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.
- 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.
- Janelle Atyeo
“It would be very challenging if this were year one.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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.
- Sue Roesler
BERTHOLD, N.D. – While Mason Lautenschlager took two bulls that were sold in Arrow L Ranch’s recent bull sale to the veterinarian in Minot, N.D., to sign off on health paperwork, he gave his report during the drive.
- Kristen Sindelar
One company is eliminating guesswork around fungicide application through its biosensing capability that is rooted in the plant’s physiology.
- Sue Roesler
Sophia Voigt, New Salem FFA chapter member, 4-H member, and a freshman at New Salem-Almont High School, was the second high individual in Milk Quality and Products CDE (career development event) in the nation last fall. The team won national silver.
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
"It is well worth your time to get BQA certified if you interact with cattle at all in your day-to-day life."
- Sue Roesler
The new Tallgrass Trailblazer carbon pipeline in Nebraska will be able to capture tax credits from the 45Z program, which could provide as much as 65 cents per gallon of additional revenue to ethanol plants, according to Dave Ripplinger, NDSU Extension bioproducts/bioenergy economist.
- Sue Roesler
A wet year in 2025 led to increased white mold pressure in crops throughout the region, especially in soybeans and dry beans, and BASF is launching Zorina fungicide as a protective fungicide to control white mold.
- Sue Roesler
The Agricultural Coalition for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) highlighted the agreement’s U.S. ag and rural economic boost in a press conference via zoom on Feb. 10.
- Sue Roesler
Both the U.S. and Canada reported an “excellent” sunflower crop in 2025, rebounding from the previous year’s crop, according to John Sandbakken of the National Sunflower Association.
- Crystal Reed
Farmers facing a reduction in farm income have tough decisions to make when it comes to budgeting for family expenses.
- Crystal Reed
With over 12 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer applied annually, according to the EPA, the biggest challenge is how much never makes it into the crop and is lost to volatilization, leaching and runoff.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) annual CattleCon took place Feb. 3-5 in Nashville, Tenn. The most anticipated seminar at the event – the annual CattleFax Outlook – was brimming with information for cattle producers to ponder in the early months of 2026. It seems drought, vol…
- Sue Roesler
HAZELTON, N.D. – A break in the bitter cold and below zero temperatures at the end of January/first week in February was a boon to the cows as Jesse Kalberer trailed them into an ungrazed corn stalk field so they could return to grazing.
- Janelle Atyeo
Ag tech expert discusses when it makes sense to invest in new technology
- Sue Roesler
BERTHOLD, N.D. – With spring-like weather settling into farms and ranches in the northwestern to north central regions of the state, Mason and Hannah Lautenschlager are planning to move their cowherd to stockpile grazing at Arrow L Ranch.