There’s a difference between weed control and weed suppression, according to south central Nebraska farmer Jordan Uldrich. Control is what can be achieved with herbicides. “You’re not stopping the weed,” Uldrich said. “They’re to clean up afterward. Interseeding is weed suppression.”
Minnesota farmer advocates for changes to sugar imports as new crop is planted
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.
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.
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.
SDSU's crop performance program helps farmers see how crop varieties stack up.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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