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Dairy farming has come a long way from hand milking cows one by one in the early morning hours.
Recent information published by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Farm Bureau organizations has given rise to questions about what is happening with hobby farm classification and what smaller producers need to do to be in compliance as a for-profit business entity able to claim f…
University of Tennessee Ag Economist Andrew Griffith said beef cutout prices have struggled recently, and pork values have as well.
The grain market is searching for harvest lows, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
Farmers continue to balance the needs of their operation with tight profit margins and high input costs.
In Iowa, Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and Gov. Kim Reynolds opted against running for another term, leaving the field open to new leaders concerned with economics, health, education and property rights.
“When it comes to meat, farmers and ranchers (at least this one) are cheap, humble and spoiled.”
Right this very minute down on the farm, I am embracing new opportunities even if the timing is less than perfect.
Here's a list of livestock auctions coming up in the area.
"Each team had three hours to produce a feature story, a magazine layout, a series of social media posts, and a broadcast. ... The three hours flew by, and we definitely stayed busy!"
The polar vortex is doing something extraordinary. Something unusual is happening in the skies above the Arctic, but will it have any impact on our weather here in the United States?
Mexico exported feeder cattle to the United States until New World Screwworm caused officials to stop the flow in 2025. Given the partial reopening in effect now, there is uncertainty about the level of live trade going forward.
At first glance, a cracked solar panel can be alarming. Many people see damage like that and immediately wonder, "Are harmful chemicals now leaking into the soil?" It is a reasonable question, but according to a six-page science-based fact sheet authored by Taylor Curtis with the National La…
Dairy farming has come a long way from hand milking cows one by one in the early morning hours.
Recent information published by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Farm Bureau organizations has given rise to questions about what is happening with hobby farm classification and what smaller producers need to do to be in compliance as a for-profit business entity able to claim f…
University of Tennessee Ag Economist Andrew Griffith said beef cutout prices have struggled recently, and pork values have as well.
The grain market is searching for harvest lows, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
Farmers continue to balance the needs of their operation with tight profit margins and high input costs.
In Iowa, Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and Gov. Kim Reynolds opted against running for another term, leaving the field open to new leaders concerned with economics, health, education and property rights.
A South Dakota company is sending it's soy-based product around the world to feed fish, with about 80% going to the Norwegian Atlantic salmon market.
The first farmer feature in our series, The Road Ahead: Meet Kaleb Smit who spent the better part of two years planning how he could come back to work on the farm where he grew up.
Buckwheat – Fagopyrum esculentum Moench – is a broadleaf plant native to northern Asia. Seeds are brown in color, about the size of a soybean but irregularly shaped, with four triangular surfaces. The seeds germinate and emerge rapidly when planted in warm soil, typically in three to four da…
Harvest is a warp, and yields were some of the best Megan Horsager has ever seen on her Montevideo, Minnesota, farm.
"Problems of the mind can hit anyone, and it makes little difference who you are or what you are doing in life. This cattle fellow is living proof."
"We were there for the experience, for the bright, if low-hanging, November sun and the bite of the northwest breeze."
Harvest of the 2026 U.S. corn crop was well past the halfway point by the end of October, both here in the Northern Plains as well as nationally, and as producers pushed toward the end, they also saw prices begin to feel typical harvest pressure.
The top resource concern in North Dakota’s counties is salinity – that was identified by every Soil Conservation District (SCD) in the state.
The first farmer feature in our series, The Road Ahead: Meet Kaleb Smit who spent the better part of two years planning how he could come back to work on the farm where he grew up.
Harvest is a warp, and yields were some of the best Megan Horsager has ever seen on her Montevideo, Minnesota, farm.
Producers are used to signing up in March for their safety net elections, either the Agricultural Risk Coverage-County (ARC-CO) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. This year, there are later deadlines, new base acres, and new tools from NDSU Extension Agribusiness.
A scoop of soybean meal may look much like the next, but Kansas State University researchers are finding that what is inside the feed ingredient – and how it is measured – can vary.
Dairy farming has come a long way from hand milking cows one by one in the early morning hours.
Recent information published by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Farm Bureau organizations has given rise to questions about what is happening with hobby farm classification and what smaller producers need to do to be in compliance as a for-profit business entity able to claim f…
University of Tennessee Ag Economist Andrew Griffith said beef cutout prices have struggled recently, and pork values have as well.
The grain market is searching for harvest lows, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
Farmers continue to balance the needs of their operation with tight profit margins and high input costs.
In Iowa, Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and Gov. Kim Reynolds opted against running for another term, leaving the field open to new leaders concerned with economics, health, education and property rights.
Harvest of the 2026 U.S. corn crop was well past the halfway point by the end of October, both here in the Northern Plains as well as nationally, and as producers pushed toward the end, they also saw prices begin to feel typical harvest pressure.
The first farmer feature in our series, The Road Ahead: Meet Kaleb Smit who spent the better part of two years planning how he could come back to work on the farm where he grew up.
A scoop of soybean meal may look much like the next, but Kansas State University researchers are finding that what is inside the feed ingredient – and how it is measured – can vary.
WING, N.D. – As the sun moved higher in the sky on an unseasonably warm October day, trucks pulling horse trailers with draft horses or hauling farm machines from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, along with vehicles filled with friends, neighbors and farm families, pulled into Larry and Judy …
As summer comes to an end and temperatures cool, it is time to start preparing the stand for winter.
FOXHOLM, N.D. – At Bock Farms, Brandon and Jessie Bock, who farm with their son, Lyle, and daughter, Grace, are preparing for the remainder of harvest, while finishing up more fall field work before the snow flies.
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