Nearly 161,000 acres of cropland will be lost to the lake in 2013.

Even if producers don’t plant energy beets for a few years, they should be mindful of what herbicides they use on their crops this year.

The Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives promotes education to college-age students about cooperatives.

Each issue of the report contains valuable information.

The program compares prevented-planting with growing either the same crop for which a prevented-planting payment could be received or some other crop.