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.
Urea prices, along with other nitrogen fertilizers, will squeeze farmers’ pockets this planting season, unless producers have already locked in prices for the year and can count on their co-op having the supply needed.
Clair Keene, NDSU Extension agronomist in cereal crops and field corn, urges producers to take advantage of any nitrogen fertilizer credits they have in their system, especially with higher fertilizer costs this growing season.
Wheat growers are able to have both high yields and top quality in the same sample of wheat, a fact which the National Wheat Yield Contest (NWYC) set out to prove when the contest added Top-Quality Awards to the yield awards a few years ago.
When it comes to spring calving or fall calving, cattle producers have a variety of factors to consider.
CARRINGTON, N.D. – When cow/calf producers are breeding this summer, they may look back at their spring calves and wonder about how valuable they really were.
Tractors were rolling – sporadically – in the south-central and western regions of the state in mid-April, planting mostly spring wheat and pulses for the 2026 season, but cold, wet soils are keeping farmers in other parts of the state waiting to get into the fields.
FOXHOLM, N.D. – In gently rolling Prairie Pothole countryside, fifth-generation farmers Brandon and Jessie Bock are innovative owners and operators of Bock Farms on the eastern edge of northwestern North Dakota.
DRAKE, N.D. – Within the rolling hills and long fertile valleys in central North Dakota, fourth-generation progressive farmers Scott and Rachel Spear raise their crops as equal partners in their farming operation. They have three fifth-generation children, Emma, 20, Lydia, 18, and Everett, 14.
Bayer Crop Science operates approximately 8,000 acres of farmland across Oahu, Maui, and Molokai in Hawaii, where more than 90 percent of the global supply of feed corn for seed is grown.
Gene-edited crops reach farmers’ fields faster than regulators around the world can agree on how to oversee them, and the resulting divide is shaping where agricultural innovation takes place.
The markets are eyeing the forecast to see whether planting progress will push forward or not.
FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota soybean groups have been scouring the globe searching for new markets for beans or existing markets that could be expanded. With China purchasing only about half of the U.S. soybeans it normally buys, the North Dakota Soybean Council (NDSC) and the North Dakota Soy…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Dry bean growers looking for contracts for the year may want to consider the new Columbia Grain Pulse Processing Plant in Valley City, which had its grand opening ceremony on April 1.
"After getting to work on some of these bulls, I can tell you first hand that they are treated like royalty."
On a snowy spring day, three producers from across the state joined research scientists from NDSU Research Extension Centers (RECs) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) at the Cover Crop Summit on April 2 to share their perspective and experiences with cover crops.
RICHARDTON, N.D. – Gevo, a Colorado-based next-generation energy company, plans to more than double production capacity at Gevo North Dakota, the ethanol facility in Richardton.
Northwestern farmer chosen as last year's parade grand marshal
North Dakota corn growers are tired of waiting on an E15 year-round blend approval from Congress, according to Carson Klosterman, chair of the North Dakota Corn Utilization Council (NDCUC) and a corn grower near Wyndmere.
SDSU Extension shares research at Cattlemen’s Education Day
When you are shopping at the grocery store, you see many different options for the same thing, and one thing that you may notice are the “organic” labels.
WAHPETON, N.D. – Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) ravaged sugarbeet fields in North Dakota and Minnesota in 2025, taking up to a third of the crop yield in some grower’s fields – and in spite of repeated recommended fungicide applications.
Upside Robotics, an ag tech company based in Ontario, Canada, deploys 24-inch robots that work in a group called “swarms” to fertilize cornfields with precision, according to Jana Tian, chief executive officer and co-founder of Upside Robotics.
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could have a “tremendous impact” on fertilizer prices globally and domestically, according to Bryon Parman, NDSU ag finance specialist and associate professor.
More North Dakota farmers/ranchers applied for farm loans through the Bank of North Dakota’s 2026 Farm Financial Stability Loan Program and the accompanying grain inventory program than could be helped by the bank. Because of that, the program application had to be cut off three months early.
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