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.
- Kristen Sindelar
Nebraska Extension trials test agronomic, economic possibility of dry peas in eastern Nebraska
- By MORGAN GARRISON
According to family history, Adam Kuntz first arrived in Custer, Mont., around 1926. A World War I veteran and son of Russian immigrants, Adam left North Dakota on the hunt for better opportunity, which he ultimately found in the nutrient-rich soil of the Yellowstone River Valley. He settled…
- Sue Roesler
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…
- By MORGAN GARRISON
According to the USDA, 17 counties across Montana are considered “critically underserved” when it comes to veterinarian professionals. While that may seem staggering on paper, the impact is even more significant to the farmers and ranchers who struggle to find veterinary care for their lives…
- Katelyn Winberg
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.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
Montana is a big state. It has big, wide-open spaces, big, tall mountains, and big, blue skies. But, in all that bigness there is one resource that is absolutely finite, and that’s water. With population and development expanding in the state, water allocation has become a forefront issue th…
- Sue Roesler
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.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
INVERNESS, Mont. – In north-central Montana, where timely rains are imperative to crop success, the 2026 growing season is shaping up to be a good one, despite apprehension at the beginning of the season.
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
Livestock and horses are both prone to overheating. Here are some things to think about.
- Sue Roesler
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.
- Sue Roesler
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.
- Sue Roesler
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.
- Janelle Atyeo
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.
- By SKIP ANDERSON, MSU News Service
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Three researchers from Montana State University (MSU) recently received a nearly $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a system that can autonomously detect and remove crop-killing microbes from hydroponic farms before they cause damage to plants.…
- Sue Roesler
The New World screwworm has not and should not impact U.S. cattle markets negatively, according to Tim Petry, NDSU livestock marketing specialist.
- Andrew Chung Reuters
The decision overturned a jury verdict in Missouri awarding $1.25 million to a man who said he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after years of exposure to glyphosate in Roundup.
- Sue Roesler
FOXHOLM, N.D. – Crops are developing well in the fields at Bock Farms in northwestern North Dakota, with cooler temperatures in the 60s and low 70s moving in during mid-June.
- Ruth Nicolaus
“A lot of people will say they are born broke. That isn’t quite the case, but they’re much calmer than other breeds.”
- Janelle Atyeo
Drought conditions in the Upper Midwest worsened as farmers planted their fields this spring, causing some to shift acres away from water-hungry corn.
- Janelle Atyeo
This time of year, farmers are deciding whether their crops would benefit from a nutrient boost, weighing yield potential against the high cost of fertilizer. A tool that monitors plant health from space is helping make those decisions easier.
HELENA, Mont. - The Montana Agribusiness Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its 2026 scholarship program. This year’s scholarship winners are Madelyn DeVries of Denton, Mont.; Avery Schubert of Hardin, Mont.; Hattie Hossfeld of Ranchester, Wyo.; and Dani Taylor of Stanford, Mont.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
There aren’t many teenagers that are regularly awake at 5:30 a.m., but for 17-year-old Kenndyl Meine, her days have to start that early just so she even has a prayer of getting everything she needs to do done in a day.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
It may be easy to assume 17-year-old Nathan Long from Lewistown, Mont., grew up without much of a choice when it came to joining 4-H and FFA. After all, his father, Jared Long, is the agriculture education teacher and FFA advisor for the Fergus of Lewistown chapter. But when you listen to Na…
- Sue Roesler
Raising goats and chickens and marketing their products will be an enterprising, creative business for an FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE), according to Everett Spear, 14, a freshman in the fall at Drake-Anamoose High School.
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