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    September 10, 2018
    Palmer amaranth towers over a row of soybeans just outside of North Platte, Neb., on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    Palmer amaranth: You have questions, we have answers
    Palmer amaranth—voted the most troublesome weed in the United States by the Weed Science Society of America—has made its way to North...
    business/agricultureSeptember 10, 2018 - 7:50am
    August 27, 2018
    Taylor Grussing, a cow-calf field specialist with South Dakota State University Extension in Mitchell, S.D., at a display at Dakotafest 2018, stands next to an actual “preserved rumen” to be used to teach producers and others about the workings of the ruminant stomach system. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
    Dakotafest goers learn how 'bale wrap' can harm cattle
    MITCHELL, S.D. — The technology of using "bale wrap" for storing large round bales has become more popular, but it's created some health...
    business/agricultureAugust 27, 2018 - 7:15am
    August 25, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Elevating Art
    Huge elevator mural in Faulkton, SD, has folks gawking and talking. Watch the full episode of AgweekTV on Agweek.com Get the latest agri-weather...
    newsAugust 25, 2018 - 8:30am
    July 22, 2018
    Jenny Schlecht's daughter, Reanna, feeds Barbara Ann. The time and money it takes to care for an animal in need doesn't always make financial sense, but ranchers do it anyway. (Jenny Schlecht/Agweek)
    Yes, most in the livestock industry are 'doing it right'
    "It's really, really a small percentage that are doing it right." I saw that quote while perusing Twitter. The speaker, apparently, was actress...
    business/agricultureJuly 22, 2018 - 2:51pm
    July 16, 2018
    A pig farm in Middletown, Pa. (Jessica Kourkounis/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Giant pork surplus awaits Americans as trade wars risk exports
    Donald Trump's trade wars are making pork a bargain. American production is poised to reach an all-time high this year, and output is forecast...
    business/agricultureJuly 16, 2018 - 1:57pm
    July 7, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Life After CRP
    Farmers Put Land Back Into Production Environmentally Watch the full episode of AgweekTV on Agweek.com Get the latest agri-weather outlook with...
    newsJuly 7, 2018 - 8:30am
    June 2, 2018
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    AgweekTV: One-of-a-kind dairy
    Success in today's dairy industry revolves around efficiency and technology. Mikkel Pates visited a robotic rotary parlor that's only the second...
    newsJune 2, 2018 - 8:30am
    May 25, 2018
    Authorities aren't sure what, exactly, this wolflike creature is that was shot in Montana. MUST CREDIT: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park - Region 4.
    A wolflike creature was stalking livestock in Montana. Authorities have no idea what it is.
    In Montana, it's legal to shoot wolves that get perilously close to people or livestock, and that's exactly what a rancher in Denton thought...
    news/science-and-natureMay 25, 2018 - 12:33pm
    April 9, 2018
    John, Carol and Brian Kuipers have about 270 lambs on the ground. Calving season is just getting going on their place south of Tappen, N.D. Photo taken March 30, 2018. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Tough calving season brings up considerations for change
    TAPPEN, N.D. — One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke —...
    business/agricultureApril 9, 2018 - 8:38am
    April 5, 2018
    Cliff Reindl, general manager at Seven Oaks Dairy, prepares to milk a cow at the dairy March 27. Reindl is the general manager at all three dairies owned by Hart Agriculture, including Seven Oaks. Photo for The Washington Post by Kevin D. Liles.
    'Cow Fitbits' and artificial intelligence are coming to the dairy farm, but some farmers aren't impressed
    WAYNESBORO, Ga. - In the two months since Richard Watson strapped 200 remote-control-sized transmitters around his cows' necks, an artificial-intelligence...
    business/agricultureApril 5, 2018 - 11:56am
    April 2, 2018
    Jenny Schlecht
    Commentary: Calving season is far from 'easy money'
    I've heard people say raising cattle is "easy money." That's laughable to me, as someone who has been connected to the cattle industry my entire...
    business/agricultureApril 2, 2018 - 6:00am
    March 12, 2018
    Frayne Olson and Tim Petry, crop and livestock economists, respectively, talked about price outlooks at the Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line Conference at Bismarck State College on Feb. 27. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Trade, weather will have big consequences for prices
    BISMARCK — Tim Petry is tired of the word "record," because when it comes to livestock markets and production, "we are constantly setting...
    business/agricultureMarch 12, 2018 - 7:04am
    February 7, 2018
    Lohmann Brown chickens stand outside a barn on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in Sheffield, Illinois. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    Can Americans eat more chicken? U.S. industry bets on growth
    As if Americans didn't have enough chicken on the menu already, production of the nation's most-popular meat is headed for the biggest growth...
    business/agricultureFebruary 7, 2018 - 2:24pm
    February 5, 2018
    The Sioux Empire Farm Show draws exhibitors with market hogs, sheep, goats and six breeds of purebred beef cattle. Michelle Rook / Special to Forum News Service
    Economic impact of livestock industry displayed at Sioux Empire Farm Show
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The livestock industry is the backbone of South Dakota's economy, and that was evident at this year's Sioux Empire...
    business/agricultureFebruary 5, 2018 - 7:49am
    January 23, 2018
    A recent court decision voided animal agriculture exemptions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, which means some livestock operations could soon be required to report emissions that meet or exceed 100 pounds of ammonia or hydrogen sulfide within a 24-hour period. Forum News Service file photo
    Livestock organizations seek fix to reporting air releases from animal waste
    BISMARCK—Confusion abounds over the possibility of hazardous emissions reporting requirements covering air releases from animal waste for...
    business/agricultureJanuary 23, 2018 - 5:53pm
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