NDSU study reveals cost of losing 6 inches of topsoil per acre

Body NDSU researchers have estimated the cost of topsoil lost to natural erosion and tillage practices LANGDON, N.D.

2026 Crop insurance update

Body The changes to the 2026 crop year and beyond originate mainly in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) that was passed in July 2025.

KodaBank: Lower commodity prices continue to shape outlook for 2026

Body According to agricultural loan officer Chase Boen of KodaBank in Drayton, the 2025 growing season produced mixed results across the Red River Valley due to uneven rainfall. “The 2025 growing season was variable as certain areas received more rainfall than others,” Boen said.

Positioning your balance sheet to weather the storm

Body One thing is for sure, volatility in the business of agriculture isn’t going away. Right now, we’re finding ourselves in the trough of the cyclical nature of farm economics and many producers are wondering – “Can I endure this… and for how long?

AI is transforming agriculture

Body Technology has revolutionized global agriculture. Automation has changed the agricultural sector, and those changes might have arrived in the nick of time.

USDA to give up massive DC office building as shift of staff to states begins

Body The U.S. Department of Agriculture will transfer a large office building to the General Services Administration in a step toward shrinking the department’s footprint in and around Washington, D.C., Secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday.

Reading the market through the auction ring

Body If someone asked me what the mostasked question I’ve heard as an auctioneer all these years was, the answer would be easy. It hasn’t changed since I first started with my dad in 1980. “What’s going on in the market, and how are the auctions going?

Five challenges facing modern farmers

Body Agriculture is a building block of nations. The United States Department of Agriculture reports 22.1 million fulland part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors in 2022, representing 10.4 percent of total U.S. employment.

How something so small can say so much about a whole field

Body By Rutendo Nyamusamba, research agronomist, Langdon Research Extension Center cause the clouds decided to take a lunch break right when you sprayed. Given all these uncertainties and variabilities, small-plot research steps in as a helper that filters out the background noise.

Four careers in modern ag

Body Farming and ranching may be the first roles people think of when they envision jobs in agriculture. But the modern agricultural sector offers a much wider range of career paths as well.