Only running the fan during the warmer and drier portion of the day lengthens the drying time.

Kandel worked with nine subsistence farm groups, with more than 275 participants, during three-hour training sessions in each village. He also trained 17 development workers during a two-day training session.

The program uses partial budgeting to compare the economics of prevented-planting with growing the same crop, for which a prevented-planting payment could be received, or some other crop.

Make sure the grain is at the recommended moisture content for summer storage.

Twenty one percent of the soil samples statewide are moderate to high risk for wheat midge infestation.

Acevedo is passionate about working with rust pathogens, ultimately with a goal of increasing food security in the U.S. and around the globe.

Stored grain can spoil quickly at warm temperatures.

National Hard Spring Wheat Show has taken on a different look this year with the incorporation of the Best of the Best program.

However, producers may want to be more aggressive than normal in forward-pricing crops that provide acceptable profit.

Elgin-ND’s attributes are yield, quality and disease protection.

In her short time at NDSU, Simsek has built a strong research program that is recognized internationally.

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.

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

Some U.S. seedsmen and others have been approached by farmers or entities in Canada in an effort to buy Faller hard red spring wheat seed to plant in Canada.

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.

The decrease in wheat midge can be attributed to the drought, which may have prevented wheat midge larvae from dropping out of the wheat heads in late summer.

Price projections are given for the major crop commodities and livestock and livestock products.

Grain stores best when it is cool and dry.

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

This relationship is consistent with the National Association of Wheat Growers’ call for investment in wheat, and during a time when interest and support for new technologies in wheat remains high.

This award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of agriculture and business.

Cool-season cereal grains fared better than warm-season grains during this year’s drought conditions.

Grain yield is quantity in bushels; test weight is an indication of quality.

Through the years, more than 2,000 agriculturists have been recognized and more than $120,000 in scholarships have been awarded to NDSU student athletes. The agribusiness award goes to Neal Fisher, North Dakota Wheat Commission administrator.

There should be adequate seed supplies of high-quality certified seed available for fall planting.

Dry conditions in some parts of North Dakota have producers looking at feed alternatives.

Of the fields scouted across the state, about 25 percent had symptoms of stripe rust at varying levels of prevalence within a field.

Ergot is a fungus that forms in the seed heads of cereal grains and mature grasses.

Grain storability depends on grain quality, moisture content and temperature.