University of Minnesota
Southwest Research and Outreach Center
23669 130th Street
Lamberton, MN 56152
(507) 752-7372 Phone
(507) 752-5097 FAX

General Information

• About the SWROC
• SWROC Faculty and Staff
• SWROC Advisory Committee
• Map to the SWROC
• Partners
• 2009 Events
  • Strip Tillage Expo Presentations
• 2010 Upcoming Events
  • IAP Research Update - Jan 7
  • Winter Crops & Soils Day - Feb 3
  • Horticulture Day - April 23

Research

• Overview
• Five Decades of Recorded Research. View the published research recorded at the SWROC from 1959 - 2009.
• Native Prairie Ecology Site: PrairieU
• Organic Ecology
• Soil & Water Management
• Variety Information & Weed Control Research Results
  • 2008 Weed Control Research Results
• 2008 Corn Varietal Trials
• 2008 Soybean Varietal Trials
• 2008 Southern Minnesota Regional Research Research & Demonstration Summary
• Weather Information
  • Reports, Charts, and Graphs
    • 2009 Soil Moisture (11/16/09)
    • 2005-2009 Yearly Precipitation
• Daily Weather Information

Outreach

• This harvest season continues to add challenge after challenge. The University of Minnesota Extension has developed a website to deal with this unusual harvest season. Visit the site for questions about drying soybeans, mold in corn, immature corn drying and storage, feeding moldy grain and more.
• Extension Programming Efforts
• Farm Business Management
  • 2010 Acceptable Crop Price Worksheet
• Livestock Industry Programming
  • The "Other Fertilizer" The Economic Value of Swine Finishing Manure
    
• Pest Management
  • Issue 8 of SW MN IPM Newsletter (Added 11/05/09)
  • Managing Two-Spotted Spider Mites on Soybeans and Corn in Minnesota
    • 2 page summary
    • 9 page detailed publication