There are a couple of trends, such as higher yields and lower acreage abandonment, that indicate winter wheat is worthy of serious consideration for increased acres.

Lygus adults and nymphs use piercing and sucking mouthparts to feed on sugar beet plants.

From 2004 through 2006, there have been a number of small-scale and field-scale studies comparing straight combining canola with traditional methods of swathing and combining.

It is a wise investment of time to spend a few hours maintaining a bin for the $40,000 to $80,000 worth of stored grain in each bin.

Pinnacle, a new two-rowed barley variety, has been developed and released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

Wet fields may require fungicide to be applied by aircraft.

Wet weather across North Dakota could cause a scab (Fusarium head blight) problem for wheat and barley producers.

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What to do with fields with poor plant populations is an urgent question now that all of the plants that are going to emerge have done so.

Studies have led researchers at NDSU to recommend that strobilurin fungicides not be used on chickpea in North Dakota in 2007.

Barley growers in three states say price is the major factor influencing their decision to plant barley.

North Dakota's winter wheat crop escaped major damage from the abnormally cold weather in early April.

A number of factors can influence the amount of damage that cold weather causes to winter wheat.

The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program is requesting pre-proposals for professional development projects.

NDSU plant researchers are looking for the public's help in locating Juneberry plants that could be developed into commercial varieties.

The North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network has resumed reporting rainfall for the season.

The North Dakota State Seed Department reminds producers that brown-bag seed sales are illegal.

Weeds in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) may be worse than normal this year.

Faller, a new hard red spring wheat variety, has been developed and released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

Approximately 1,400 barley growers responded to a survey produced by the NDSU Institute of Barley and Malt Sciences.

A soil survey conducted last year detected increasing levels of overwintering wheat midge larvae for the upcoming 2007 season.

A transgenic Roundup-resistant soybean variety has been developed and released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

Sheyenne, a conventional nontransgenic soybean variety, has been developed and released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station.

The NDSU Extension Service is offering a publication on projected organic crop budgets.

The cooperative nature of barley research and improvement efforts was evident at the 36th Barley Improvement Conference.

Short- and long-term agricultural planning price projections for North Dakota are available from NDSU.