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NDSU Extension Projects a Challenging 2025 for Farmers

Published February 12, 2025

NDSU Extension has released its crop budget projections for 2025. Farm Management Specialist Ron Haugen warns that the year ahead will be tough. "Things aren't going to be quite as good as the previous years." While fuel and interest costs…
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Parker to Oversee 4-H Ambassadors

Published February 2, 2025

Kelly Parker is the new state 4-H Youth Development Specialist for NDSU Extension. Parker will oversee the North Dakota 4-H Ambassador program. Parker earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Tennessee-Martin and is pursuing her doctorate at NDSU. Parker…
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Farm Transition Strategies

Published January 31, 2025

Nearly 90 percent of North Dakota farmers polled would like to transition their farm to a younger generation. but only 30 percent of them can make that transition. "The average age of farmers and ranchers in North Dakota is about…
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Wild Oat Control Options

Published January 22, 2025

For small grains, wild oats are especially problematic. NDSU Extension Crop and Weed Sciences Associate Professor Kirk Howatt has been researching control methods for wild oats. These methods often lean toward more soil-applied herbicides. "The triallate works best if we…
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‘Shark Farmer’ Brings His Message to Lake Region Extension Roundup

Published January 9, 2025

An Illinois grain farmer who has become one of the world's most recognized names in ag podcasting was in Devils Lake on Thursday. Rob Sharkey, known as 'The Shark Farmer,' spoke at the Lake Region Extension Roundup. Sharkey said farmers…
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Potato Trials Yield Promising Results

Published January 8, 2025

This year’s potato variety trials had good results. "We had good moisture, of course, for the first half of the growing season and most yields were quite good," said NDSU Extension Potato Agronomist Andy Robinson. Robinson said they saw a…
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New Phytophtora Strain Identified

Published December 19, 2024

NDSU Extension Soybean Pathologist Wade Webster spoke at Central Dakota Ag Day providing an update on soybean diseases like Sudden Death Syndrome. "It is a major disease issue and probably one of the most yield-reducing diseases so we're trying to…
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