Quality factors, such as preharvest sprouting (PHS) and mold, have appeared in the 2008 barley crop.

NDSU’s dairy specialist offers advice on making whole-plant corn silage.

Harvesting corn wet may be an option for producers who want to avoid high drying costs this year.

NDSU’s dairy specialist offers tips for making good corn silage.

Harvesting corn at the proper moisture level is important in making good silage.

Making earlage requires following good corn silage making principles.

This year's corn crop may be vulnerable to yield and quality loss.

Lack of maturity could cause corn harvesting and storage problems this year.

Along with studies aimed at growing a better plant, researchers in the North Dakota State University Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics have evaluated switchgrass from an economic point of view.

The NDSU Extension Service and others will have a strip-tillage equipment demonstration during the Big Iron Farm Show in West Fargo on Sept. 10.

Producers may be able to use some weeds as feed for their cattle.

NDSU offers agricultural producers tips on cutting their fuel use and costs.

A significant new provision of the 2008 farm bill is the agricultural disaster relief trust fund and supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program.

Harvesting light test weight barley as a forage crop may be a viable option this year.

The only time yield loss is noticeable is when larvae burrow into unopened buds, which prevents proper head development.

The economic threshold for soybean aphids in the upper Midwest is 250 per plant in 80 percent of a field.

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is rewriting and simplifying large sections of the Common Crop Insurance Regulations.

NDSU is offering range managers a new online forum to share ideas, and post and answer questions.

Oakes Irrigation Research Center will hold its annual field day July 29.

Producers should have drought-stressed crops tested for nitrate before using them as forage for livestock.

Stakeholders interested in barley and malt sciences have started to formulate an action plan for producer/industry communication opportunities and the coordination of production research.

Producers have three options if the first crop fails.

The NDSU Extension Service offers Web site to compare sprayer nozzles.

Late frosts and cool temperatures may affect corn’s growth this year.

NDSU will break ground May 30 on two agricultural research facilities.

Farmers and ranchers who have forage for sale can list it on a NDSU database designed to help feed sellers and buyers connect.

Malting barley is essential to the brewing industry and all stakeholders in the chain from barley to beer cooperate in the breeding and testing processes.

Manure is an environmentally and user-friendly fertilizer.

North Dakota cropland values continue to rise.