By MORGAN STUTRUD,
Dakota College at Bottineau,
Rugby Instructor
Every growing season in North Dakota brings its own challenges – shifting markets, rising input costs, unpredictable weather and the pressure to make the right call at the right time. In the face of all this uncertainty, the most powerful tool a farmer can have is reliable data. Not just spreadsheets or sales figures, but real boots-on-the-ground financial and production data from fellow farmers working the same soil. That’s exactly what the North Dakota Farm Management Program provides.
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