http://farmprogress.com/blogsRss.aspx?b=10The latest headlines and articles.(c) 2013, iNet Solutions Group. All rights reserved.5Glyphosate resistant weeds develop naturally. Why couldn't glyphosate resistant wheat develop naturally?http://farmprogress.com/blogs-does-monsanto-own-oregons-glyphosate-resistant-wheat-7247Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:00:00 GMTSmall corn and soybean plants succumb quickly to too much water.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-how-long-corn-soybean-survive-water-logged-soils-7218Thu, 30 May 2013 01:00:00 GMTNorth Dakota and South Dakota have a lot of great steak places, but the next time I’m in Bismarck I’m going to try Peacock Alleyhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-best-beef-north-dakota-try-peacock-alley-7161Thu, 16 May 2013 01:00:00 GMTA man from China interested in buying farmland toured South Dakota recently. He said he planned to grow 'beans and supply his homeland. http://farmprogress.com/blogs-buying-farmland-new-china-connection-7123Tue, 07 May 2013 01:00:00 GMTSeven ventures involving everything from a new livestock auction to new value added crops are coming before APUC for funding..http://farmprogress.com/blogs-new-livestock-specialty-crop-projects-proposed-nd-7102Fri, 03 May 2013 01:00:00 GMTTIP program helped beginning farmers and ranchers rent land coming out of the Conservation Reserve Program.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-bring-back-tip-new-farm-bill-7080Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTIt's hard today for beginning farmers to find land to operate. Three young North Dakota producers tell how they are going about it.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-beginning-farmers-find-land-7047Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTHigher prices are good, but higher yields are even better. They drive more dollars to the bottom line.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-yield-price-king-7043Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTS.D.'s average wheat yield would be 246 bushels per acre if we could increase yields as much as they did over the past 112 years.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-wheat-dreams-are-sweet-7023Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTI get tongue-tied when trying to defend ag against a fast talking, vegan-loving, GMO-hating, aniti modern-ag advocate -- my sister-in-law!http://farmprogress.com/blogs-talking-ag-enemy-6993Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTHolly Hoffman left the ranch for an adventure on the TV show "Survivor." It was a lot more difficult than she expected. But life on the ranch and in small town South Dakota helped her survive and thrive.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-rancher-finds-winner-within-6992Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTThere's four reasons to plant sunflower this year -- prices are good, spring is late, contracts have Act of God clauses and consumers like them. http://farmprogress.com/blogs-sunflower-extra-crop-option-6972Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTSome top tier corn growers with new planters are having problems improving stands.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-corn-planter-problems-6952Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMTSnirt snowdrifts and mountains of silt are signs that soil erosion is real and the losses can really add up over time.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-signs-soil-loss-6933Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTThis new shop/machinery storage building is massive -- 125 feet wide by 300 feet long with 21-foot tall sidewalls. You could play almost play a high school football game inside.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-big-hybrid-building-6896Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTA North Dakota farmer is running what may be the world;'s biggest sprayer -- and he wants to make it even bigger!http://farmprogress.com/blogs-worlds-biggest-sprayer-6895Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTTake a walk through geologic history and you'll see climate change more than what callers to a radio show are seeing in their backyards.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-climate-change-whole-6864Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTS.D. Soybean Processors has turned itself around. It closed a money-losing startup and rededicated itself to its core business -- crushing soybeans.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-sd-soybean-processors-back-black-6863Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTJamie and Mark Gorder, Wahpeton, N.D., are aiming for a 300 bushel per acre corn yield. They got close in 2012 -- 298.6 bu/a.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-300-bushel-corn-yield-may-within-winners-reach-6823Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTTom Young, a South Dakota farmer who is an old hand at growing sunflower, offers some tips for success with a crop that can shine in dry weather.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-sunflower-brighten-outlook-drought-6822Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMTNorth Dakota corn and soybeans growers are going to have some competitive advantages that will be hard to beat.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-corn-soybean-growers-hear-good-news-5198Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTSeveral groups of Dakota farmers and agribusinesses donate more than $51,000 to feed the hungry.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farmers-raise-money-food-banks-5160Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTBeing willing to try new things to make their farm and ranch more profitable has paid off for Travis and Renae Gebhart, of Meadow, S.D.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farmers-should-meet-travis-renae-gebhart-5141Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTDon't think man's activities can affect climate or even the weather? What about the Dirty 30s?http://farmprogress.com/blogs-changing-climate-change-5073Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTThere was a record turnout for the Northern Plains Sustainable Ag Society's recent winter meeting. Clearly, demand for organic grains is back. http://farmprogress.com/blogs-organic-conference-draws-big-crowd-5021Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMTThe Gorders ridge-tilled, seeded 40,000 ppa, split fertilizer, applied a macro-micro nutrient brew and flew on a fungicide.