In today’s current farming climate, wheat farmers are being forced to perform under unbelievable pressures. Diseases, the increasing populatio…
TIOGA, N.D. – Summer is in full swing across North Dakota, and crops are maturing and turning a little faster than normal in a number of areas…
SHERBURN, Minn. – Cooler temperatures and rain in mid-July offered a bit of a reprieve for crops, livestock, and farmers in Martin County.
HERMAN, Minn. – The temperature was about 90 degrees when Dana Blume gave his July 19 Producer Progress Report.
HELENA, Mont. – Shortly after the Fourth of July, Montana started on fire. The timber lands of western Montana and the grass prairies of the e…
ST. PAUL, MN, July 26, 2021 – Minnesota agricultural operations have been significantly impacted by the ongoing, severe drought.
Several days of high temperatures in a row during mid- to late July have impacted crops across the state, with heat stress the number one prob…
Like other crops in the Northern Plains, the drought is hurting soybeans and potential yields. But how the market reacts could be completely d…
The durum crop has continued to see deterioration under the extreme heat and dry conditions in July, and as a result, durum prices have rocket…
The middle of July was a good one for the sunflower market as it added to recent gains.
The state’s main crop and livestock organizations rely on farmer-leaders to advocate for policy with legislators, lead meetings and speak for …
Row crops often get priority attention when a hailstorm rolls through, but bad storms can do a number on perennial forages as well. When hail …
MALTA, Mont. – With very little precipitation and temperatures continuing to be hotter than normal, the Merrimans and other producers in north…
TIOGA, N.D. – At the Ryan and Jenice Davidson farm near Tioga, the last week of June brought cooler temperatures and three days of soft rain s…
The trade was thinking there would be more soybean acres than showed up in the final planted acreage report on June 30, but it wasn’t all bad …
Although it too is dry, the U.S. northern durum crop area in North Dakota and Montana has benefited from a few more rains than the spring whea…
With corn entering the pollination stage, the corn market is all about keeping an eye on the weather, and right now the weather is having an i…
A new tool is helping producers, crop consultants, and others find out what the real moisture level in the soil is.
From steam-powered tractors to wheat harvests, the old days will be active in eastern Iowa this July.
MALTA, Mont. – Sizzling hot, dry days continued to swelter many of the farms and ranches in northeastern Montana as spring came to a close. Te…
SHERBURN, Minn. – The weeks leading up to summer 2021 were hot. In Martin County, 12 of the first 21 days of June reached highs in the 90s.
HELENA, Mont. – As June in western Montana continued to be hotter and drier than normal, Joe Dooling was plenty happy to be in his air-conditi…
North Dakota continues to suffer from drought conditions across the state, with a wide swath in the north central region in extreme and except…
LEDGER, Mont. – Summers on Montana’s Hi-Line are bar none. The state’s big, blue sky seems to stretch just a little further across the prairie…
As of the official start of summer (June 20), all of North Dakota was experiencing some level of drought classification, but pockets of precip…