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.

North Dakota net farm income dropped nearly 90 percent in the west to $7,000 per farm, from $60,000 in 2005.

Cattle brought into North Dakota must be officially identified.

NDSU livestock specialists offer the pros and cons of creep feeding.

Livestock producers should get their animals vaccinated against anthrax now, the NDSU Extension Service's veterinarian says.

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

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

A recent survey indicates that North Dakota cropland values continue to push higher.

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

Barley and distillers grains complement each other exceptionally well in diets for ruminant animals.

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

The NDSU Extension Service has an Excel computer spreadsheet, RiskMGT, which provides information to assist producers in making price and yield risk management decisions.

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

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 NDSU Extension Service works to add value to agriculture by expanding North Dakota’s livestock industry.

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

Soybeans killed at growth stages of full seed development and beginning maturity should be left out in the field to dry and harvested along with mature soybeans.

Visitors will be able to learn about crop production, the drought, farm stress and NDSU’s Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department.

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

Researchers found that having soup before a meal can take the edge off your appetite.

Weed seeds pass unharmed through the digestive tracts of animals such as cattle and sheep.

Regional retail gasoline prices have fallen about 40 cents per gallon since Halloween.

A good number to commit to memory is 14.9 billion gallons. That’s the capacity of the domestic corn ethanol refinery fleet.

Natural gas is among the biggest issues in renewables because its low cost has disrupted global energy and manufacturing, including biofuels and bioproducts.

Precision agriculture has become a new frontier for technology adoption.

Producers need to decide whether a drone really will benefit them before investing in one.