Agronomy Project

• Plant something and watch it grow.
• Find differences when you plant seeds in different soils, use different fertilizers, and control weeds and pests.
• Identify what helps plants grow and what’s harmful to them.

• Take a soil sample.
• Calculate growing degree days.
• Scout fields for growing conditions.
• Discover products that are made from field crops.
• Learn about methods for protecting your plants from pests.
• Decide what varieties of crops to plant and at what time.
• Learn soil and nutrient requirements.

• Manage your own crops based on integrated crop management principles.
• Explore career opportunities related to crop production.
• Calculate harvest losses and their causes.
• Calculate expenses and incomes to determine the profitability of field crops.
• Identify how new technology impacts crop production.

• Show your club the difference between a healthy plant and a sick one, and tell how that happens.
• Do a presentation on sampling soil.
• Develop a journal with the details of the fields you scout.

• Help teach others about farm safety.
• Join and participate in a farm commodity association.
• Organize and lead an appreciation event for farmers during harvest.

• Create farm safety rules for your family and share with others.
• Plan a tour of a seed corn plant for your group.
• Develop a “harvest loss frame” and use it to help farmers calculate their harvest losses.

• Create a booklet of all the uses of corn and soybeans.
• Make a poster with a diagram of cut-off corn stalks and show the growing point.
• Keep a journal of your plants, recording rainfall and other weather data, fertilizer and pesticide application, hybrid variety selection and other factors that influence the growth and development of your crop.
• Produce a video about the role of legumes in fixing nitrogen in the soil.
• Create a display showing potential safety hazards on a farm. Educate others on ways to prevent these hazards.
• Design a poster to teach others about the information provided on seed labels.
• Develop a field map showing the locations you checked for stand counts and explain possible reasons for differences.
• Create a photo journal of actual crop fields with or without a lot of weed competition.
• Give an educational presentation on resources that are available to help in conservation planning.
• Create a display or educational presentation comparing the financial risk associated with different types of financial agreements.

Preparing Crop Sheaves for Exhibit (GCA091)
ND Crop Seed Identification Guide (GCA671)
Identifying Weeds and Their Seeds (GCA672)
Range Judging Handbook for North Dakota (DDB628)
Land Judging in North Dakota (DBC618)

• Crop Production Worksheet (GCA095)
• 4-H Project Plan (PA095)
• Planning for my Project Adventure (PA093) (Ages 8-10)
• 4-H Plan of Action (PA096) (Ages 11-18)

Crops Judging Contest
Land Judging Contest
Range Judging Contest

• ND Wheat Commission
• United Soybean Board
• ND Soybean Council
• National Corn Growers
• ND Corn Growers
• USDA Web Soil Survey