NDSU’s grain-drying expert offers tips on how to obtain accurate corn moisture content measurements.

Producers can plant forage mixes for grazing that increase the soil’s water-holding capacity and add nitrogen to the soil.

However, producers are worried about whether average yields in 2013 will materialize. Unlike last spring, soil moisture is depleted.

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“Intellectual property protection is important to agriculture, just as it is to any other sector of the economy,” says Ken Bertsch, North Dakota’s state seed ...

The capacity of grain drying and storage equipment and the amount of grain being handled have increased significantly.

Check the grain’s temperature and moisture content.

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.

By providing funds ranging from $6,000 per individual grant to up to $18,000 for grants awarded to groups of three or more, NCR-SARE helps facilitate essential ...

The USDA is allowing producers to graze, hay or cut cover crops on prevented-planting acres beginning Sept. 1.