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    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
    September 7, 2017
    Monsanto seeks to end Arkansas ban on herbicide linked to crop damage
    CHICAGO - Monsanto Co pushed Arkansas on Thursday to allow farmers to spray crops with the company's dicamba herbicide, linked to damage on plants...
    newsSeptember 7, 2017 - 3:56pm
    June 22, 2017
    Cattle graze in Morton County, N.D., on June 20, 2017. Pastures in western North Dakota are showing the effects of a spreading and worsening drought. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Parts of the Dakotas and Montana are now in extreme drought, the only such spots in the US
    BISMARCK, N.D. — Parts of North Dakota, Montana and South Dakota now are considered in extreme drought. Extreme drought is the second-worst...
    newsJune 22, 2017 - 1:26pm
    June 13, 2017
    Briana Sanchez / Tribune An informational meeting in regards to storm-damaged crops will be held Thursday afternoon in Pennock. A number of fields across the region received hail damage as storms moved across the area Sunday morning.
    Meeting Thursday in Pennock to provide answers about storm-damaged crops
    WILLMAR — Farmers who had crops damaged by wind and hail over the weekend can get free advice on replanting, crop recovery and crop insurance...
    newsJune 13, 2017 - 3:34pm
    April 6, 2017
    Minnesota finds source of invasive weed on conservation land
    CHICAGO - Minnesota's agriculture department said on Thursday that one company, Green Valley Seed, sold the seed planted on all the land in a...
    newsApril 6, 2017 - 3:25pm
    Future of trade in question under Trump
    CRESTWOOD, Ky. — With President Donald Trump removing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and seeking to renegotiate and potentially leave the North American Free Trade Agreement, the outlook for trade relationships with the U.S. and its neighbors is unclear. While the...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 10:00am
    Carmen Fernholz, an organic grain producer from Madison, Minn., speaks at the Northern Plains Sustainable Agricultural Society Winter Conference in Aberdeen, S.D., on Jan. 27, 2017. MIkkel Pates/ Forum News Service
    Fraudulent imports weigh on U.S. organic producers
    ABERDEEN, S.D. — U.S. organic producers are increasingly competing with world producers who import products under the organic name, but...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 2:00am
    Carolyn Olson
    5 questions for: Carolyn Olson, organic farmer in Cottonwood, Minn.
    Q: What's your role in agriculture today? A: I farm with my husband, Jonathan, on land settled by his ancestors in 1913. Q: How long have you...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 12:30am
    November 22, 2016
    Face-to-face surveys with 65 active farmers are planned this winter to gauge the current health of agriculture in Kandiyohi County and provide a glimpse of future growth. Briana Sanchez / Tribune file photo
    Gauging the health of agriculture
    WILLMAR — A survey that will gauge the current health and provide a glimpse of the future growth of agriculture in Kandiyohi County will...
    newsNovember 22, 2016 - 6:07am
    August 1, 2016
    Bryan DeGroot, owner of DeGroot Farmland Sales in Prinsburg, says farmland values in west central Minnesota have softened, but he remains hopeful. He thinks corn prices will rebound, and fields in the region seem to promise strong yields this fall. (Tom Cherveny / Tribune)
    Specialist in farmland values: West central Minnesota values have softened
    PRINSBURG—Farmland values in west central Minnesota have softened, still sliding from the peak reached in 2013-14 when commodity prices...
    newsAugust 1, 2016 - 11:40pm
    July 20, 2016
    It’s not just the heat: Crops increase humidity
    ST. PAUL -- It's not the heat, it's the corn. Well, it's the humidity, but that is increased by corn and other crops. Americans throughout the...
    newsJuly 20, 2016 - 11:45pm
    June 28, 2016
    Richard Peterson is seen June 21 near a roughly 20-acre pond on what should be a soybean field on his farm nine miles south of Mountain Lake in southwest Minnesota. He estimates he's had about 20 inches of rain since May 1, about three times normal. (MPR NEWS)
    Excessive moisture taking a toll on some Minnesota crops
    Crop progress on the Richard Peterson farm near Mountain Lake in southwest Minnesota so far this year has been mixed. He has a corn field that's...
    newsJune 28, 2016 - 12:00am
    June 20, 2016
    Craft beers are pictured in a bar in New York in this Jan. 21, 2015, file photo.
    Craft brewers raise their glasses to farmers
    U.S. farmers plan to harvest their largest-ever hops crop, giving craft brewers who are struggling to match surging demand for beers with more...
    news/nationJune 20, 2016 - 12:43pm
    September 1, 2015
    Soybean yields are expected to be good this year in west central Minnesota. The extra bushels will be needed to make up for the price, which is about $3 less per bushel than last year, according to the latest government price reports. (CAROLYN LANGE | TRIBUNE)
    Area expects high crop yields
    WILLMAR –– While fully acknowledging that a crop “isn’t made until it’s in the bin,” Kandiyohi County Farm Service Agency Director...
    newsSeptember 1, 2015 - 11:19pm
    June 23, 2015
    A corn field is seen Monday east of Willmar. Corn needs more heat than most other crop species. Upper Midwest crops generally are faring better on growing degree days now than they were one year ago. (GARY MILLER | TRIBUNE)
    Farmers track growing degree days as well as calendar for crop progress
    Sure, area farmers are watching the thermometer and calendar. But they’re keeping tabs on growing degree days, too: Growing degree days, also...
    news/nationJune 23, 2015 - 12:38am
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