NDSU Ceres wheat towered over modern spring wheat varieties in NDSU Extension research plots this summer as researchers looked back at 100 years of varieties released by the university.
Jenny Schlecht reflects on attending farm shows past and present as she and the Agweek team prepare to invite attendees at the Big Iron Farm and Construction Show to the Agweek Big Iron 360 Building.
The August and October futures price for live cattle dropped 30 cents and 7.5 cents, respectively, Friday while the August futures price for feeder cattle dropped 55 cents. Farther out months were up.
Conditions are dry in many places, but they have been worse. Drought may lead to average or below-average yields, but those years have to happen to know above-average, Jenny Schlecht says.
We're not returning to a system of a lot of farms having small dairy herds, so new livestock developments need to be vetted and regulated around realities of modern agriculture, Jenny Schlecht says.
The Department of Ag this year partnered with the State Mill to offer a Pride of Dakota Marketplace and North Dakota Ag in the Classroom Exhibition in an area they called "Agriculture Acre."
Kevin Sedivec, director at Central Grasslands REC, thinks it offers opportunities to both better utilize grasslands for grazing while also enhancing conservation efforts.
