According to North Dakota Livestock Alliance Executive Amber Wood, one hot topic at the Central Plains Dairy Expo is the recent spike in nitrogen. “That is the most volatile, most challenging, fluctuating expense that crop producers have to deal with so to get animal agriculture more spread out into North Dakota and to get these animal feeding facilities, they can have access to this manure and not have to play that game in the (nitrogen) market.” With two new large dairies coming to the I-29 corridor in eastern North Dakota, Wood sees an opportunity for neighboring farms to diversify their income. “They can grind corn for dairy; they can grow hay; they can chop corn silage.”
