CROPS
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT WITH AGWEEK REPORTER JONATHAN KNUTSON Watching your crop deteriorate day after day
This is a crucial week for many area farmers: a lot of area fields are running out of moisture. As of late last week, parts of the region were in moderate drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monito...
Posted on 7/3/12 at 9:03 AM
MIKKELPATES.AG-AT-LARGE NDSU's flax promoter -- Dr. Jack Carter dies, Sept. 11
Dr. Jack Carter, the long-time promoter/pioneer of new, healthfuluses for flax, and long-time administrator in the North Dakota State University plant sciences departments, died on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2...
Posted on 9/12/11 at 9:36 AM
FARMBLEAT On ginger, piggies, willows and hops
I believe I mentioned in a blog a while back that I am taking part in a 10-month-long leadership program offered through the University of Minnesota called the U-Lead Advisory Academy. I'm writing my...
Posted on 11/4/10 at 9:40 PM
PLAIN COUNTRY Harvest time
This was a great week for harvesting grain and farmers were out in force across the countryside. Yesterday I saw a dozen combines in fields between Oslo, Minn...
Posted on 8/6/10 at 3:28 AM
NORTHLAND OUTDOORS Principals of 'cowboy ethics' now law in Wyoming
On Wednesday, Governor Dave Freudenthal signed legislation officially adopting "cowboy ethics" as the Wyoming state code. Among the tenets of the code are living courageously, taking pride i...
Posted on 3/5/10 at 2:49 AM
Farmers face difficult but pleasant planting decision 
Nearly all grains expected to be profitable in 2011
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. – Area farmers will face a difficult but pleasant decision this spring, says Dwight Aakre, farm management specialist with the North Dakota State University Extension Service.
By Jonathan Knutson Forum Communications Co. , January 17, 2011
Farmers to get access to GMO wheat
Farmers need access to genetically modified wheat, and sooner or later, they’ll get it, two officials with U.S. Wheat Associates say.
By Jonathan Knutson, Forum Communications Co. , December 24, 2010
Banner year comes with uncertainty
Roundup Ready hot topic at Crystal Sugar meeting
American Crystal Sugar Co. shareholders at their annual meeting were happy but not giddy about a phenomenal crop and price year – their enthusiasm perhaps curbed by concerns about future use of Roundup Ready beets.
By Mikkel Pates, Forum Communications Co. , December 03, 2010
American Crystal approves 100 percent beet harvest
American Crystal Sugar Co. on Friday told growers they could harvest all their beets, said Dan Bernhardson, agricultural director for the Moorhead-based cooperative.
By Mikkel Pates, Forum Communications Co. , October 16, 2010
Crop-growing regions expand
Warmer, wetter weather allows plants to be grown in new areasDES MOINES, Iowa – Warmer and wetter weather in large swaths of the country have helped farmers grow corn, soybeans and other crops in some regions that only a few decades ago were too dry or cold, experts who are studying the change said.
By Associated Press , October 09, 2010
North Dakota wheat stocks high; corn, barley, sunflower down
Stocks of wheat in North Dakota are at the highest level since 1992 but corn, barley and sunflowers are down from last year.
By Associated Press , October 03, 2010
Health benefits could renew interest in ancient crop of emmer wheat
RUGBY, N.D. – One of the world’s oldest crops may be finding new life after a century of obscurity.
By Jonathan Knutson, Agweek Staff Writer , September 07, 2010
September means corn silage harvest
FARGO - The time to make corn silage is approaching quickly.
By NDSU Extension Service , September 02, 2010
Producers have corn harvesting options
FARGO - The increase in corn acreage in North Dakota has many producers exploring harvest options that reduce cost or spread the harvest window.
By NDSU Extension Service , August 23, 2010
Harvest Hotline launched in ND
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has activated a Harvest Hotline for farmers who need combining services and independent combiners who are looking for work.
By Forum staff reports , August 11, 2010
As harvest approaches, things looking ‘really good’
Darin Anderson arrived home Tuesday night from scouting his fields near Valley City, N.D., and told his wife the crops were looking “phenomenal.”
By Mike Nowatzki , July 22, 2010
Expect disease problems on potatoes, tomatoes
FARGO - The cool and wet conditions our region has been going through may be doing a good job of keeping the grass green and the water bill in check, but be prepared for a possible outbreak of potato-tomato late blight fungus.
By NDSU Extension Service , July 08, 2010
Beef Talk: Hay mow swings gone forever
Perhaps time does come to a standstill. However, if it does, it is only momentary. Perhaps the "now" does not really need to know the past. Perhaps what will be will simply be. If we really believe all that, then there is no reason to be very optimistic.
By Kris Ringwall, NDSU Extension Service , July 08, 2010
Man dead after farm tractor rolls into lake
LAKEVILLE, Minn. – A 62-year-old man is dead after the farm tractor he was driving rolled down a ditch and into a lake Tuesday, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said.
July 08, 2010
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