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Harvest of change: Farm census shows evolving U.S. agriculture

Harvest of change: Farm census shows evolving U.S. agriculture U.S. agriculture – including farms in North Dakota and Minnesota – is evolving in ways both great and small, a federal report says. Among the changes were more farms, aging farmers and farmers with more at stake financially.

February 05, 2009

New ag income tax update for farm families now available

ST. PAUL — For tax years 2008 and 2009, there are a number of changes affecting farm families.

By ROBERT HOLCOMB AND GARY HACHFELD, U OF M EXTENSION , January 23, 2009

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Ag in ’08

The new year can’t come soon enough for some North Dakota farmers and ranchers, if only to get a mental break from a 2008 roller coaster ride that ended with falling prices all around. “There were some challenges,” said Jay Nissen, a Larimore, N.D., farmer who grows corn as his No. 1 crop. “But during the winter, we tend to forget about all the troubles.”

By Dave Kolpack , January 02, 2009

Farmers facing a prolonged harvest

Farmers facing a prolonged harvest WILLMAR — Farmers in west central Minnesota are pushing into the corn harvest.

By By Gretchen Schlosser , October 22, 2008

Start school year with A+ nutrition

The days of sleeping in and no homework are winding down for kids everywhere.

By Julie Garden-Robinson , August 15, 2008

Salty water reason for slow grass growth?

Q: I’m not sure where to begin. We had our lawn hydroseeded three years ago, but there are patches that haven’t filled in. We decided to have those patches hydroseeded this summer.

By Ron Smith , August 15, 2008

Happy to be harvesting

Happy to be harvesting Farmers expecting profitable results
Dan Spiekermeier was right where he wanted to be Thursday: out in the field harvesting wheat.

August 15, 2008

A machine-making man

A machine-making man Colfax farmer revives old farming tools
From his cap with mesh netting in the back to his vice-like handshake to his weathered work boots, Neil Nelson is a farmer from his head right down to his soles.

August 15, 2008

Conservation confusion

Seeing Conservation Reserve Program acreage be used for hay land isn’t anything new for North Dakota Game and Fish officials, in fact it happens almost every year.

June 04, 2008

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Passion for the prairie

Even on the rare occasions the Kubas children got the chance to leave the farm while growing up, Bobby Kubas didn’t want to go.

May 31, 2008

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All natural: Loon Organics provides a variety of vegetables

The fields at Loon Organics are a lot browner than they usually are this time of year. Pea shoots that would normally be hip high are just peeking out of the ground. Salad greens, carrots and other vegetables are barely visible in the dirt.

By Nathan Hansen , May 21, 2008

Signup time is running out, CSP program application period ends May 16

Ag producers in southwestern North Dakota have two weeks left to signup for the Natural Resource Conservation Service’s Conservation Security Program. The initial signup began on April 16 and has been slow. But because of recent rainfall in the region, producers had a little time apply for the program late this week.

May 03, 2008

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Farming is a Biel family tradition

Emery Biel is the youngest son of his father, Henry Sr., who was the youngest son of Adam Biel, who homesteaded near Lefor in 1905.

April 12, 2008

Farmers Union to host rally

Farmers Union will host a rally with Sen. Kent Conrad at the Seven Seas in Mandan at 3:15 p.m. Thursday. The event is being held to draw attention to the need for a permanent disaster title. Representative and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson has been invited to participate in the rally. A permanent disaster title in the new farm bill is needed, said North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson.

March 20, 2008

Two different paths, one result

Neither Ron Bock, nor his son, Loren, pictured themselves making a living farming and ranching when they were in college.

February 23, 2008

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