The direct financial impact to North Dakota’s farmers of prevented-planted acres in 2013 is estimated at $626.9 million.

What influences the adoption of conservation practices by farmers and ranchers?

The survey summarizes approximately 2,700 reports from aerial operators, farmers, ranchers and other custom operators.

Consider the combination of circumstances that have fueled the strong land market and whether increases will continue.

Salinity is a problem for North Dakota producers.

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

Mike Beltz of Hillsboro has been elected the chair of the board.

Simsek has published 47 peer-reviewed journal articles since coming to NDSU and has published more than 60 abstracts.

["Because the efficiency measures are on a scale, the extent of inefficiency associated with costs can be computed easily, which would be useful for producers in particular.", ""]

Start to control birds before they become a huge problem.

What farmers and ranchers want to be careful about is letting their personal stresses pile up so that their management practices and decision-making become negatively affected.

The emotional and physical needs of those who are undergoing stress from weather conditions are sometimes forgotten during a crisis.

The program compares prevented-planting with growing either the same crop for which a prevented-planting payment could be received or some other crop.

The CTR will focus on risk and commodity trading, in addition to finance, portfolio analysis and management.

Even if producers don’t plant energy beets for a few years, they should be mindful of what herbicides they use on their crops this year.

Manure spills pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems.

Nearly 161,000 acres of cropland will be lost to the lake in 2013.

Expect a yield loss of 1.5 percent per day beyond the optimum for wheat and 1.7 percent per day for barley.

The most important questions about ACRE enrollment are whether the state will be eligible for an ACRE payment and for how much.

Mud and melting snow creates a wet environment that can cause calf health problems.

Demonstration and yield trial plots are showing how energy beets can produce high yields in many different soil types and conditions.

Farmers have experienced high demand and prices for their crops the past few years. However, farmers and experts agree that these conditions cannot be sustained forever.

The question is whether this huge increase has capped a 10-year rise in land values, which has been the largest in the past 100 years.

Can we produce enough food to feed the world population in 2050?

At NDSU, the feasibility of using new sugar beet varieties, known as energy beets, for ethanol production is under study.

The webinar will help growers and agronomists analyze a crop’s winter health and offer tips for spring management.

High hay prices mean producers need to improve yields and reduce waste.

At first glance, the projected prices per bushel look good at $5.65 for corn, $12.87 for soybeans and $8.44 for spring wheat.

Botrytis can spread in infected fields easily and cause large areas of crop loss under the correct conditions.

Venkataramana Chapara joins the North Central Research Extension Center near Minot.