Producers should continue to use good sanitary practices to keep the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus from spreading to their pigs.

Swine producers are recovering from the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus outbreak and expanding production.

However, producers may want to be more aggressive than normal in forward-pricing crops that provide acceptable profit.

Expanding drought conditions throughout North Dakota mean that both seed yields and quality may be affected.

It was just a matter of time before deficiencies began to show up somewhere in the state.

Drought conditions this year may force cattle producers to look for alternative feed sources.

Given the extent of the drought this year, all forages should be tested for nitrate content.