NDSU scientists will use USDA grants for crop productivity research.

With an increased interest in field peas in North Dakota, a team of NDSU Extension staff has updated and revised a field pea production guide.

The center’s new director brings research and Extension Service experience to her position.

Foster and Walsh County teams place first in the contest.

Uchenna Anele will help expand the center’s work on livestock feed supplementation.

Check the grain’s temperature and moisture content.

The group hopes to demonstrate the yield and conservation impacts that tree windbreaks have on crop production.

Corn residue can be a good option for extending the grazing season, but too much grain can cause digestive upsets and other health issues.

The potential for damage during handling increases when soybeans are too dry.

Grain can be stored in many types of buildings, but they all should keep the grain dry and cool.

Yields typically are higher for winter wheat than spring wheat.

The project will identify which weeds are infesting specific crops, which parts of fields the weeds are infesting and the degree of the weed problem.

Research professor Patrick Carr receives the American Society of Agronomy’s highest honor.

North Dakota produced 17 percent of the U.S.’s total wheat production in 2014.

Otteson has worked at the farm since 1992.

Coffee is a major agricultural commodity in Africa, and Uganda is the leading exporter.

Choosing a date for the hay harvest depends on many factors.

Ryan Buetow will work out of the Dickinson Research Extension Center.

Farm bill sign-ups were as expected.

Farms outside of the Red River Valley and livestock operations outperformed Red River Valley farms and crop farms in 2014.

Red River Valley farms saw a record high net farm income in 2012 plummet by 88 percent in 2013 and then by 79 percent in 2014.

The program will combine lectures with hands-on learning in the form of exercises, case studies and trading simulations.

Newer stands usually are more winter hardy.

Approximately 10,000 acres of additional cropland is estimated to be lost for every 1 foot rise in the level of Devils Lake.

Keeping stored grain cool helps reduce insect infestations and mold growth.

This year’s summit will be the first to include a government networking event where innovators, entrepreneurs and investors will be able to visit informally with program specialists from a number of state and federal agencies.

“Intellectual property protection is important to agriculture, just as it is to any other sector of the economy,” says Ken Bertsch, North Dakota’s state seed commissioner.

A survey indicates average cropland values dropped slightly (0.6 percent) during 2014.

Grand Forks/LaMoure County teams take first place in the junior and senior divisions of the crop judging contest.

In Langdon and Carrington trials, energy beets produce more sugar than corn.