Articles tagged under: North Dakota
Regional Basis Levels Mostly Unchanged
Published July 6, 2022
Cash grain bids at the six regional grain elevators followed by the Red River Farm Network are mostly unchanged for spring wheat. New crop basis ranges from 50 to 80 cents under the September Minneapolis futures. Corn basis ranges from…Ag Meets Tech at the Cultivate Conference
Published July 3, 2022
Scouting robots, sustainable agriculture and the economics of those practices are a few things on the horizon in agriculture. Cultivate Conference attendees like Emerado, North Dakota farmer Jared Hagert are keeping an open mind about new ideas. Hagert says productivity…U.S. Canola Growers Meet This Week
Published July 3, 2022
The U.S. Canola Growers Association will have their summer meeting starting on Wednesday. Past President Pat Murphy from Carpio, North Dakota is hosting the group at the farm. "We'll start the morning at the research center in Minot around 8:30…Crop Watch
Published June 29, 2022
Rolla, North Dakota farmer Doyle Lentz got most of his intended acres planted this year. "We started on the worst first and then, actually, it ended up being fairly good. The crops look alright, we just wish it were three…USDA Under Secretary Comes to North Dakota
Published June 27, 2022
USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small is in North Dakota today. The USDA official will be at the North Dakota Farmers Union with Senator John Hoeven for a roundtable discussion on meat processing and cattle market competition…Outside the Box Thinking
Published June 22, 2022
SB&B Foods President Bob Sinner is interested in efforts to encourage more shipping containers out of the Port of Duluth. Sinner ships food-grade soybeans in container via rail. "As there are fewer carriers in the world running direct routes, big…Game Changer
Published June 17, 2022
Larimore, North Dakota potato grower Carl Hoverson tested the Dakota Russet variety on his farm. There are benefits for contract growers who produce this variety. "If we produce a potato that doesn't have sugar ends or has less bruising, all…Farmers Receive Emergency Relief Program Payments
Published June 17, 2022
Two weeks into the new Farm Service Agency Emergency Relief Program, crop farmers in the Northern Plains are receiving phase one payments. As of June 13, the FSA paid out $366 million to North Dakota farmers. More than $161 million…Beneficial Moisture
Published June 17, 2022
For the first time in two-and-a-half years, the U.S. Drought Monitor map shows no dryness across in North Dakota. North Dakota State Climatologist Adnan Ackyuz says the drought started creeping into the state in May 2020 and started moving out…