Elliott Livestock and Wild Rose Cattle Co. were one-third of the way through calving 150 head of cows at their ranch near Clifford, North Dakota, on March 27, 2023.
Minnesota dairy farmer Steve Schlangen and beef producer Don Schiefelbein say farmers need to be involved in environmental policy, even if they don't buy into all the climate change theories.
"With the warmer temperatures and the steady melting, one would think that we'd be breathing a sigh of relief that all will be well by the time that first calf arrives. But — especially after spring 2022, to say nothing of other years passed — we all know better."
“In our industry there aren’t a lot of young people in it. I like the fact that there are a lot of young people in agriculture here,” he said of the Mitchell area.
When Katie Pinke directed her daughter to a beef expert in preparation for her speech meet, it made her think about the need for trusted ag sources of information.
A recent $30,000 per acre land sale in Sioux County, Iowa, sends signals into the land market in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and even as far away as Indiana.
