, wider ply that as a cover crop. Last year, row spacing and early matur- Kandel tried Roundup Ready ing varieties both give up yield. Canola after spring wheat. It was Kandel would select a full-season tolerant to light frost, still growing soybean in the narrower rows and after a couple of weeks, and died then work with a cover crop in ad- over winter. If there were weed isdition. sues, they were treated with a tarFor sunflowers, Kandel said it get application of Roundup. Langworks best to plant cover crops don REC scientists warn against between rows at the 3-4 leaf the use of clubroot susceptible stage, when the sunflower plant canola seed if the field has a hisis small. The sunflower grows first tory of clubroot. followed by the cover crop. You Soybeans do not have many get the benefit of yield from the sunflowers and biomass from the cover crop. An ideal situation can happen after the harvest of a small grain crop like wheat, b a r l e y , Dr. Chapara points out an example of white mold in his w i n t e r field trials. Photo by Linda Timian wheat, or peas. Now that we are getting volunteers after harvest, but you moisture, we are getting a flush should still have a cover crop since of the small grain, resulting in a it is a low residue crop. Kandel favolunteer cover crop. If you want vors winter cereals like winter rye to spend very little money, the or winter wheat. As long as the volunteer is a good option. In the soybean harvest is done by the case of field peas, some seed is lost middle of September, there is still when harvested. If you “tickle” the time for a winter cereal cover crop ground a bit, that seed will germi- as it doesn’t need that high of a nate if it has moisture, giving you temperature to germinate. You a volunteer pea cover crop with only need a small plant to help anbiomass and fixation. If you have chor the soil against erosion. You leftover canola seed, you can ap-

Border opens to US tourists By Linda Timian Republican Writer

The Canadian-American land border closed around the time Sharon Lundgren’s husband passed away. “That border being closed for a year and a half really made a difference in my life,” said Lundgren. She has two sisters and a brother that live in Canada, and she was in the habit of visiting them often. “They would have been a great support for me.” Chalmer and Lori Dettler’s daughter and her family live in Canada, and they had not seen them in over a year. “Prior to this August, we were last up to Winnipeg in July of 2020,” said Chalmer. “Canada was allowing travel from the US under an exemption for 'family reunification'. We were required to stay in Canada for a minimum of 14 days and had to quarantine the first 14 days we were there. We were able to quarantine with our daughter and family at that time. Shortly after we were there in 2020, Canada changed their restrictions. In order to be reunited with family, you were

Monday, September 20, 2021

again required to quarantine for 14 days, but we could not quarantine with our daughter. You were required to quarantine at a location with only the people who traveled to Canada with you.” The Dettlers had tried to visit again in late July of this year but were turned away at the border. On Monday, August 9, Canada began allowing fully vac-

cinated U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, including those engaging in non-essential travel, to enter Canada from the United States. To be considered fully vaccinated, it must be at least two weeks since the completion of a vaccine series. All travelers crossing into Canada must use the

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ArriveCAN system to enter their traveler information before arriving in Canada. ArriveCAN is a free mobile app available for iOS, Android and online. “The ArriveCAN app is very user friendly,” said Chalmer, who has been to Canada twice since August 9. “The information in the ArriveCAN app has to be completed every time you go up. It retains some information but not all of it. You have to load a copy of your passport every time. The app allows you to take a picture of your passport and then pulls your information directly from the passport. You also have to upload proof of full vaccination on the app each time you plan to travel. You’re required to input the dates of your shots, which brand of vaccine you received, and where you received the vaccinations.” Next, you have to have proof of a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the time you arrive at the Canadian border. It can cont. on page 3

can keep it as a crop the next year or simply as a cover crop. Kandel likes winter rye because there are a lot of opportunities to utilize it in many different crops at different stages. It gives you a benefit in the fall, overwinters well, and gives you cover in the spring. Kandel favors the radish for a brassica type cover crop because it makes a nice root system, mellows the ground, grows late into the season, and will die so that you do not have to deal with it in the spring. The root system includes a long tap root that helps water infiltrate in the spring making a pathway for the moisture to move into the soil. Only a small input is needed. However, brassicas are a host to canola clubroot and should not be used in fields with a history of canola clubroot. There are a lot of charts with varying seeding rates. It depends on if you are going to seed by air or drill and how you are going to use the plants. Kandel generally suggests about 60 pounds for rye and 1.5-2 pounds for radish. Salt-Tolerant Options: Naeem Kalwar, Extension soil health specialist, talked about high levels of water-soluble salt (salinity), high levels of sodium (sodicity), and the trials he is conducting on annual and perennial crops that grow or do not grow in such soils. Water-soluble salts compete with plant roots for water. The higher the salt levels, the more competition there is. If you leave the ground bare, more ground water will wick up bringing more cont. on page 2

Fernandez new doctor at CCMH Oscar Fernandez, MD, joined the Cavalier County Memorial Hospital and Clinic staff on August 1, 2021. He is here full-time as a family practice physician. He takes call and sees clinic patients 20 days a month.

to medical school at the University of Dominica. He completed his residency at the UND family residency program in Grand Forks, ND, from 1988-1993. Fernandez practiced in Lisbon, ND, for 30 years and most recently has been a provider for Indian Health Services. He likes everything about being

Fernandez is originally from Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida. He was prompted to become a doctor because of the lack of quality health care in the community. Fernandez graduated from Miami-Dade Community College and went

a physician including pediatrics and geriatrics. In his spare time Fernandez likes to hunt and fish and spend time with his wife and four kids back in Key West, Florida. He currently lives in Langdon.

By Linda Timian Republican Writer

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