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.
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.
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.
Some livestock producers don’t bury their dead animals anymore – they compost them.
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.
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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…
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.
BERTHOLD, N.D. – With temperatures moderating to 30-40 degrees on Saturday, Dec. 27, and staying atypically mild for the beginning days of winter, Mason and Hannah Lautenschlager and their three young children, Axel, Ivy and Daisy, were enjoying the few days ahead of the new year.
A year ago, the canola market was facing a tightening supply as exports and crush were at very high levels historically, while production was down. Since then, the supply has loosened significantly with higher production in several key producing countries in 2025.
This past year was a tough one for U.S. soybean producers as export sales were impacted by a trade war with China, and although China has made some purchases since October, they have remained largely absent from the U.S. market. But a new year has begun, and U.S. producers are hoping for bet…
Durum prices have not shifted much from their recent levels but, if anything, are maybe showing signs of slightly more weakness as the market continues to deal with the impact of a larger world durum crop.
During the holiday season, it’s typical that activity in the various commodity markets is slow, and it was no exception for the sunflower market in 2025.
The various crops have all been harvested and put in the bins or brought to the elevators and the typically slow holiday season is behind us, but the market sentiments for spring wheat remain pretty much the same.
From the week before Christmas to the week after New Year’s there isn’t a lot of activity in the various commodity markets, including corn. And, like other commodities, corn is waiting for Jan. 12 when the U.S. Department of Agriculture will release its next major report.
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