New technology and improved practices have resulted in average U.S. corn yields rising from 20 bushels per acre in 1930 to more than 150 bushels per acre today.

Housing markets are strong in the metropolitan communities, but rapid growth in the oil and gas industry quickly exceeded the very limited excess housing ...

The ongoing activities pertaining to shale oil development truly are dynamic, so attempts to forecast the future will need to be updated on a frequent basis.

The decline in rigs means less employment, spending and tax revenue.

Tackling crime problems in rural boomtowns requires policies and strategies that respond to communities’ needs.

The growth in vehicle miles traveled is important news for American farmers.

Standard demographic models and methods historically used to project population are inadequate because of the very rapid rate of change in western North Dakota ...

One of the first steps is understanding that projections of future oil activity do not exhibit the classic boom-and-bust cycles the state has experienced in ...

The 2016 North Dakota corn crop makes a great case for the upside of corn, as record yields resulted in profits that allowed many farms to plant another day.

Efforts to maintain environmental quality need not threaten economic growth.