March 2, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun
Farmers of the region enjoyed a nearly $2 billion growing season last year, according to Frayne Olson, crop economist for North Dakota State University. The alignment of yields and prices creating that bonanza may not occur again.
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January 22, 2013 in The Jamestown Sun
The science of agriculture is thousands of years old.
However, the science of precision agriculture the process of tailoring the planting and fertilizing process to a specific area through the use of global positioning systems and precision maps has only been around for about 20 years, according to Dr. Raj Khosla, professor of precision agriculture at Colorado State University.
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October 6, 2012 in The Jamestown Sun
Farm land prices in Stutsman County hit another new record with the sale of three quarters located northeast of Courtenay Thursday. Two of the quarters sold for $4,100 per acre, according to Andy Mrnak, auctioneer for Pifer’s Auction and Realty.
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October 5, 2012 in The Jamestown Sun
The lights are on, the doors are open and the staff is busy at Farm Services Agency for Stutsman County even if there is no farm bill in place. The 2008 Farm Bill expired on Sept. 30. No new farm bill has been signed into law leaving the agency without authorization for some future programs.
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September 8, 2012 in The Jamestown Sun
The price of investing in Stutsman County farmland hit a record high this week with the sale of two parcels Thursday. The price for the half section land approached $1 million.
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August 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
N-Flex LLC will provide more information to the North Dakota Industrial Commission, which ordered more details as it considers whether to put $1 million into the company’s system to make anhydrous ammonia fertilizer from a series of mobile natural gas-to-fertilizer plants in the state. Continue Reading
August 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A basic truth of agriculture is that farmers in one part of the world benefit when their peers elsewhere suffer. Glen Findlay, a Shoal Lake, Manitoba, farmer, knows that well. Shoal Lake is about 180 miles northwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Continue Reading
August 28, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Kent Opdahl is waiting for the rebound in the horse market, but he isn’t holding his breath. Opdahl’s life in the world of horses was turned upside down when Congress in late 2006 passed legislation that ended federal inspection of horse slaughter facilities, and horse slaughter in general in 2007. Continue Reading
August 10, 2012 in The Jamestown Sun
The two North Dakota candidates for the U.S. Senate agree that the farm bill is vital to the state.
“Agriculture is one of the bright spots in the American economy,” said Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D. “Agriculture is creating revenue, jobs and opportunity. The last thing we want is uncertainty.”
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March 31, 2012 in The Jamestown Sun
Look for more corn, soybeans and almost every other crop in the fields this year.
Statistics released by the National Agriculture Statistics Service Friday indicate North Dakota farmers anticipate planting record crops of corn and soybeans along with increased acres of all other crops except spring wheat.
“Spring wheat is down 150,000 acres from last year,” said Darin Jantzi, director of the North Dakota field office of NASS. “But a lot of crops are up compared to last year because there were so many acres lost to prevented planting last year.”
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