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When farmers select their varieties and hybrids, plant the seed and raise their crop, they face challenges from the weather, insects, weeds, diseases and economic factors.
Do you remember the day you left home to strike out on your own? I do. It was in October 59 years ago.
The good vibes keep going at Wasted Grain Bar & Grill in Carroll, Iowa.
Settled under the Homestead Act of 1885, the Ochsner family farm in Sutton, Nebraska, has weathered the Great Depression, the 1980s farm crisis, and the evolving landscape of American agriculture. Today, fifth-generation farmer Levi Ochsner, his wife Jena, and three generations working side-…
As another challenging Midwest growing season ends, farmers consider management practices that could close the gap between red ink and profitability.
Though it was nearly 40 (gulp) years ago, I still remember the lesson well.
Settled under the Homestead Act of 1885, the Ochsner family farm in Sutton, Nebraska, has weathered the Great Depression, the 1980s farm crisis, and the evolving landscape of American agriculture. Today, fifth-generation farmer Levi Ochsner, his wife Jena, and three generations working side-…
The Uldrich crew made good progress on harvest in late October. Yields were all over the board.
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service researchers and their collaborators recently decoded a gene in wheat, labeled H13, that protects some varieties of the grain crop from Hessian fly larvae, whose appetite claims approximately $100 million’s worth of the annual U.S…
"I may be a fifth-generation rancher, but that doesn’t mean that I’m the generation that gets to quit learning."
With deep family farm roots and a heart for farming, Oakland-Craig FFA’s president feels strongly about his chapter’s “Feed the Farmer” community event held in mid-October. As a young farmer himself growing up on a row crop farm with cattle and show pigs, Tate Penke believes appreciation goe…
“When it comes to meat, farmers and ranchers (at least this one) are cheap, humble and spoiled.”
The 2026 gun-deer season marks 175 years of structured seasons. There were originally four closed seasons. There are now eight seasons in place to provide hunters with many opportunities to pursue deer and enjoy the woods.
When it comes to the weather, I come from a long line of seasonal pessimists who expect the worst and prepare for it. Even in the height of summer my great-grandfather would comment that the days were growing shorter and “Before you know it, winter will be here.” I’m not that pessimistic but…
Settled under the Homestead Act of 1885, the Ochsner family farm in Sutton, Nebraska, has weathered the Great Depression, the 1980s farm crisis, and the evolving landscape of American agriculture. Today, fifth-generation farmer Levi Ochsner, his wife Jena, and three generations working side-…
Wisconsin’s winters are warming as are the entire country’s winters. Much of Wisconsin has seen the most extreme changes in average winter temperatures, of 4-6 degrees Fahrenheit or more. About 15 to 25 days have been warmer-than-average winter days.
It's that time of the year again. Agri-View offers a list of available agricultural scholarships.
When farmers select their varieties and hybrids, plant the seed and raise their crop, they face challenges from the weather, insects, weeds, diseases and economic factors.
Do you remember the day you left home to strike out on your own? I do. It was in October 59 years ago.
The good vibes keep going at Wasted Grain Bar & Grill in Carroll, Iowa.
Settled under the Homestead Act of 1885, the Ochsner family farm in Sutton, Nebraska, has weathered the Great Depression, the 1980s farm crisis, and the evolving landscape of American agriculture. Today, fifth-generation farmer Levi Ochsner, his wife Jena, and three generations working side-…
As another challenging Midwest growing season ends, farmers consider management practices that could close the gap between red ink and profitability.
Though it was nearly 40 (gulp) years ago, I still remember the lesson well.
Settled under the Homestead Act of 1885, the Ochsner family farm in Sutton, Nebraska, has weathered the Great Depression, the 1980s farm crisis, and the evolving landscape of American agriculture. Today, fifth-generation farmer Levi Ochsner, his wife Jena, and three generations working side-…
With harvest wrapping up, our attention quickly changes to preparing for next year.
"I may be a fifth-generation rancher, but that doesn’t mean that I’m the generation that gets to quit learning."
New resources are available to help farmers make commodity program election decisions for the 2026 crop year ahead of the Dec. 11 enrollment deadline.
A South Dakota company is sending it's soy-based product around the world to feed fish, with about 80% going to the Norwegian Atlantic salmon market.
A gift of the deed – in this case referred to as the “remainder deed” – is not something to take any less seriously than any other moves in estate planning.
World sunflower production is expected to increase over last year’s levels, but the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine continues to impact the market.
After seeing prices increase in September and into early October, wheat, like some other commodities, has started to see prices weaken slightly.
Harvest of the 2026 U.S. corn crop was well past the halfway point by the end of October, both here in the Northern Plains as well as nationally, and as producers pushed toward the end, they also saw prices begin to feel typical harvest pressure.
A gift of the deed – in this case referred to as the “remainder deed” – is not something to take any less seriously than any other moves in estate planning.
The top resource concern in North Dakota’s counties is salinity – that was identified by every Soil Conservation District (SCD) in the state.
The first farmer feature in our series, The Road Ahead: Meet Kaleb Smit who spent the better part of two years planning how he could come back to work on the farm where he grew up.
When farmers select their varieties and hybrids, plant the seed and raise their crop, they face challenges from the weather, insects, weeds, diseases and economic factors.
Do you remember the day you left home to strike out on your own? I do. It was in October 59 years ago.
The good vibes keep going at Wasted Grain Bar & Grill in Carroll, Iowa.
As another challenging Midwest growing season ends, farmers consider management practices that could close the gap between red ink and profitability.
Though it was nearly 40 (gulp) years ago, I still remember the lesson well.
Dairy farming has come a long way from hand milking cows one by one in the early morning hours.
World sunflower production is expected to increase over last year’s levels, but the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine continues to impact the market.
After seeing prices increase in September and into early October, wheat, like some other commodities, has started to see prices weaken slightly.
Harvest of the 2026 U.S. corn crop was well past the halfway point by the end of October, both here in the Northern Plains as well as nationally, and as producers pushed toward the end, they also saw prices begin to feel typical harvest pressure.
The first farmer feature in our series, The Road Ahead: Meet Kaleb Smit who spent the better part of two years planning how he could come back to work on the farm where he grew up.
A scoop of soybean meal may look much like the next, but Kansas State University researchers are finding that what is inside the feed ingredient – and how it is measured – can vary.
WING, N.D. – As the sun moved higher in the sky on an unseasonably warm October day, trucks pulling horse trailers with draft horses or hauling farm machines from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s, along with vehicles filled with friends, neighbors and farm families, pulled into Larry and Judy …
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