Farm News

Prioritize safety this sugarbeet harvest 

The Fall Sugarbeet Harvest continues to move along, and as the work days get longer safety needs to be everyone's ...

Fire Prevention Week: Combine Fires

Combine harvesters save farmers a lot of time in the field during harvest season.  But combines can also cause fires.  ...

Local Harvest Update 

The 2025 Fall harvest continues to move along. After high temperatures hit the region last week, Gary Farmer Ron Pinske ...

Area Clubs celebrating National 4H week

Its National 4H Week, and area 4H clubs are celebrating, by promoting opportunities that 4H offers to area youth. Norman ...

Cattle backgrounding recommendations 

Cattle Producers in the area are approaching the time of year, where they start to focus more on the supplements ...

Sugarbeet Harvest Update 

Sugarbeet Pre Piling continues to move along, and sugarbeet producers and organizations are reporting a very promising crop. Harrison Weber ...

2025 Fall Calf Market outlook  

Cattle Markets remain high across the country, as the cattle herd is at its lowest in over fifty years. With ...

Sugarbeet Harvest Update 

Sugarbeet Pre-Harvest continues to progress across the Red River Valley, but recent temperatures could cause some changes in the pre ...

Farm Bill Update 

Congress hasn't passed a Farm Bill since 2018 , and producers across the region are eagerly waiting for a new ...

FSA issues reminders to Norman County producers 

The 2025 small grains harvest is mostly complete, and some producers may be looking to plant fall seeded crops. James ...

Area Soybean Crop Update 

Plot tour season is mostly over for the region, which means that focus is shifting toward the upcoming fall soybean, ...

Farm & Field Show – 9/10/2025

Harrison Weber Darci Kitchell Mike Nelson Sarah Lovas Beth (Amity) Tom Pavel Brian Fuder Kris Brekken David Habedank Jay Merkens ...

Farm Rescue helping farmers in need 

Farming can be a very stressful occupation, and when tragedy hits, it not only becomes stressful for the farmer, but ...

Local Harvest Update 

Wheat harvest is mostly complete in the Red River Valley. Jeremy Sather of Agrimax in Fertile says this year's wheat ...

Farm & Field Show – 9/4/2025

Steve Dalen Allen Dragseth Mark Jirik Grant Arends Luke Langerud Angie Peltier ...

Norman County Field Day at Hanson Farm 

This Wednesday, local producers are invited to the Corey Hanson Farm near Gary, for a Field Day. Field Day host, ...

United Beet Seed holding multiple trials across Red River Valley 

The Sugarbeet Pre Harvest is underway, and is expected to ramp up in a couple weeks, which also means that ...

NDSU Holding Sugarbeet Field Day near Foxholm 

NDSU Extension will be holding a field day at its Foxholm research site on Thursday. NDSU sugarbeet specialist Dr Eric ...

Local Crop Update 

The Red River Wheat Harvest is wrapping up, and the sugarbeet pre harvest continues to move along. Ada, and Perley ...

Red River Valley Soybean Crop Continuing to battle Iron Deficiency Chlorosis 

Iron Deficiency Chlorosis (IDC) has been very prominent in this year's soybean crop, and producers are continuing to fight hard ...

FSA reporting a decline in wheat acreage, and rise in corn acreage in Norman County 

The 2025 Average Reports for Norman County have been released. James Kruize of Norman County FSA gives us a recap ...

Area Crop Update 

Harvest has begun for some crops in the Red River Valley, including the wheat harvest. Mike Nelson of CHS West ...

Farm & Field – 8/21/2025

Common Sense Greg Johnson Dwight Heitman Stephen Mondry Tim Leshuk Neil Rockstad Dan Gowan Mike Nelson Dawn Chisholm Steve Dalen ...

Prioritize Safety this Harvest 

Harvest is underway in the Red River Valley, and it will continue throughout the fall season. Dawn Chisolm founder of ...

Farm Bill update 

It’s been over seven years since congress last passed a full Farm Bill, and producers across the region are eagerly ...

Study done on feasibility of chemical mixing for crop management  

R&J Ag Reporter Nick Revier was recently at a field day where a study was done on the feasibility of ...

Farm & Field 8-13-2025

You might be a farmer Harrison Weber Jon Borge Mark Jirik Frances Leir Ryan Skaug Steve Dalen Ada Aberle Ashok ...

NDSU Hosts Field Day at Prosper Research Site 

NDSU Extension held a Sugarbeet Field Day at the NDSU Prosper Research Site on Wednesday. R&J Ag Reporter Nick Revier ...

Harvest Update 

Harvest has kicked off in the Red River Valley. During the KRJB Farm and Field Show on Wednesday, Beltrami Farmer ...

American Crystal Sugarbeet Harvest underway 

Sugarbeet Harvest has officially begun for American Crystal Sugar. Harrison Weber of American Crystal Sugar is excited to announce that ...