McHENRY COUNTY – The Frey Angus ranch near Granville saw its first calves of the season born in mid-January, just as the region began to feel the brunt of winter. The key to winter calving is to be prepared for cold weather, and the Freys have the experience to know what it takes to be ...
Steve Knorr of Advanced Seed has been named the 2018 Golden Harvest National Seed Advisor of the Year. A local, independent Golden Harvest Seed Advisor in Minot since 2017, Knorr offers in-depth market and agronomy insights and dedicated customer service to farmers. “Steve’s ability to ...
Piled-up stress can lead farmers and ranchers to develop physical or mental health issues, but they can take steps to reduce stress and create healthy ways to manage it, says a North Dakota State University Extension expert. “Farm and ranch families often experience pressure, conflict and ...
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, outlined important priorities he worked to include in the Fiscal Year 2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, recently approved by ...
BISMARCK – Two area couples took part in the 17th Young Cattlemen’s Legislative Conference (YCLC) hosted by the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association (NDSA) Feb. 6-7 in Bismarck. This year’s participants included area couples: Wyatt Hansen and Sarah Gessner, both of Ryder; and Hayden ...
Well, well, well. It’s about time, even if it may take a few more weeks. At least the end is in sight. Possibly. The Climate Prediction Center issued its monthly assessment Feb. 21 of what the weather will be like in the United States for the next three months. The issuance covers March, ...
An “abortion” is the discharge of the fetus prior to the end of the normal gestation period, according to Gerald Stokka, North Dakota State University Extension veterinarian and livestock stewardship specialist. Many abortions occur within the first 45 days of conception (called early ...
The two highest acreage crops in North Dakota, soybeans and wheat, project limited returns to labor and management in most regions for 2019, says Andy Swenson, North Dakota State University Extension farm management specialist. Generally, hard red spring wheat projects a return between $5 and ...
North Dakota wheat producers are highly dependent on a robust export market for their wheat, with roughly one-half of hard red spring wheat and about one-third of the durum exported to very quality conscious millers and processors worldwide. U.S. wheat as a whole is marketed to more than 80 ...
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BISMARCK – A rare book at the North Dakota Heritage Center and State Museum in Bismarck contains the brands of historical figures of Dakota Territory. Mark Halvorson, curator of collections research for the State Historical Society of North Dakota, the agency that preserves and presents ...
Beef Quality Assurance Certification Meeting Set As of Jan. 1, major industry buyers such as Tyson Fresh Meats, JBS, Cargill, and Greater Omaha began requiring sellers of finished fat cattle to be Beef Quality Assurance certified. However, all who handle and manage fed cattle are encouraged ...
RUGBY – When towns sprouted across the new state of North Dakota nearly 130 years ago, homesteads appeared around them at a steady pace as settlers filed claims on land up for grabs. Members of Amund Bryn’s large family joined the land rush in the early 1880s, leaving Gudbrandsdalen, ...
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HARVEY – Firebird Artisan Mills has a solid foothold in a niche market that’s generating growth for the company and economic benefit for a North Dakota small town. An international leader in gluten-free ingredients, Firebird doubled its volume with an expansion last year and is hiring a ...
Officially it is still a Schedule 1 controlled substance, a narcotic. But it is being grown legally at prescribed locations in North Dakota. The state is completing its third year of an industrial hemp pilot program. “People have to apply to be processors or growers,” explained Doug ...
It hasn’t been an easy year for farmers with drought and then rain coming during harvest. Paige Brummund, Ward County Extension agent-Agriculture and Natural Resources, said, as of early the week of Sept. 23, the majority of the small grains have been harvested. “There are some acres, ...
Cows are harvesters, sort of a biological combine, and dining on crop aftermath can be a real component to profitable commercial beef production. Yes, bison, yaks and many other four-legged precursors were company competitors, but as far as production units, the cow combines win out. Cow ...
BISMARCK – Granville native Stan Misek stepped down this past summer as North Dakota’s chief brand inspector but that doesn’t mean he’s not checking cattle brands anymore. Misek still keeps a hand in the business as a part-time local inspector because after nearly 35 years in the ...
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota’s two largest farm groups have been on opposite sides of a two-year legal battle over the state’s Depression-era anti-corporate farming law, but both are finding at least partial victory in a judge’s decision to uphold the law but order changes in how it’s ...