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COiNTRACT
BETWEEN
MONTANA
AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIMENT
STATION
RESEARCH
CENTERS
AND
THE
MONTANA
WHEAT
AND
BARLEY
COMMITTEE
Time
Period;
July
1,
1900
to
June
30,
1909
TITLE:
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PERSONNEL:
Evaluation
of
various
materials
and
practices
contributing
toward
economic
crop
production
under
flexible,
continuous
and
other
cropping
systems
in
Montana.
Staff
members
at
the
following
Research
Centers:
1.
Central
Agricultural
Research
Center
-
Moccasin
2.
Eastern
Agricultural
Research
Center
-
Sidney
3.
Northern
Agricultural
Research
Center
-
Havre
4.
Northwestern
Agricultural
Research
Center
-
Kalispell
5.
Southern
Agricultural
Research
Center
-
Huntley
6.
Western
Triangle
Agricultural
Research
Center
-
Conrad
OBJECTIVES:
To
evaluate
the
effects
of
differing
systems
on
crop
variety
performance
under
the
diverse
environments
represented
across
the
Montana
Research
Center
network.
To
evaluate
the
potential
fit
of
other
materials,
concepts
and
techniques
with
various
cropping
systems
employed.
BACKGROUxND
AND
JUSTIFICATION:
An
increasing
need
is
felt
among
Montana
agricultural
producers
for
development
and
implementation
of
new
and/or
refined
methods
for
enhanced
economic
efficiency
in
crop
production.
PROJECTS:
1.
Cropping
Systems
Investigations:
a.)
Evaluation
of
continuous
cropping
with
tall
wheatgrass
barriers.
(Sidney)
2.
Grain
Variety
Performance
Investigations:
a.)
Evaluation
of
spring
wheat,
durum,
barley
and
oat
varieties
^
for
production
under
minumum-till,
continuous
cropping.
(Sidney)
b.)
Small
grain
variety
performance
evaluations
under
no-till
cropping
conditions.
(Conrad)
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c.)
Evaluation
of
no-till,
recrop
winter
wheat,
spring
wheat
and
barley
variety
performance
in
Northern
Montana.
(Havre)
d.)
Evaluation
of
till-plant,
recrop
spring
wheat
and
barley
variety
performance
in
Northern
Montana.
(Havre)
r-i
e.)
Off-Station
variety
testing
of
winter
wheat,
spring
wheat,
spring
barley
and
triticale
at
six
locations
in
Central
Montana.
(Moccasin)
f.)
Off-station
small
grain
variety
evaluation.
(Conrad)
g.)
Evaluation
of
fallow-seeded
winter
wheat,
spring
wheat,
^
barley
and
oat
variety
performance
off-station
in
five
Northern
Montana
counties.
(Havre)
^
h.)
Irrigated,
off-station,
soft
white
winter
wheat
yield
and
quality
trials.
(Huntley)
(*»
i.)
Dryland
and
irrigated,
off-station
variety
trials
for
hard
red
winter
wheat,
spring
wheat,
spring
barley
and
oats.
(Huntley)
(-»
j.)
Western
Keglonal
Uniform
Hard
Red
Winter
Wheat
Nursery,
two
locations
in
Kalispell
area.
(Kalispell)
k.)
Western
Regional
Uniform
Soft
White
Winter
Wheat
Nursery,
two
locations
in
Kalispell
area.
(Kalispell)
1.)
Western
Regional
Uniform
Spring
Wheat
Nursery.
(Kalispell)
m.)
Off-Station
winter
wheat,
spring
wheat
and
barley
variety
nurseries
at
Stevensville
and
Corvallis.
(Kalispell)
3.
Oilseed,
Pulse
and
Miscellaneous
Crop
Investigations:
a.)
Evaluation
of
food
oil
and
fuel
oil
safflower
varieties.
(Havre)
b.)
Oilseed
and
pulse
crop
evaluation
under
no-till
conditions.
(Conrad)
c.)
Dryland
and
irrigated
safflower
variety
trials.
(Huntley)
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d.)
Evaluation
of
alternate
crops
for
use
as
non-program
cropping,
dryland
and
irrigated,
(lluntley)
4.
Disease
Management
Investigations:
m
a.)
