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Director of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture speaks at MSU

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BOZEMAN -- The director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture told a standing-room only crowd of about 75 gathered Wednesday at Montana State University ...

Grain Farm Incomes Expected To Drop Significantly in 2015

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  WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2015 – Grain farmers should brace for a drop in net incomes this year as the prices for corn, soybeans and wheat have fallen significantly from recent years, according ...

Ergot Reported in Grain at Grain Elevators

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by SDSU iGrow Ergot is showing up in South Dakota’s wheat crop this year. A fungal disease, ergot develops in the wheat head and can contaminate grain leading to rejection or dockage at the grain ...

Organic Farming Faces Growing Pains as Demand Skyrockets

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WASHINGTON – Bob Quinn of Big Sandy initially had a hard time finding a market for his organic grains in 1986, when he began growing them on a few acres before going completely organic during the ...

U.S. Predicting Biggest Spring Wheat Yield Ever

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FARGO, N.D. (Reuters) — Yield potential for spring wheat grown in the northern U.S. Plains is projected to be the highest on record, according to results from an annual crop tour. ...

North Dakota Activates Harvest Hotline

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  BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has activated the North Dakota Harvest Hotline. “Farmers who need custom combining and combiners looking for a job should call us at ...

MSU announces new barley variety now available for licensing

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BOZEMAN – Agricultural researchers with Montana State University have announced a new variety of forage barley, and that technology is now available for licensing. Licensing proposals must be ...

Judge Delays Trial in Chinese Corn Seed Theft Case

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A judge has delayed the trial of a Chinese man accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets from U.S. seed companies. The attorney for Mo Hailong and the lead federal prosecutor in the case ...

Border Wars over Pulse Crop Checkoff

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A boarder war of sorts has begun between the Montana and North Dakota pulse crop industries.   This situation comes to surface as Montana producers take more and more pulse crops to elevators in ...

Wheat Disease Implications for Crop Rotation Decisions

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Written collaboratively by Ruth Beck, Chris Graham, and Emmanuel Byamukama.  Originally posted on iGrow.org The 2015 crop year provided South Dakota wheat growers with numerous challenges. The ...

MSU Durum Wheat Program to be Carried Forward by Montana Company

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BOZEMAN – Montana State University has completed an agreement to license more than 700 developmental lines of durum wheat to Montana-based Northern Seed, LLC. “Northern Seed is very excited to ...

Opportunity for Growers to Comment on Pulse Checkoff Issue

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Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture's Chief Legal Counsel, Cort Jensen, will be holding listening sessions in Eastern Montana communities from August 24th through August 27th. ...

Ag Commodity Prices Hurting Montana Economic Growth

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MISSOULA (AP) – Economic forecasters have throttled back their predictions for growth in Montana because of the downturn in commodities in the past year. The Montana Chamber of Commerce Foundation ...

Producers: Consider Risk Protection Coverage before Deadlines

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2015 – Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini today encouraged producers to examine the available U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop risk protection options, ...

Farming and Film Making- Harvest From a Different View!

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Northern Ag's Lane Nordlund caught up with the talented young videographer, Riley Slivka from Winifred, Montana who created the amazing video of this family's harvest.   A farm kid to his core, ...

Hard Wheat Futures Hit 8-year Low on Plentiful Supplies

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by Mark Weinraub   CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. wheat futures sank on Wednesday, weighed down by signs of abundant supplies and dim prospects for U.S. exports, traders said.   The front-month K.C. ...

Ag Prices: This Year vs. Last Year

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by Rob Cook U.S. agricultural prices (average) in July 2015 were down 12.6% from the previous year. -Calf prices however were up 7% from last year. -Hog prices were down 53% from last ...

Unfair Export Competition

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by Katie Micik DTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Escalating farm subsidies in China, India, Turkey and Brazil cost U.S. wheat farmers nearly $1 billion in revenue every year, a new study by the ...

Sugar Beet Waste Could be Billion Dollar 'Wonder Material'

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A Scottish company which has developed a material made from sugar beet waste believes the sky is the limit - literally. Cellucomp says its Curran product is twice as strong as carbon fiber and ...

Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency Through Research Collaboration

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"This was a landmark study because we knew we were losing nitrogen, we just didn't know how we were losing it," says farmer Curtis Hershberger. When nitrogen fertilizers are applied to the ...
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