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Specialist breaks down changes in EPA dicamba label for farmers/applicators

Specialist breaks down changes in EPA dicamba label for farmers/applicators

  • Sue Roesler

The EPA recently re-approved dicamba for over-the-top herbicide use after planting dicamba-tolerant soybeans. The new label will be a test for two growing seasons, 2026-27, according to Madeleine Smith, NDSU Extension pesticide specialist.

Bringing the farm to town: Farm Life Creamery opens in Mitchell, S.D.

Bringing the farm to town: Farm Life Creamery opens in Mitchell, S.D.

  • Katelyn Winberg

“Even though we’re only 10 miles out of Mitchell, not everyone is going to drive to the farm. This shop lets us bring the farm to town and invite people to visit us in Ethan.”

With spring, focus turns to fencing, equipment maintenance

With spring, focus turns to fencing, equipment maintenance

  • Janelle Atyeo

Ahead of planting season at his south central Nebraska farm, Jordan Uldrich was tackling some maintenance and fencing projects.

Rising prices from conflict could influence acres

Rising prices from conflict could influence acres

  • Tim Kenyon

Grain markets are aiming for better results as they adjust to continued military action in the Middle East.

Understand economics of soy, sulfur

Understand economics of soy, sulfur

  • Darby Danzl Illinois Soybean Association

Sulfur has officially joined the conversation when producers are discussing which macronutrients need to be applied to corn and soybean acres to meet plant demand and support optimal growth. Historically, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were the only nutrients required in quantities large…

What a trip: Winter stock tank sailing for a cause

What a trip: Winter stock tank sailing for a cause

  • Jaclyn Wilson

There’s not much more that screams mental health day than five women, some dressed up in Goodwill rejects, getting into a metal stock tank in below freezing temperatures to head down the river in their hippy van stock tank with peace banners flying and Bob Marley playing.

Trend of growing production expenses troubling for agriculture

Trend of growing production expenses troubling for agriculture

  • Sue Roesler

U.S. agriculture is facing an “expense problem,” where production expenses relative to farm incomes are growing too fast and are likely unsustainable, according to Bryon Parman, NDSU ag finance specialist.

Farmers navigate challenging markets ahead of planting season

Farmers navigate challenging markets ahead of planting season

  • Janelle Atyeo

“It would be very challenging if this were year one.” 

Local Love: Upstart creamery focuses on quality, community

Local Love: Upstart creamery focuses on quality, community

  • Janelle Atyeo

One young Minnesota dairyman is turning his passion for farming and community into a business that both honors the past and provides a future for his family farm at a time when small dairies are disappearing.

Back Home

Back Home

  • Chris Hardie For Agri-View

My farming days are finished but a recent story made me realize I clearly left a lot of money on the table.

Working cattle, then hitting the books

Working cattle, then hitting the books

  • By Kameron Jutten, Palisade, Neb.

It was a busy week with two FFA contests, and the results were mixed. I didn't do well in welding, which was a disappointment because I know I can perform better than that. On the positive side, my team did well in ag sales and qualified for the state contest.

Rollins highlights trade, farm policy progress during Commodity Classic general session

Rollins highlights trade, farm policy progress during Commodity Classic general session

  • Katelyn Winberg

Commodity Classic’s general session drew record attendance Feb. 26 in San Antonio, Texas, as agricultural leaders gathered to discuss policy priorities, technology and market opportunities.

Lung ultrasounds change calf care

Lung ultrasounds change calf care

  • Aerica Bjurstrom and Angie J. Ulness University of Wisconsin

Bovine respiratory disease remains one of the most common and costly health challenges in preweaned dairy calves. While traditional diagnosis relies on visual symptoms, such as coughing, nasal discharge or elevated temperature, those signs often appear late in the disease process, after dama…

Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

Spring rains will struggle to make up for deficits

  • Crystal Reed

Trent Ford is the Illinois State Climatologist and has been with the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois since 2019.

Menoken Farm raising livestock on perennials, annual crops

Menoken Farm raising livestock on perennials, annual crops

  • Sue Roesler

MENOKEN, N.D. – Sheep and cattle grazing together on Menoken Farm perennials are in the sixth year of the perennial and annual crop rotations at the demonstration soil health farm.

Barn Boards and Baling Wire

Barn Boards and Baling Wire

  • John Sumwalt For Agri-View

Responses are still pouring in to my recent column “Say It Ain’t So, Philip Yancey” about the popular Evangelical Christian author. His books, including “What’s So Amazing About Grace,” have sold more than 15 million copies. He confessed in January to a long-term affair with a married woman.

Responsibility comes to roost

Responsibility comes to roost

  • Jim Woster

"Thank goodness for winter coats, because almost every single one of those mean little creatures took a peck or three at my hand and arm."

Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

Guthrie County, Iowa, woman continues family farm legacy

  • Tim Kenyon

Tamara Deal sees a bigger picture when it comes to her family farm.

Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

Illinois farmer gets involved across the ag industry

  • Crystal Reed

Amy Heberling of Morrisonville, Illinois, is a fourth-generation, “after-hours” farmer who wears many hats.

Bull breeding soundness exams should not be overlooked

Bull breeding soundness exams should not be overlooked

  • By MORGAN GARRISON

As calving season progresses across the region, now is a good time to start thinking ahead to breeding season preparations. Arguably one of the most important preparations a producer can invest in is a breeding soundness exam (BSE) on all bulls intended to be turned out for breeding.

An Outdoorsman’s Journal

An Outdoorsman’s Journal

  • Mark Walters For Agri-View

Hello friends,

Forecasters watch river flood risk

Forecasters watch river flood risk

  • By Laura Handke, For Iowa Farmer Today

Behind the seasonal flooding outlooks released by the National Weather Service is a team of hydrologists and meteorologists that watches the changing conditions across thousands of miles of river, tributaries and watersheds.

Illinois Beef Expo adds fitting competition

Illinois Beef Expo adds fitting competition

  • Crystal Reed

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — This year’s Illinois Beef Expo at the Illinois State Fairgrounds had a new event — a fitting competition featuring seven teams of four people each returned this year.

Traumatic farm accident decades ago leads to farm safety documentary

Traumatic farm accident decades ago leads to farm safety documentary

  • Sue Roesler

LEROY, N.D. – Ted Eagan was a self-made, successful farmer in Pembina County in 1982 when a farm accident, where he slipped on the rung of a ladder and was spun around in an unguarded power takeoff (PTO) shaft, permanently altered his life and the lives of his family.

Avatar meat processors? Virtual reality, automation future of meat industry

Avatar meat processors? Virtual reality, automation future of meat industry

  • Kristen Sindelar

Technology in the meat processing industry has been limited, but a team of visionaries is combining robotic automation and AI in a way that could change the food supply chain. 

Preservation of food pays for family of eight

Preservation of food pays for family of eight

  • Crystal Reed

Staci and Jeremy Hill say their work bridges traditional agriculture and cooking skills and modern life, helping families reconnect with how food is grown, preserved and shared.

Midwest farmers pray for Bermuda high

Midwest farmers pray for Bermuda high

  • Julie Belschner

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – It was 95 degrees outside Feb. 25 in the River Walk area of San Antonio. It was almost as hot with information overload inside the Henry B. González Convention Center where the 30th-annual Commodity Classic was being held. According to the organizers, it was record atten…

It's time to get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations

It's time to get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations

  • Colleen Stegenga

We train for a lot of things out here on the farm. We teach our kids to drive a tractor before they can reach the pedals properly. We take first aid courses and keep our CPR certifications current because we know that in an emergency, the minutes before help arrives matter most. We prepare, …

Missouri event designed so women can ‘show up fully’

Missouri event designed so women can ‘show up fully’

  • Zoe Martin

Heather Conrow is a University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist for Boone, Howard and Randolph counties, as well as the statewide poultry specialist.

Kalberers make major decision for farm with virtual fencing collars

Kalberers make major decision for farm with virtual fencing collars

  • Sue Roesler

HAZELTON, N.D. – It has been an extra busy couple of weeks at Kalberer Farms for Jesse Kalberer, who farms and raises seedstock Red Angus with his wife, Susan. Besides dealing with weather challenges, he has been readying the farm for spring and summer planting, as well as grazing and haying.

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The crash between a regional jet and a military helicopter left 67 dead, including three students and six parents in Fairfax and multiple former students of Loudoun public schools.

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Content by Chief Agri. In the heart of Jennings, Kansas, a visionary project has come to life, thanks to the successful collaboration between Chief Agri and their dedicated dealer, Blue River Sales and Service. 

Crops

Late-August heat takes bite out of beans

Late-August heat takes bite out of beans

Soybean yields better than expected after lack of rain

Soybean yields better than expected after lack of rain

Northwest harvest hits its stride as crops dry down

Northwest harvest hits its stride as crops dry down

West Central yields worse than flood year

West Central yields worse than flood year

Livestock

GPS tracking ear tags cut time, labor

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Beef prices continue to increase with consumer demand

Beef prices continue to increase with consumer demand

Producers balance equipment, quality, yield for hay profit

Producers balance equipment, quality, yield for hay profit

Snapshot of Iowa feedlots shows regional range

Snapshot of Iowa feedlots shows regional range

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Enrollment opens for state climate program

Enrollment opens for state climate program

Special crop beds measure water use for drought study

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Skipping tillage arms soil for winter weather

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Dairy seminar focuses on cybersecurity

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Biodiesel fuels farmers’ tractor pull power

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Mid-size combine sales remain strong

Mid-size combine sales remain strong

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Consumer signals move quickly in beef market

Consumer signals move quickly in beef market

No ‘rising tide’ for January crop markets

No ‘rising tide’ for January crop markets

Dry times dragging out grain markets

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Report suggests cattle numbers may be growing

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