Disease
evaluations
of
spring
wheat,
winter
wheat
and
barley
introductions,
selections
and
bulk
populations.
(Sidney)
b.)
Screening
of
early
generation
winter
wheat
lines
for
TCK
and
stripe
rust
resistance
in
cooperation
with
Dr.
Allan
Taylor,
Dozeman.
(Kalispell)
c.)
Evaluation
of
early
generation
barley
selections
in
cooperation
with
Dr.
Tom
Olake.
(Kalispell)
d.)
Evaluation
of
the
effects
of
tillage
on
dwarf
bunt
infection.
(Kalispell)
e.)
Evaluation
of
winter
wheat
varieties
for
resistance
to
dwarf
smut,
yield
and
quality
in
the
Lodgegrass
area,
(lluntley)
Weed
Management
Investigations:
a.)
Evaluation
of
herbicides
for
simultaneous
control
of
wild
oats
and
broadleaves
in
spring
wheat,
spring
barley
and
winter
wheat
and
the
economics
of
their
use.
(Kalispell)
b.)
Evaluation
of
sulfonylurea
compounds
in
combination
with
various
herbicides
for
the
control
of
weeds
in
small
grains;
and
further
to
determine
the
subsequent
effect
on
rotational
crops
following
grain.
(Kalispell)
c.)
Evaluation
of
a
new
wild
oat
herbicide
in
comparison
with
currently
labeled
products
(PP604,
AC222,293).
(Kalispell)
6.
Other
Agronomic
investigations:
a.)
Small
grain
seeding
rate
studies
under
no-till
conditions.
(Moccasin,
Havre
and
Conrad
joint
project)
b.)
Evaluation
of
varieties,
seeding
rate,
row
spacing
and
"Cerone'
on
the
yield
and
quality
of
malting
barley,
(lluntley)
Uniform
Statewide
Variety
Testing
of
Small
Grains:
a.)
Trials
to
be
conducted
on
dryland
and/or
under irrigation
at
Conrad,
Havre,
lluntley,
Kalispell,
Moccasin
and
Sidney.
The
Kalispell
station
coordinates
statewide
oat
variety
evaluation
while
MACS
staff
in
Oozeman
coordinate
evaluation
of
winter
wheat,
spring
wheat
and
barley.
PROCEDURES;
Scientific
research
procedures
will
be
employed
appropriate
each
specific
project
listed
herein.
to
APPLICATlOxN
AND
RESULTS:
Results
substantiated
via
consistency
with
adequate
repetition
are
available
for
dissemination
to
the
Montana
producer
as
well
as
the
scientific
community.
PROPOSED
BUDGET:
MWUC
(Partial
Project
I'unding)
n
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Research
Center
Uniform
Statewide
Variety
Testing
Other
Projects
Total
Central
at
Moccasin
$
500
$
5,500
$
6,000
Eastern
at
Sidney
$
500
$
5,500
$
6,000
Northern
at
Havre
$
500
$
5,500
$
6,000
Northwestern
at
Kalispell
$
500
$
5,500
$
6,000
Southern
at
lluntley
$
500
$
5,500
$
6,000
Western
Triangle
at
Conrad
$
500
$
5,500
$
6,000
TOTALS
$3,000
$33,000
$36,000
OTHER
REQUIREMENTS:
Data
will
become
the
property
of
the
Montana
Agricultural
Experiment
station
and
are
not
to
be
published
without
the
full
consent
of
MAES.
Records
will
be
maintained
for
access
as
required
to
meet
any
legal
requests.
Data
will
be
made
m
available
to
the
contractor
at
a
reasonable
time
after
release
by
MAES.
r-i
In
case
of
either
party
defaulting
this
contract
may
be
terminated
for
cause
within
30
days
by
written
notice.
In
the
event
of
litigation
venue
shall
be
the
First
Judicial
District
of
the
State
of
Montana.
Transfer
or
subcontracting
of
the
duties
or
services
by
MAES
will
not
be
done
without
the
consent
of
all
parties.
This
contract
will
not
be
modified
without
the
consent
of
all
parties.
APPROVED:
Coordinator-Joint
Research
Center
Proposal
Date
Associate
Director,
MAES
Date
Director,
MAES
Date
Montana
Wheat
and
Barley
Committee
Date
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