Recently added articles from Agweek:
Most late-season crops earn above-average ratings from agronomy experts.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Oct. 2--After an average or above-average cereal crop, the potential for the late-season row crops in the region is a solid B or A, according to a variety of crop experts. "This crop came out of reform school this spring and is exceeding ...
Harvest in early stages for late-season crops.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Oct. 2--FARGO, N.D. -- Weather -- particularly rain -- can change the prospects for the region's crops in a hurry. Here is a snapshot of the region's late-season crop picture, per the National Agricultural Statistics Service weekly crop-weather ...
Food-grade soy group sends free beans to poor.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Oct. 2--CASSELTON, N.D. -- A group of eight food-grade soybean producers and processors loaded 20.4 metric tons of beans Sept. 27 bound for Guatemala to deliver nutrition to poor children who otherwise could not afford the food. The Northern Food ...
Agweek Magazine Cowboy Logic column.(Column)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan M. Taylor Oct. 2--TOWNER, N.D. -- Every fall, I question the progress made in haying methods, especially the day we quit stacking our hay and began rolling it into big round bales. Used to be you put in your hours in the summer making a nice bunch of ...
Man shares story of brush with death in a grain bin.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 25--STREETER, N.D. -- You don't have to convince Alan Ruff how dangerous grain bins are. He nearly died in one last January. The hole in the top of the elevator still is there -- a makeshift window that was cut with a torch at the last minute ...
Agweek Magazine Mikkel Pates column.(Column)
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 25--ARGO, N.D. -- It should go without saying, but all of the talk of production agriculture's future and diversification can come to naught if officials don't plan large enough for the basic, underlying infrastructure. Just as Minneapolis ...
Ranchers, Wildlife Service team up to maintain Waterfowl Production Areas.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Bewley Sep. 25--GLENWOOD, Minn. -- Dan Jenniges' cattle are eating better and helping to create better nesting areas for migratory birds, thanks to the managed grazing agreement he has with the Morris Wetlands Management District, operated by the U.S. Fish and ...
NCI's Berglund to retire in December.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 25--FARGO, N.D. -- Patricia Berglund will retire Dec. 7 after serving more than a decade as director of the Northern Crops Institute in Fargo, N.D. Berglund, who turns 63 Oct. 4, says she plans to do some consulting and spend more time with ...
Increased storage is safety challenge.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 25--FARGO, N.D. -- Nobody seems to know how much grain storage has been added in the region this year, but Ken Hellevang thinks the figure probably will increase at least 5 percent or 10 percent this year. It's a challenge for management and ...
Building relations.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 25--FARGO, N.D. -- Relationship-building: That's one of the main purposes of the 2007 Midwest Specialty Grains Conference and Trade Show sponsored by the Midwest Shippers Association. About 250 people attended the fourth annual event at the ...
Now, that's a corn header.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 18--MINOT, N.D. -- Who would have thunk it? North Dakota company assembles and markets the biggest corn header in the world. NorthStar model headers are manufactured by Geringhoff, a German company and aemsco does business as Geringhoff North ...
Minot's 'aemsco' finds new gear in corn boom.(Company overview)
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 18--MINOT, N.D. -- To farm equipment executives, the moniker "aemsco Inc." is a new thing -- an acronym for Agriculture Equipment Marketing & Supply Co. To farm equipment dealers and farmer customers, "aemsco" is less visible. Instead, ...
Russian farmers say it's here or elsewhere.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 18--WEST FARGO, N.D. -- A group of Russian farmers who are part of the North Dakota Trade Office delegation to the Red River Valley and the Big Iron farm show say they're ready to buy -- from someone. A group of North Dakota exporters met ...
Agweek Magazine Cowboy Logic column.(Column)
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan M. Taylor Sep. 18--TOWNER, N.D. -- WIRELESS AND CLUELESS: Going wireless was supposed to be a big advance for modern society. I think I liked it better when things were wired at our place. Used to be, when I wanted to find the phone, I just ...
Horse power vs. horsepower.
Sep 11, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Bewley Sep. 11--MENTOR, Minn. -- Horse have been a necessity on the American frontier for more than two centuries. They've pulled our wagons across the Plains, plowed fields and carried soldiers onto battle. They've also helped cowboys build and run the ...
Annual event features new agriculture trade show.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 4--FARGO, N.D. -- A shiny new International Visitors Program will be one of the headline items at the already-big Big Iron farm equipment and services exposition Sept. 11 to 13 at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, N.D. Gates ...
New drainage duo jumps in with established players.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 4--MAYVILLE, N.D. -- Field drainage seems like an old story in the Red River Valley, but until recently, it's been mostly "surface" drainage. In the past few years -- especially the past two -- there's been an accelerated trend toward subsurface ...
Researcher says flood protection could be improved via better field drainage.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Mikkel Pates Sep. 4--MAYVILLE, N.D. -- While agricultural field drainage often is vilified for causing floods along the Red River and other watercourses in the region, subsurface drainage -- tiling -- actually has the advantage of offering a "slow-release" factor. ...
New germ plasms will help sunflower growers.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Bewley Sep. 4--FARGO, N.D. -- The folks at the Sunflower Research Unit in Fargo, N.D., have just released three new germ plasms that are resistant to downy mildew, one of the sharper thorns in the side of Northern Plains sunflower growers. "It's been a ...
Agweek Magazine Cowboy Logic column.(Column)
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan M. Taylor Sep. 4--TOWNER, N.D. -- I used to fancy myself a marathon runner. Nowadays, I'm mostly a hayfield walker. By luck and perseverance, our ranch has been in the same exact spot for 104 years. We've never gotten real big, but we've stuck ...