Interest as a percent of gross revenue is a figure that lenders often consider when determining borrowers' credit risk.

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

A new barley publication contains information on the types of potential damage to malting barley kernels during harvesting and storage and how to prevent or reduce problems.

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.

NDSU corn breeding program releases six new lines.

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

What effect using biodiesel will have on engine warranties is a question producers will need to answer.

During the past 10 years, average farm family living expenses have increased from $30,519 in 1997 to $47,031 in 2006.

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

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The NDSU Plant Pathology Department is providing a potato blightline service at no charge.

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.