Kids can plant the potatoes this spring and then dig for the buried treasure of tubers this fall.

NDSU Extension supports North Dakotans’ efforts to produce the food and fiber that are essential to the state.

The greatest export of phosphate is due to wind erosion.

Peters has joined NDSU as an Extension Service sugar beet agronomist and assistant professor.

Twenty one percent of the soil samples statewide are moderate to high risk for wheat midge infestation.

Acevedo is passionate about working with rust pathogens, ultimately with a goal of increasing food security in the U.S. and around the globe.

Stored grain can spoil quickly at warm temperatures.

The new shallow-loss crop insurance is not available this year.

Make the reallocation decision on a farm-by-farm basis.

["The FSA will provide notification to landowners that will include the base and yield information of record as of Oct. 1, 2013. It will be up to landowners to decide whether any reallocating or updating is to their advantage.", ""]

Never enter a bin when unloading grain or breaking up a mass of grain.

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

Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension Service farm economist, has some items to note for your 2013 income tax preparation.

National Hard Spring Wheat Show has taken on a different look this year with the incorporation of the Best of the Best program.

The 2013 survey summarizes more than 4,800 reports from farmers and ranchers, aerial sprayers, elevators, custom harvesters and other custom operators.

Some grain may have gone into storage last fall at higher than recommended moisture contents.

These planning prices can be used for preparing annual enterprise budgets and annual whole-farm cash flow projections.

The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2014 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota.

Because of H. Roald Lund’s outstanding leadership in agricultural research and academics at NDSU, the name of the atrium in Loftsgard Hall was changed to the H.R. Lund Atrium.

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

These are soybean educational meetings with current research-based information that can help producers with soybean production decisions for the 2014 growing season.

Elgin-ND’s attributes are yield, quality and disease protection.

The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program offers several grants.

Farm gross cash revenue has more than doubled during the past 10 years.

Dave Franzen and Ken Hellevang are named Fellows for 2013.

The podcasts feature agricultural topics ranging from rangeland management to crop prices.

Weigh the risk of winter injury against the need for forage when deciding whether to harvest alfalfa in the fall.

Try to harvest as much of the crop as possible before its moisture level drops below 11 percent.