The calculator helps producers estimate the ARC and PLC payments they may receive for their 2017 crops.

For crop producers, the primary decision will be to choose the Agricultural Risk Coverage option or the Price Loss Coverage option.

North Dakota farm family living expenditures increased by an average of 6.8 percent from 2004 to 2011.

There was a large difference in profit by farm type.

An NDSU nutrient management specialist offers tips on calibrating manure spreaders.

Look for ways to reduce heating costs.

More than $59 million in SNAP benefits were distributed to North Dakota participants in fiscal year 2008.

A contact could help ensure that forage providers get paid for their product.

Producers can plant forage mixes for grazing that increase the soil’s water-holding capacity and add nitrogen to the soil.

However, producers are worried about whether average yields in 2013 will materialize. Unlike last spring, soil moisture is depleted.