Dan Humburg, former faculty member at South Dakota State University (SDSU), who has researched the reason for combine fires when cutting sunflowers, spoke about fire prevention during the recent North Dakota State University Getting it Right sunflower production conference.
Spring planting is right around the corner, and with that comes the possibility of wireworms invading grower’s fields and impacting yields.
On average, about 21 percent – or about $196.50 – of input costs to grow an acre of corn is expected to be spent on fertilizer in 2023.
As producers around the region anxiously wait to get out in their planters, many are optimistic about the season ahead.
Farmers in the Northern Plains have a new label for Beyond and Raptor herbicides – Beyond Xtra.
Zane Erickson, a farm equipment dealer and strip-till farmer, needed an implement to close/prepare the seedbed following tiling.
Ensuring a good start to the planting season starts with doing the prep work in the downtime between now and spring.
The U.S. has seen some relief on fertilizer prices in January, down about 20 percent for most products, which is not as much as producers hoped for.
ALDEN, Minn. – Dan Erickson remembers his dad, Chuck Erickson, documenting 200-bushel per acre corn for the National Corn Yield Contest.
Big Bud tractors, the white articulated tractors with huge tires that can plant sizeable acres of crops, are coming back.
Reba Mazak, American National CattleWomen president, has a favorite story to tell cattlewomen whenever she is asked to speak.
One of the greatest predictors of future corn tar spot infections is finding it the year before.
By boosting crop yields and cutting down on farm input costs at the same time, could microbes be the biofertilizer of the future?
VERONA, Va. – Augusta Seed founder/owner Dennis Rawley was excited when he saw the results of the southeast Minnesota 2022 FIRST corn trials.
Jason Wheeler is a grain merchandising specialist at White Commercial. He likes the idea of farmers using offer to sell contracts with their elevators.
Hylio continues to develop its “flying tractors,” and has worked at making its crop spraying drone, called the AgroDrone, easier to operate, more efficient, and less expensive than a row crop sprayer or plane.
Dr. Magan Lewis, equipment and automated field sensing lead from Bayer Crop Science, promotes the value of science to girls and women through mentorship.
With small grain harvest mostly finished across the state, those who practiced mixed grain intercropping may now be looking at separating the two crops to earn two paychecks.
A carbon storing pilot program from the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program would provide North Dakota and Minnesota producers, along with Arkansas and Virginia producers, funding for conservation projects.
With very dry conditions across Minnesota, farmers may want to drive around their harvested fields and step out to look. Maybe take a shovel with to determine depth of soil moisture. Also, a soil thermometer can tell if the temperature is below 50 degrees at the 6-inch depth.
EMERADO, N.D. – During their showcase plot tour this summer in Emerado, BASF highlighted some exciting varieties for farmers, including InVigor canola hybrid plots, soybeans, and the company’s first entry into wheat.
U.S. farmers have been impacted by Europe’s energy issues Europe over the last 12 months.
GIBBON, Minn. – Some folks may hear the word “soil” and the first thing that comes to mind is dirt. However, as farmers know firsthand, it’s so much more than just dirt. It’s full of life and activity.
What will happen to the neighbor’s farm when the farmer passes away? This is a question that is becoming increasingly common as the average age of the American farmer continues to climb (57 years in 2020) and the number of people involved in agriculture full time continues to fall (1.4 percent).
GIBBON, Minn. – When walking by the tech booth at the Beck’s Hybrids Minnesota Field Show in Gibbon on Aug. 17, you may have noticed a drone sitting by itself. Upon closer inspection, it appears to have some kind of tank attached to the bottom. Plus, this might just be the largest drone you’…
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