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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On an original farm homestead in the southwestern region of the state, two couples, Meagan and Justin Schlecht, and Amanda and Dustin Kuhn, opened Sasquatch Acres last year in Dickinson, N.D., a first-of-its-kind niche farmstand, greenhouse, and community gathering place.
FARGO, N.D. – Spring is nearly here, and garden and yard enthusiasts across the region are breaking out supplies and tools to get their gardens started.
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.
“It would be very challenging if this were year one.”
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…
One company is eliminating guesswork around fungicide application through its biosensing capability that is rooted in the plant’s physiology.
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.
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.
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.
Windlift tethered drones could be the next generation of ag drones, able to fly over crop fields and rangeland, monitoring crops, weeds and cows, with the ability to stay in the air for a long time.
Maximizing the efficacy of glufosinate becomes important for managing resistant weed populations, as well as always using best management practices to keep what herbicides producers have left to use for post-emergent use in soybeans.
HETTINGER, N.D. – Are farmers in the western and south central North Dakota receiving a return on their investment when one bag of hybrid corn seed could cost between $270 and $350?
Using tillage tools in less aggressive ways for water management will still help with managing residue, but it will also keep more of the soil structure in place, and that will allow more water to infiltrate into the soil and produce better crops, according to Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University …
A globally oversupplied pulse market and high yields locally have caused depressed prices, which have affected pulse growers in the Northern Plains and other states, and it will likely take a year or more to recover, according to Kurt Haarmann, president and CEO of Columbia Grain Internation…
Waterhemp continues to spread north and west, with increasing resistance to herbicide Group 2, 9, and 14, according to Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension weed specialist.
It will cost more to fertilize the soil next year and cost slightly more to plant major crops, according to Bryon Parman, North Dakota State University ag finance specialist.
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