Agriculture

The executive director of the National Sunflower Association said USDA’s annual production report for sunflowers shows 2020 was a "fantastic year" for the…

On this date in 1912, readers of the Washburn Leader learned that women were no longer content to take a backseat when it came to farming. The article…

The president of the North Dakota Bankers Association believes there is reason for optimism in farm country."First off, USDA is forecasting a rise of over…

The state Industrial Commission’s Outdoor Heritage Fund has awarded $7 million to Audubon Dakota.The money is to initiate the North Dakota Conservation…

People around the country – and here in North Dakota – have received packages of unsolicited foreign seeds.The seeds appear to have originated in…

A Mott cattle rancher has been awarded $7,225 by the North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission, for engineering and design of a beef…

Farmers went through a number of hardships, following World War I, that affected their livelihood; "adverse crop conditions" and plummeting prices did not…

For the first time since 2018, USDA is accepting applications for the Conservation Reserve Program.And the state Game and Fish Department is offering help…

Just like other commodities, the sunflower harvest was delayed because of the weather."We still have about 20 percent of the crop that still needs to be…

Some may say it is a sign I am in my dotage, but lately I have been thinking and writing more than ever about agriculture, farming and ranching. You see,…