North Dakota

Three people familiar with the issue say the Trump administration still intends to roll out an initial payment of up to $12 billion for farmers struggling because of the president’s tariff policies.

The National FFA Organization hosted its third Next Gen Conference of the year in Fargo, ND earlier this month.

The 2025 sugarbeet harvest is underway, not only in the Northwest, but across the nation. As of Sunday the 14th, 8% of the national crop had been harvested.

Avian flu has hit turkey farms in North Dakota and South Dakota. This is the first bird flu cases in U.S. commercial flocks since early July.

United States and China tensions and the resulting tariffs cost U.S. farmers $2 billion in lost exports this year

As we get closer to the conclusion of sugar beet plantings, nationally 91% of the crop is in the ground.   “ is  far ahead of the five-year average of 69% and slightly ahead of last year's 90%," noted USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "Sugar beet p...

U.S. growers say they will plant 49% more sunflowers this year.  Oilseed crushers and bird food buyers were expecting an acre increase given small carryover seed stocks.  Non-oil sunflower acres were somewhat below most traders’ thoughts.   According to the...

While it’s just by the slightest of margins, the national planting progress when it comes to sugarbeets is officially past the 1/5 mark.  The latest numbers from USDA have plantings nationwide at 21%, which is slightly ahead of the five-year-average for this time of year at 20%, but behind last year’s 23%.   “Idaho has h...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced $340.6 million in USDA disaster assistance to deliver relief to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities impacted by natural disasters that have caused devastation across the country.  Secretary Rollins is delivering critical aid through the USDA Disaster Assistance Fund to provide immediate relief to communities that have waited too long for the assistanc

The Interior Department may see more lawsuits after announcing it would no longer require the Bureau of Land Management to create an environmental impact statement for more than 3,200 oil and gas leases in seven states. The Biden administration started work on the review four days before President Trump took office in January...