Southern Research & Outreach Center | Waseca, MN

Overhead view of SROC buildings and fields
Overhead view of SROC fields
Combine in a soybean plot

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Agronomy Field Tour

Tuesday, June 18 | 8:30-11:30

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Strategic Farming: Let's Talk Crops Focused on Getting Your Best Fertilizer ROI

March 12, 2024

Dry conditions and the winter that wasn’t is accelerating nutrient management decisions. Should fertilizer be applied now? How can you get the best return on your fertilizer investment given current prices and costs? Ryan Miller, Extension educator – crops, steered this wide-ranging discussion with Dan Kaiser, Extension nutrient management specialist, and Jeff Vetsch, Researcher at the Southern Research and Outreach Center, to address these and other nutrient management questions in the March 6 Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops session.

Lack of Snow Cover and Warm Temperatures May Point to Mid-April Planting This Year

March 5, 2024

A little bit of planting is happening exceedingly early this year at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca.

How to make herbicides work better

March 4, 2024

On Feb. 7, Dr. Tommy Butts, Extension Weed Scientist with the University of Arkansas, and Tom Hoverstad, Researcher at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, joined UMN Extension Educator-Crops Ryan Miller for a discussion on “Making herbicides work better”.