Each decision has its advantages, rules and limitations.

Kandel worked with nine subsistence farm groups, with more than 275 participants, during three-hour training sessions in each village. He also trained 17 development workers during a two-day training session.

Researchers want to learn if unmanned aircraft systems can be effective crop and livestock production tools.

New technology and improved practices have resulted in average U.S. corn yields rising from 20 bushels per acre in 1930 to more than 150 bushels per acre today.

The genome sequence has important implications for North Dakota agriculture because the state produces 30 percent of this billion-dollar crop.

The net income from the hay may be as much or more than the prevented-planting payment, less the cost of putting a cover crop on prevent-planted acres.

The program uses partial budgeting to compare the economics of prevented-planting with growing the same crop, for which a prevented-planting payment could be received, or some other crop.

Some of the tools in the app give users the ability to search by crop or pest to find solutions to problems or recommended treatments.

Through the years, fertilizer use has increased substantially in the U.S. and use in other countries also is expanding.

Estimates show that there will be an increase of more than 10,000 acres of cropland lost to Devils Lake in 2014.

NDSU Extension is celebrating its 100th anniversary with events on campus May 8 and at county offices this spring.

Make sure the grain is at the recommended moisture content for summer storage.

During the most recent time period (2007 through 2012), farmers are relying more on retained earnings to build net worth than asset revaluation. In other words, most farmers have been using their earnings wisely.

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

UAVs will improve precision agriculture by collecting larger amounts of data in a shorter period of time.

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.

If a consumer does not care for a particular food, there are almost always plenty of alternatives, and many consumers have the income to pursue those alternatives.

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