MINOT, N.D. – Now in its 55th year, the KMOT Ag Expo has grown to become the largest indoor farm show in the Upper Midwest. The show has served as a yearly gathering of farmers, ranchers, and industry professionals where the latest technological advancements are revealed and larger than life…
While shepherds kept their flocks by night, someone had to shear those sheep during the day.
Using tillage tools in less aggressive ways for water management will still help with managing residue, but it will also keep more of the soil structure in place, and that will allow more water to infiltrate into the soil and produce better crops, according to Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University …
No one enjoys getting soaked in a downpour of rain or chilled to the bone in a torrent of snow. In the heat of summer, most would rather be in the shade than stand under the sun’s blazing rays. Cattle are no different.
HAZELTON, N.D. – Effective winter grazing management at Kalberer Farms has kept Jesse Kalberer, who raises Red Angus seedstock with his wife, Susan, busy as “up and down†temperatures continue to dominate the weather pattern in January.
Sale Name: Mrnak Hereford Ranch 59th Annual Production Sale
Fat lambs are sourced from all over the Midwest, with the majority procured in-state from local producers. Kevin Coan delivers lambs from Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and sometimes Kansas.
BERTHOLD, N.D. – At Arrow L Ranch, Mason Lautenschlager, who farms and ranches with his wife, Hannah, and three kids, has taken videos and photos of the 2-year-old composite bulls in the Feb. 6-8 online auction on DVAuction.
The canola market has strengthened recently, bucking the negative trend of other commodities. Canola strength Is reportedly coming from expectations that Canada and China may resolve their trade dispute. Another factor, according to market analysts, is short covering by funds.
Like with corn, the soybean market had a bearish tone following the release of USDA’s Jan. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WADE) report.
Coming off the holiday period, which is typically slow, durum prices have inched up slightly as the new year was beginning.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in its Jan. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, indicated that sunflower production in the U.S. in 2025 was up 103 percent over the previous year.
Although demand for U.S. wheat has been good, the market has been plodding along to start the new year after the typically slow holiday period.
It is two days before Christmas as I write this. The parking lot of the large chain store was filled with thousands of other desperate people today. I ended up parking a long way from the door.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Jan. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report wasn’t particularly kind to the U.S. corn market and prices reacted accordingly. But the new year is just beginning and things can change.
Today is the winter solstice (Dec. 22). Upon wakening, Rudi, my German Shepherd, and I went outside and were treated to a spectacular eastern sky backlit with delicious orange cream, pink, and lilac colors. It was an intense visual treat. Partnered with the stillness of a Sunday morning and …
Dear Michael: We have two sons who are farming with us who are now in their 40s, have good marriages, and we trust them to handle property properly. We have some land coming up for sale in the area that we feel would work great in our operation. We would like our two sons to buy this land, b…
Some livestock producers don’t bury their dead animals anymore – they compost them.
To start with, it was a warm, open, snowless winter – a good time to record a drought and get it out of the way. Other than a short week to Elko, Nev., to celebrate our 40th Annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, it was daily cattle feeding and sporting events for the grandkids. Spring cal…
Kochia is spreading across the Northern Plains and into eastern North Dakota as one of the most aggressive broadleaf weeds in both cropland and non-crop areas, such as railroad ditches and roadsides, according to Terry Schlieve, territory manager for Nufarm in the Northern Plains.
A globally oversupplied pulse market and high yields locally have caused depressed prices, which have affected pulse growers in the Northern Plains and other states, and it will likely take a year or more to recover, according to Kurt Haarmann, president and CEO of Columbia Grain Internation…
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HAZELTON, N.D. – Erratic temperatures – warm days in the 30s and 40s followed by frigid days on repeat – dominated the weather over the past couple of weeks ahead of New Year’s Day. It has made moving cattle closer to home for the winter a slow process at Kalberer Farms.
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