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.
- Sue Roesler
In the northern Red River Valley, near Cummings, N.D., Wayne and Becca Baumbach and their two young daughters have been restoring old crop fields back to native grass pastures for their livestock, as well as planting a wealth of trees and plant species to support diversity and their 24 bee c…
- Kristen Sindelar
Ever feel like you’re a pawn when trying to decrypt all the different agricultural programs and incentives? Sometimes it seems like just when you're about to make a move, the rules of the game change. Instead of landing on “payday,” you’re sent back to square one.
- Sue Roesler
HAZELTON, N.D. – With Kalberer Ranch’s online Red Angus bull sale a short month away, Jesse Kalberer and his wife, Susan, are inviting those who are interested in moderate-framed coming 2-year-old bulls that have excellent mothering traits to come out to the ranch and “take a look.”
- Sue Roesler
BERTHOLD, N.D. – Mason and Hannah Lautenschlager, who own and operate Arrow L Ranch with their three kids on the edge of the northwestern region of the state, have stayed busy throughout the end of February/beginning of March with delivering bulls, taking forage clippings of their stockpiled…
- By BARRY COLEMAN, Northern Canola Growers Association
Oilseed markets continued to charge higher as of March 11 due to expectations that government biofuel policy will be favorable for agricultural feedstocks and rising petroleum prices. Market analysts seem to agree that the risk of volatility is extremely high in the agricultural markets with…
- Mark Conlon
There was a brief period after the start of the war with Iran when soybean prices rose quickly but soon dissipated, causing a lot of uncertainty and volatility in the soybean market as well as in other commodity markets.
- Mark Conlon
While the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has caused some disruptions in a number of commodity markets, sparking a bit of a price rally, durum’s uniqueness has caused the market to miss out on the rally.
- Mark Conlon
Earlier this month, the sunflower market and producers got the newly calculated crop insurance prices for spring crops, including sunflower, and is now anticipating the Prospective Plantings report on March 31 to get more direction.
- Mark Conlon
The “conflict” between the U.S. and Israeli forces against Iran has caused some uncertainty and volatility with some grain commodities, including spring wheat, which led to a bounce in prices toward the middle part of March before selling off from the peak.
- Mark Conlon
Since the start of the “conflict” between the U.S. and Israeli forces against Iran began, there has been some uncertainty and volatility with some grain commodities, including corn, because of rising fuel and fertilizer costs.
- Sue Roesler
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.
- Michael Baron
Dear Michael: I began ranching along with my two brothers decades ago. When our dad died, we were given the land jointly but later decided to divide it into equal pieces of land – a division that all of us thought was fair at the time.
- Sue Roesler
U.S. agriculture is facing an “expense problem,” where production expenses relative to farm incomes are growing too fast and are likely unsustainable, according to Bryon Parman, NDSU ag finance specialist.
- Janelle Atyeo
One young Minnesota dairyman is turning his passion for farming and community into a business that both honors the past and provides a future for his family farm at a time when small dairies are disappearing.
- Janelle Atyeo
“It would be very challenging if this were year one.”
- By BILL LOWMAN
Now is a good time of year to settle in with a good book or two. I just finished a 374-page book I got from a good friend in Albuquerque, N.M. It’s a very well documented research of most all the “infamous” gunfighters of the south’s reconstruction period following the Civil War and on up to…
- Katelyn Winberg
Commodity Classic’s general session drew record attendance Feb. 26 in San Antonio, Texas, as agricultural leaders gathered to discuss policy priorities, technology and market opportunities.
- Sue Roesler
MENOKEN, N.D. – Sheep and cattle grazing together on Menoken Farm perennials are in the sixth year of the perennial and annual crop rotations at the demonstration soil health farm.
- By MORGAN GARRISON
As calving season progresses across the region, now is a good time to start thinking ahead to breeding season preparations. Arguably one of the most important preparations a producer can invest in is a breeding soundness exam (BSE) on all bulls intended to be turned out for breeding.
- Sue Roesler
LEROY, N.D. – Ted Eagan was a self-made, successful farmer in Pembina County in 1982 when a farm accident, where he slipped on the rung of a ladder and was spun around in an unguarded power takeoff (PTO) shaft, permanently altered his life and the lives of his family.
- Kristen Sindelar
Technology in the meat processing industry has been limited, but a team of visionaries is combining robotic automation and AI in a way that could change the food supply chain.
- Julie Belschner
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…
- Sue Roesler
HAZELTON, N.D. – It has been an extra busy couple of weeks at Kalberer Farms for Jesse Kalberer, who farms and raises seedstock Red Angus with his wife, Susan. Besides dealing with weather challenges, he has been readying the farm for spring and summer planting, as well as grazing and haying.
- Sue Roesler
BERTHOLD, N.D. – While Mason Lautenschlager took two bulls that were sold in Arrow L Ranch’s recent bull sale to the veterinarian in Minot, N.D., to sign off on health paperwork, he gave his report during the drive.
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