The rising price of seed is one of the factors causing farmers to become interested in automatic row control.

""The leveling of family living expenditures makes sense,” says Andy Swenson, NDSU farm management specialist.

A concern with ACRE is the ""if"" questions.

There was a large difference in profit by farm type.

Brown-bagging seed is considered by some as a way to circumvent the legal process of seed sales and the payment of royalties or research fees to the variety owner.

The new regulations require some farmers to prepare and implement a plan to deal with oil spills on their farms by Nov. 10, 2010.

The use of improved, herbicide-tolerant, high-yielding varieties or hybrids contribute to higher yields.

These fields probably were infected last fall and the warm weather this spring has increased mite development and virus spread.

The report will keep producers and others informed and prepared on how to effectively manage any problem.

The significant premium for durum over hard red spring wheat favors the planting of durum in those areas where the two classes of wheat can be expected to yield alike.

Regardless if the variety is Roundup Ready or conventional, it is important to use high-quality seed with good germination.

Grain mold and dust could cause respiratory problems.

The purpose of the test is to compare growth and carcass traits among ram lambs raised under a similar environment.

It is important because it is anticipated a significant number of acres in North Dakota will go unharvested because of disaster-related conditions.

NDSU’s grain-drying expert offers spring drying advice.

The biggest negative is that projected crop profitability for 2010 is the most challenging in several years.

ND 901CL PLUS was selected from the first HRSW generation with the Clearfield resistance based on a two-gene system.

Corn has been losing just slightly more than 0.1 percent of moisture per day.

Moisture content, temperature and quality will affect stored grain.

Don’t wait for flooding to move livestock and hay.

With a low to moderate forecast for wheat midge infestation statewide, field scouting will be critical to indicating where economic population densities occur during the growing season.

The organic crop budgets included in the publication are for spring wheat, durum, feed barley, corn, oil sunflowers, soybeans, oats, flax, field peas, millet, buckwheat, lentils, rye and green manure.

Source and age verification in the beef industry is the result of requests by consumers to know where their food is coming from.

One way to evaluate the tolerance of a variety to IDC is to use visual ratings at the early vegetative and flowering stages.

Staying up to date will help producers prepare their returns accurately.

The publication shows 2010 price projections for crops and livestock produced in the state and price estimates for future years.

NDSU Extension Service faculty and staff will discuss soybean research and 2010 production.

Crop prices are down from the highs of 2007 and 2008 but are still strong when viewed in a longer historical perspective.

It is best to try to spread out income and expenses so you don’t have abnormally high or low income or expenses in any one year.