CREC on YouTube
Do you need a break from reading Center Points? Say it ain’t so!
We won’t stop writing, but we CAN offer you another media method to stay informed – watch our videos! Of course, we hope you’ll still tell your friends and colleagues to subscribe to Center Points so you know when new materials are available, when new events are planned, and when we have interesting things to report.
For a change of pace from the written word, though, check out our YouTube channel – NDSUCREC. This winter and spring, we’ve added many videos on ag topics – crop production, livestock management, and ag finance and markets.
Research Plant Pathologist Michael Wunsch has recently posted several videos discussing his pathology research in white mold in soybean, and in improving management of Aphanomyces and Fusarium root rot in field peas. Michael’s audience is vast, ranging from fellow plant pathologists, to research scientists and field technicians, to crop advisers and farmers in the field. Depending upon your level of interest or available time, watch Michael’s full-length videos or focus on one of his companion “highlights” reels. Either way, he’s also published comprehensive slide decks that are discussed in the videos. You’ll notice that he has more videos planned, too.
Whether you registered for and participated in the popular Getting It Right crop production webinar series this year or not, all of the videos have been posted on our YouTube channel, and links to playlists for each crop (canola, corn, dry bean, flax, soybean, and sunflower) are available. Pro tip: search YouTube for “NDSU Getting It Right 2025” and add a crop species to focus your search. CREC Cropping Systems Specialist Jeff Stachler and NDSU Broadleaf Crops Extension Agronomist Ana Carcedo co-host the Getting It Right webinars.
Livestock Environmental Management Specialist Mary Keena works with an Extension livestock team to plan, host, record, and post an annual series of Horse Management webinars. This season is still playing out, so if you want to tune in live, register online.
Livestock Systems Specialist Karl Hoppe has taken his “Backgrounding Cattle” workshops from the road to the screen. At one time, all of his backgrounding workshops were scheduled into a couple of weeks of travel around the state. Those classes morphed into a handful of hybrid watch sites, and now the NDSU Extension Livestock videos feature many Extension livestock specialists sharing their particular expertise. Again, playlists (and other resources) are earmarked on their Backgrounding Cattle landing page.
What do you want to see next? Personally, I can hardly wait for some drone imagery as soon as Precision Agriculture Specialist Rupak Karn gets back into the air above the Carrington REC. Or maybe a close-up time-lapse of seedlings popping out of the ground. Let us know how we can help you raise healthier livestock and crops.
Linda Schuster
Linda.Schuster@ndsu.edu
Administrative Assistant
