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KARLSRUHE – With 80 bulls and 350 bucking horses to choose from, it still takes a special animal to be selected for the National Finals Rodeo. Yet Bailey Rodeo has become well known on the national scene for producing elite rodeo stock. “We’ve sent a couple of bulls and bucking horses ...

North Dakota farmers and ranchers weren’t rushing to sign up under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program in its first month of enrollment, but that is expected to change over the summer. Brad Thykeson, executive director for the USDA North Dakota Farm Service Agency, said the program’s ...

HARVEY – A precision agriculture company with a popular product for managing grain bins has been building its North Dakota customer base since opening an office in Harvey last year. IntelliFarms Northern Division president and CEO Jared Halland expanded his Britton, S.D., business into ...

Much of North Dakota went from worsening drought conditions to very wet in a period of a few days. A growing concern about lack of moisture for crops, particularly early seeded wheat, changed to talk of maybe too much rain. Indeed, in many areas rainfall recently topped three inches or more ...

WATFORD CITY – McKenzie County Job Development Authority recently awarded funds to Safflower Technologies International for help in undertaking a feasibility study for a safflower refinery plant to be located in the Watford City area, according to Daniel Stenberg of the Job Development ...

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A lot of families in North Dakota own farmland and when the parents are ready to retire, the next generation takes over. Ron Kramer inherited the original farmstead near Douglas that his grandfather started back in 1930. It is now a total of 13 quarters of small grains and oil crops. Kramer ...

Cow-calf producer Dan Rorvig said these times are “ugly” for those in the business of raising livestock. The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has disrupted the lives of Americans including livestock producers across the country. On April 28, President Trump signed an executive order ...

BERTHOLD – There’s a good chance that the crops you see while driving through northwest North Dakota came from locally grown seed, carefully processed at Birdsall Grain and Seed. “What most producers buy from us is certified seed,” said Blake Inman, manager. “Ninety-nine percent of ...

Poor growing and harvesting conditions, low commodity prices, trade wars and a shortage of livestock feed for winter all have been stressful for North Dakota farmers and ranchers. North Dakota State University Extension has developed a number of resources to help farmers and ranchers cope ...

CARRINGTON – Field peas may be an alternative to distillers grains as a protein source in cattle feed if the field peas are at a low enough cost, according to a North Dakota State University Extension livestock systems specialist in NDSU Agriculture Communication information. Distillers ...

Sheep producers need to keep their marketing options open during the COVID-19 outbreak, said Travis Hoffman, North Dakota State University Extension sheep specialist, in NDSU Agriculture Communication information. “We are undoubtedly in a different time than expected for livestock producers ...

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For agriculture producers who are already in a tough position with some fall crops still in the field and low market prices, a coronavirus outbreak has exacerbated their position. Farmers are starting the 2020 crop year in a bind, said North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug ...

With fallen market prices, Tim Petry, North Dakota State University Extension livestock marketing economist, said livestock producers should prepare for the worst and hope for the best. “One thing about calves being born now and looking ahead to fall, we have time to apply there what’s ...

Concerns over COVID-19 has resulted in uncertainty about its long-term impacts on the grain and livestock markets and energy prices. Frayne Olson, North Dakota State University Extension crops economist and marketing specialist, was among experts from NDSU Extension to address these ...

As outdoor temperatures increase, stored grain requires attention to prevent losses, said Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension agricultural engineer and grain drying expert, in information provided by NDSU Agriculture Communication. The stored grain temperature increases in ...

North Dakota producers depend on forage as their primary source of nutrients for livestock, whether it is rangeland, pasture or hay, according to NDSU Agriculture Communication information. While producers carefully select species to be used as cover crops or part of a total mixed ration, ...

The upcoming planting season is very much on the minds of area farmers, but it remains several days or weeks away. Both soil moisture condition and temperatures will determine how soon planting will actually get underway. Some areas are quite wet and several days of drying out is needed ...