TO:

Montana

Wheat

and

Darley

Committee

PROM:

Montana

State

University

Agricultural

Experiment

Station

Research

Centers

located

at:

Conrad,

Havre,

lluntley,

Kalispell,

Moccasin

and

Sidney

SUBJECT:

1980

Agricultural

Research

Report

Submitted

Is

the

1988

Report

of

Agricultural

Research

conducted

by

the

Montana

Agricultural

Experiment

Station

at

Research

Centers

with

funds

received

annually

from

the

Montana

Wheat

and

Barley

Committee.

The

main

emphasis

of

research,

with

funding

assistance

from

the

Montana

Wheat

and

Barley

Committee,

Is

to

Investigate

various

aspects

of

dryland

continuous

and/or

flexible

cropping

systems

as

compared

to

traditional

crop-fallow

systems.

This

report

has

been

bound

according

to

subject

matter

and

not

by

location

In

order

that

the

reader

may

more

easily

refer

to

certain

aspects

of

the

research.

Tlll-plant

recrop

(Havre)

and

no-tlll

recrop

studies

(Conrad,

Moccasin

and

Havre)

were

all

lost

to

drought

and/or

hall

with

exception

of

a

portion

of

Havre's

lllngham

location

and

Moccasin's

seeding

rate

study.