On the Mockler family farm near Centerville, spring planting is a full-family effort.
- Sue Roesler
Waterhemp remains one of the costliest threats to farms in central and eastern North Dakota and Minnesota. The troublesome weed was found in 38 of North Dakota’s 53 counties last year and it continues to spread north and west in the state.
- Sue Roesler
A stretch of warmer days after cool temperatures had tractors rolling across the state, as many producers were finally putting in the 2026 crop. Most were planting into dry, cold soils, except for those in northeastern North Dakota, who had too wet of soils to plant into.
- Sue Roesler
As planting season rolls on across the region, farmers have been taking advantage of warmer days and workable fields to get the crop in and tackle early weeds.
- Ruth Nicolaus
“When I go out to the pasture, they all follow me around. They’ve been referred to as my herd of dogs.”
- Sue Roesler
FOXHOLM, N.D. – On a warm, exceptionally windy day in mid-May with gusts up to 50-60 miles per hour in northwestern North Dakota, Brandon Bock, reported on their operation from the cab of his truck.
- Sue Roesler
DRAKE, N.D. – The Spears are well over the halfway mark and closing in on three-fourths finished with planting at the family farm near Drake.
- By BARRY COLEMAN, Northern Canola Growers Association
Canola planting progress has been near average in North Dakota and Montana, while progress in Canada is behind last year. Weekly crop progress reports show that canola planting progress in North Dakota was at 37 percent as of May 17, the same as last year but above the 5-year average of 28 p…
- Sue Roesler
A surprisingly powerful dust and windstorm seemed to come out of nowhere on May 14 across the state, bringing strong winds of 40-60 miles per hour with fierce gusts of over 65 miles per hour, tossing and swirling dirt and debris in the air and dumping it on fields and forages.
- Mark Conlon
Although there were no trade agreements actually signed between President Trump and President Xi of China when they met in Beijing in mid-May, the soybean market reacted positively to the meeting in which Xi indicated China would buy more soybeans from the U.S. in the future.
- Mark Conlon
There are a lot of unknowns in the current durum market and that’s contributing to prices being somewhat stagnant and even losing the premium to spring wheat in some locations.
- Mark Conlon
The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports released by USDA in mid-May gave the market the first look at global production, supply, and demand forecasts for the 2026-27 marketing year for several crops.
- Mark Conlon
The weather, a bullish report from USDA in mid-May, and news that China may commit to significant purchases of agricultural products have combined to give the wheat market a little spark and some added strength.
- Mark Conlon
Corn prices have been rising of late, but not because of anything happening in the corn market in particular. It’s because other commodities have been rising and corn has been tagging along.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
Born and raised in southern Alberta, Canada, Candy Wilcox says she truly has always had a deep passion and love for horses. Despite growing up on a dryland farm, Wilcox kept begging her parents for a horse and they finally relented when she was 15 years old. The rest, as they say, is history.
- Michael Baron
Dear Michael: We read your last column where you talked about a life estate on land owned is not subject to probate costs. You also mentioned it was not subject to Medicaid attachment should we need to go to a nursing home and run out of money there.
- Katelyn Winberg
On a regular Monday in April, when the average person was at work or school, millions of dollars changed hands before lunch in a sale barn in southeastern South Dakota.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
It is no secret that the cattle and beef industry is one of the most contentious and divided agriculture industries in the US. With key industry leading groups often vocally disagreeing with other leaders, it has been increasingly difficult for meaningful policy to be enacted because lawmake…
- Janelle Atyeo
SDSU's crop performance program helps farmers see how crop varieties stack up.
- Sue Roesler
Rugby High School has always had a strong ag education program, along with passionate and dedicated FFA advisors and ag education teachers, and a committed Rugby FFA Chapter.
- By CEILIDH KERN, The Beacon (Kansas City)
Author Mark Twain, a proud son of Missouri, once reportedly mused that “whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.”
- Sue Roesler
FFA students from chapters across North Dakota have been preparing all year for the North Dakota State FFA Convention, which runs June 1-4 at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex in Fargo, according to Kayla Hart, North Dakota FFA Foundation program coordinator and executive assistant.
- Sue Roesler
With fertilizer prices rising, biologicals are becoming a huge area of interest to farmers, according to Leo Bortolon, NDSU research agronomist at North Central Regional Extension Center (NCREC) south of Minot, N.D. Bortolon has been testing biologicals in several crops at the center, includ…
- Sue Roesler
FOXHOLM, N.D. – Tractors are on the move in the north central region of the state, and Brandon and Jessie Bock, who own Bock Farms near Foxholm, have begun seeding their diverse crops under cool, partly cloudy weather in the high 40s and a couple of warm 70-degree days.
- Sue Roesler
DRAKE, N.D. – Planting was well underway in the central region of the state, as fourth-generation farmer Scott Spear, who owns Spear Farms with his wife, Rachel, operated his Case IH Quad Track 600, pulling his seed cart, drill, and anhydrous tank as one unit down the field on May 1.
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