Financial performance varied across the state according to the profitability of enterprises in which producers were engaged.

The big positive influence on farm financial performance in 2016 was yields.

Cropland values and rents increased in parts of North Dakota in 2018.

Land values showed about an 8 percent increase from the previous survey, compared with a 42 percent increase during 2012.

2016 will be a critical year for farm finances and land values.

The 2017 analysis consisted of 457 farms throughout North Dakota.

The southeastern corner of North Dakota remains the most costly pastureland in the state.

The question is whether this huge increase has capped a 10-year rise in land values, which has been the largest in the past 100 years.

NDSU’s grain-drying expert offers spring drying advice.

The network provides weather data that is used in developing various agricultural models.