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Rosholt Field Day To Be Held August 18th
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Join us for a field day at the Rosholt Research Farm on the current research trials. The Rosholt Research Farm Field Day will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2022, from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
A great line-up of speakers has committed to participating in the event representing: University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Extension, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, and Pope and Stearns Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Current research trials to be addressed during the field day include: Kernza perennial grain, nitrogen fertilizer applications, cover crop and living mulches, and irrigation water management practices.
Learn About:
-Nitrogen Budget for Irrigated Corn When Grown with Rye and Kura Clover
-Best Irrigation Management Strategies for Optimum Corn Production and Water Quality Protection
-Kernza-A Perennial Grain Crop for Cleaner Water and Improved Soil Health
Pre-registration is required. Event details can be found on Pope or Stearns Soil and Water Conservation District’s (SWCD) website at www.popeswcd.org or www.stearnscountyswcd.net. Participants are encouraged to register by August 12th using the online Eventbrite link or calling 320-634-5327.
The event is organized by Pope and Stearns Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Funding for the work at Rosholt has been funded by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR), Minnesota Department of Agriculture Agricultural Fertilizer Research and Education Council (AFREC), and the Clean Water Fund as a part of the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment. For more information visit www.lccmr.leg.mn and www.legacy.mn.gov/clean-water-fund.
For more information contact Holly Kovarik, Pope SWCD at 320-634-5327, www.popeswcd.org.
Rosholt Field Day Set for August 19th
ABOUT HERMAN ROSHOLT
ABOUT HERMAN ROSHOLT
Herman Rosholt and his wife, Olga, purchased a farm in New Prairie Township in 1938. Rosholt had previously farmed in Otter Tail County—both as a youth with his parents and then again in the 1920s—and homesteaded in Opheim, Montana right after he graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa in 1913.
During the decades he farmed near Cyrus, Rosholt was active in local government and various conservation organizations. He helped establish the Pope County Soil and Water Conservation District in 1948 and at various time served as chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer.
In 1959, he was one of the organizers of the Barnes Aasted Research Association which was instrumental in locating the North Central Soil Conservation Research Center in Morris, and he was chairman of the board and director of the Association for many years. Rosholt was appointed to the Minnesota State Soil Conservation Commission by the governor in 1961. From 1965-1971, he was a member of the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Research Committee
As a member of the Pope County and WesMin Resource Conservation and Development project from 1963-1973, he helped develop a number of resource projects, the largest of which was Bonanza Valley. He was instrumental in contracting the U.S Geological Survey to do a groundwater study there in 1966-1968. He spearheaded the fundraising campaign in Pope County and served as the chairman of the Bonanza Valley Steering Committee from 1966-1972. Rosholt received a Distinguished Service Award from WesMin RC&D in 1973.
Rosholt was honored with the Distinguished Service award from the Minnesota chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America (now the Soil and Water Conservation Society) in 1964 (only the second farmer to receive this honor) and in 1974 received the National Honor Award from the SCSA.
Rosholt died in 1980 at the age of 90. His son, Donald, lived on and farmed the family’s land in New Prairie Township in the 1980s and 1990s, and the farm remains in the family today.