Harvesting corn at the proper moisture level is important in making good silage.

Making earlage requires following good corn silage making principles.

This year's corn crop may be vulnerable to yield and quality loss.

Lack of maturity could cause corn harvesting and storage problems this year.

Along with studies aimed at growing a better plant, researchers in the North Dakota State University Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics have evaluated switchgrass from an economic point of view.

Individual operators, including youth, may apply for up to $6,000 for a two-year project grant and groups of three or more can apply for up to $18,000.

Protein content and kernel plumpness affect the speed at which barley goes through the malting process.

Some livestock producers are eligible to receive disaster assistance payments.

NDSU awarded an $800,000 grant to further develop and commercialize the technology to produce biobased products.

Tile drainage can help establish more optimum conditions for field operations and crop growth by lowering the water table in poorly draining soils.

The NDSU Extension Service and others will have a strip-tillage equipment demonstration during the Big Iron Farm Show in West Fargo on Sept. 10.

NDSU offers agricultural producers tips on cutting their fuel use and costs.

A significant new provision of the 2008 farm bill is the agricultural disaster relief trust fund and supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program.

NDSU’s Central Grasslands Research Extension Center will help producers learn how to better monitor their rangeland.

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is rewriting and simplifying large sections of the Common Crop Insurance Regulations.

A site near Mayville is highly suspected of having glyphosate-resistant common ragweed.

n farm financial management, it is generally recognized that the best measure of farm size is gross revenue, not acreage.

A new NDSU publication can help farmers and ranchers make their homes and operations more energy efficient.

NDSU is offering range managers a new online forum to share ideas, and post and answer questions.

Oakes Irrigation Research Center will hold its annual field day July 29.

The North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture presents a teaching award to NDSU’s Cole Gustafson.

Producers should have drought-stressed crops tested for nitrate before using them as forage for livestock.

Producers have three options if the first crop fails.

Some types of algae that form in water could be toxic for livestock.

The NDSU Extension Service offers Web site to compare sprayer nozzles.

The critical feed use modification to a CRP contract will limit the scope, frequency and duration of haying and grazing.

Late frosts and cool temperatures may affect corn’s growth this year.

A combination of unusual circumstances occurred to create the lofty crop profit in 2007.