KodaBank: Lower commodity prices continue to shape outlook for 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Cultivating agricultural innovation

By Valley News & Views Staff The agricultural sector is evolving thanks to new technology necessitated by a growing global population and the pressures of climate change. The United Nations predicts a global population of 9.7 billion by 2050.

North Dakota Barley Show returns to Osnabrock March 26

OSNABROCK, N.D. - The 2026 Barley Show will take place Thursday, March 26 at the Osnabrock Barley Hall in Osnabrock, bringing together producers, industry representatives, and community members for a full day of exhibits, education and fellowship. This will be the 81st annual event.