CROPS
NDSU's flax promoter -- Dr. Jack Carter dies, Sept. 11
Dr. Jack Carter, the long-time promoter/pioneer of new, healthfuluses for flax, and long-time administrator in the North Dakota State University plant sciences departments, died on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2...
Posted on 9/12/11 at 9:36 AM
Midwestern farmers raise crop insurance coverage levels
March 15 was the deadline for purchasing or modifying crop insurance for most spring-planted crops.By Jonathan Knutson , March 28, 2013
Gregory elevator faces loss of licenses due to insolvency
Embezzlement case pending against former employee alleges $17,000 as stolen.By Staff reports , March 27, 2013
Field work: Will it start early, late?
By Mikkel Pates , March 07, 2013
March 14 deadline for spring wheat insurance
BROOKINGS — Spring wheat can be insured in all counties in South Dakota. In 2012, there were 2.2 million acres of wheat insured in South Dakota across classes at a cost to growers and landowners of $32 million.By News release , March 07, 2013
Developers near fundraising goal for pulse-crops processing plant
After holding several investor meetings across South Dakota within the last year, the company has now raised $1.16 million, about 77 percent of its minimum goal.By Chris Huber , March 05, 2013
Official says pulse crop plant "is a go" in Harrold
South Dakota Pulse Processors board member Brian Minish says that the group has surpassed a $1.5 million fundraising goalFebruary 28, 2013
Lack of snow cover worries some SD farmers
Average snow depth for February across the state was 7 inches.February 26, 2013
Corn below $6 seen as farmers prepare to plant most since 1936
By Jeff Wilson , February 22, 2013
USDA names states hit hardest by crop damage
The searing U.S. drought of 2012 devastated the nation’s corn crop, pushing yields down in some states to their lowest levels in nearly 30 years.By AP , February 21, 2013
Study documents pre-Dust Bowl rate of conversion of grassland to crops
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A new study documents a loss of 1.3 million acres of grassland over a five-year period in the Western Corn Belt — a rate not seen since the 1920s and 1930s.By Dirk Lammers , February 18, 2013
U.S. soybean inventory estimate cut on rising global demand
CHICAGO — U.S. soybean supplies before the next harvest will be 7.4 percent smaller than forecast a month ago and the smallest since 2004 on rising demand for last year’s drought-reduced crop, the government said.By Jeff Wilson , February 08, 2013
U.S. corn surplus estimate raised 5 percent on slowing global demand
U.S. corn stockpiles before the next harvest will be 5 percent larger than forecast a month ago, and more than analysts expected, as demand slows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.By Jeff Wilson , February 08, 2013
Dry conditions spark busiest irrigation permit year since 2001
By Chris Mueller , February 02, 2013
Ethanol industry turns to plant residue, wood scraps and garbage
By David Pitt , February 01, 2013
ND has better winter wheat snow cover than SD
The average snow depth in North Dakota at the start of the week was 4.1 inches, compared with 2 inches in South Dakota, which has been harder-hit by drought.January 31, 2013
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