North Dakota

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says flooding in Minnesota and North Dakota's Red River Valley is putting a damper on any sugarbeet field work. "Sugar beet planting nationally, 18% complete by May 1, far behind the five year average of 47% ...

The war in Ukraine has fueled a debate over not just high gas prices but high fertilizer prices. During last week’s Commodity Classic, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Commodity Classic, soaring fertilizer prices are due to the war in Ukraine, heavy reliance on imports, high global demand, and high energy prices. ...

How has the national drought impacted the country's winter wheat crop? "Last year's winter wheat crop, the one planted in the fall of 2020 and harvested in 2021, a lot of that crop made it through before the drought got intense across the great plains ...

Rural Investment to Protect our Environment, known as RIPE, recently added two highly respected Farmers Unions to its steering committee. The organization announced last week that Minnesota Farmers Union’s Eunice Biel and North Dakota Farmers Union’s Matt Perdue joined the committee. RIPE is ...

Idaho remains one of the top barley producing states in the county, but this year’s crop is well off normal numbers. According to NASS, total barley production this year is off by 21% year over year. That breaks down to 55 million fewer bushels. The ...

On Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Department of Agriculture is investing $167 million in 12 states to deploy broadband infrastructure. The investment focuses on rural areas without sufficient access to high-speed internet ...

It should come as no surprise the national spring wheat crop is ahead of schedule when it comes to development. But, as has been the situation for months, USDA Meteorologist, Brad Rippey, said the big story remains the condition of the crop ...

It's not just spring wheat that's suffering because of the drought. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey said the barley struggled as well. He noted this year's crop finished the year 27% good to excellent, with 42% rated very poor to poor. A far cry from last year's crop where 75% was rated good to excellent just 4% very poor to poor ...

Farmers from Minnesota and North Dakota recently joined a discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture. The group behind the lawsuit alleges a USDA COVID-19 relief program for socially disadvantaged farmers discriminates based on race ...

More than 1,000 counties are eligible for emergency Conservation Reserve Program haying and grazing. The most recently published list of counties with permitted haying and grazing on CRP land, which was released Thursday 06/24/21, includes 1,021 counties, or 32% of counties nationwide ...