Why not use the genetics from soybean varieties that have been topping the country in yields? That’s what Carrie Miranda Dottey, NDSU soybean breeder, did to develop some of her new NDSU soybean releases, and the new releases are coming soon – within the next couple of years.
During the first half of July, several momentous events in the southwestern region of North Dakota impacted agriculture.
FOXHOLM, N.D. – As temperatures rose during a mid-July heat wave that hit the state, Brandon and Jessie Bock were preparing Bock Farms for a weekend of extremely high temperatures, forecasted to be more than 100 degrees.
DRAKE, N.D. – With weather turning hot in mid-July, Scott Spear was back in his John Deere sprayer once again and spraying his flowering spring wheat fields.
Nebraska Extension trials test agronomic, economic possibility of dry peas in eastern Nebraska
ARGUSVILLE, N.D. – When Lindsay and Carl Olson, owners and operators of Olson Hereford Ranch with Carl’s parents, received an APUC grant to help construct a building on their farm/ranch, it wasn’t for more farm storage or for their seedstock cattle.
With combines, harvest equipment and the acres they run getting bigger every year, grain storage and handling systems need to keep up.
At the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Swine Field Day in June, NDSU unveiled its new swine research facility, which is a farrow-to-finish operation with enough space to hold 600 head.
MANNING, N.D. – With hot days in the summer, cattle may start to feel the heat and bunch up together in the corners of pastures. Rachel Gibbs, NDSU ruminant systems management specialist at Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), said she has been focusing on what short bursts of heat ca…
HETTINGER, N.D. – With spring wheat and durum across the state close to heading, and flowering right behind it, producers may be planning to spray their small grains with fungicide to protect the crop from scab and other fungal diseases. Barley has to be at full head before fungicide is applied.
Some 1,600 FFA students from 95 FFA chapters across North Dakota won awards in Career Development Event (CDE) contests, participated in the Career Expo, attended workshops and made long-lasting friendships at the North Dakota State FFA Convention from June 1-4 at the Sanford Athletic Complex…
For the last 250 years, agriculture has been on a fast track with technologies that improve weed control strategies in farming and ranching.
When sixth-generation farmer Ethan Johnson farms the same field that his ancestors farmed in the 1800s in the Red River Valley east of Fargo, he can’t help but feel proud that his family has taken such good care of the generational farm.
Grey Zabel didn't come to the Governor's Ag Summit with a PowerPoint. He came with a $100 bill from American Bank and Trust, a challenge for the crowd, and story after story tying a field outside Selby, South Dakota, to a football field in Seattle.
FOXHOLM, N.D. – With the growing season well underway, Brandon and Jessie Bock, who farm with their son, Lyle, and daughter, Grace, traveled to represent regenerative ag farming in Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 25.
DRAKE, N.D. – After a busy week representing corn growers at activities across the state, Scott Spear was back in the sprayer at the farm spraying herbicide on his soybeans and reporting on his operation from the cab.
Livestock and horses are both prone to overheating. Here are some things to think about.
A North Dakotan farmer had a seat at the table when U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew N. Ferguson announced the investigation of fertilizer price hikes at a McKinney, Texas, farm shop after hearing farmers complain about high fertilizer costs that have risen sharply since 2020.
It's the last day of Dairy Month. Take a peak at plans for major expansions at South Dakota's three largest dairy processing plants.
Energy prices are continuing to drive inflation up – 4.2 percent – the highest rate since 2023, according to Bryon Parman, NDSU Extension agricultural finance specialist.
Forty years ago, North Dakota typically grew 3.5 million acres of barley annually, according to Dr. Rich Horsley, NDSU barley breeder. It was a major commodity crop in the 1980s, like spring wheat.
At NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center’s (CREC) field day this July, Michael Wunsch, NDSU CREC research plant pathologist, will explain the connection between genetics and root rot disease in pulse crops.
The leafy plants have closed rows earlier than in recent years. That typically means good things for future yields and provides some help shading out weeds growing between the rows. However, it creates conditions for harmful fungus to flourish and spread from plant to plant.
Producers who are able to take a break and visit their local NDSU Research Extension Center (REC) in mid-summer can attest to the energy felt at annual field days.
June is turning out to be a month of thunderstorms and both rainy and somewhat dry conditions depending on locations across the state, but most areas are reporting that newly emerged and growing crops are coming along and developing well.
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