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-secrets-2986-bu-corn-north-dakota-5008Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTA North Dakota ag advocate offers some tips on how to better explain farming and ranching to consumers.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-how-describe-farm-consumers-4980Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTThe governors didn't say much about agriculture in their state-of-the-state addresses. Are we being taken for granted?http://farmprogress.com/blogs-why-ag-state-state-speeches-4926Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTFive for five -- this Master Farmer brings all his sons home and they grow their corn, bean and beef farm together.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-making-room-farm-3966Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMTMaster Farmer Ricky Lawlar does all he can to succeed and “puts the rest in ‘God’s hands”http://farmprogress.com/blogs-secret-success-master-farmer-faith-3965Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMTNot many people started farming from scratch, without any help from family or business partners, but Ernest Krabbenhoft, of Argusville, N.D., did.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-advice-master-farmer-invest-yourself-3964Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMTDavid Iverson, Astoria, S.D., combines two of the passions in his life -- farming and feeding the hungry.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-meet-south-dakota-master-farmer-3963Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMTDawn Scheier says her “wake-up call” to advocate for agriculture came when her daughter had to defend family farmers. http://farmprogress.com/blogs-dk-farmers-should-meet-dawn-scheier-3926Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMT“Something has to die for us to live,” says Wes Jamison and we shouldn't be afraid to tell and show consumers what goes on in a packing plant. http://farmprogress.com/blogs-telling-animal-ags-shocking-truth-3878Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMTHSUS spent a lot of money supporting measures and candidates that were defeated at the polls, but the non-profit doesn't sound down and out.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-humane-watch-says-hsus-crushed-election-3829Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMTI'm adding "We Built This Country On Family Farms" by two South Dakota FFA students to my farming pride video collection.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-favorite-farming-videos-3794Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMTI've been learning the secrets to farming success, to reducing stress, to getting your sons in the business and to combining your passions.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-learning-masters-3755Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:00:00 GMTWhen I hit the heart of the Bakken, I was shocked. What were they doing to the land? Farmers would get in big trouble if they were doing the same.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farming-middle-north-dakotas-oil-boom-3685Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:00:00 GMTMilk buyers say they could use 100,000 more cows in the I-29 corridor and they think they have come up with an idea that could jumpstart the growth.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-drive-build-more-dairies-south-dakota-3667Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:00:00 GMTSpirit, the revolutionary, 300-hp driverless tractor being developed in Fargo didn't make it to the Big Iron field demos.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-driver-tractor-show-big-iron-3611Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMTVersatile has a new combine -- the RT490 -- and it's made in Russia.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-versatiles-new-combine-russia-love-3582Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMTDrilling for oil, not farming and ranching, is the getting all the attention in the Dakotas.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-ag-isnt-sexy-anymore-3547Fri, 24 Aug 2012 01:00:00 GMTWheat breeders have some promising new varieties in the pipeline and research as started again on hybridshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-new-tech-push-wheat-3507Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:00:00 GMTA dry interval in our wet cycle on the Northern Plains may be more responsible the summer's heat than climate change.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-climate-change-behind-heat-3481Thu, 02 Aug 2012 01:00:00 GMTIt's never so dark on the farm as just before dawn and it's never so dry in a drought as just before a good rain.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-rain-plains-3455Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:00:00 GMTNorthern Plains plant would make fertilizer from natural gas from Bakken oil field.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farmer-owned-fertilizer-plant-idea-moves-ahead-3424Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:00:00 GMTA Minnesota company has developed a corn-based gel that puts out fire and protects against fire better than water and costs half as much as foam.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-fight-wildfires-house-fires-corn-3384Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:00:00 GMTI may never see a ranch in the Missouri Breaks country the same way again.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-ranch-renewed-3371Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTSome interesting things were talked about at the ribbon cutting for Pioneer Hi-Bred's expansion of its corn and soybean research center in Volga, S.D.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-overheard-soybean-field-3350Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTMaybe sugarbeet farmers succeed in Washington, D.C., not just because of the money they contribut, but because the story they tell rings true.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-how-cookie-crumbles-sugar-program-3317Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMTWe had a grand time at the river that runs by the farm. The only downside was the color of the waterhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-farm-soil-erosion-clear-muddy-waters-3285Tue, 29 May 2012 01:00:00 GMTFarm Rescue volunteer honors a lost friend by helping other plant their crops.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farm-rescue-rescue-3265Mon, 21 May 2012 01:00:00 GMTIt's too wet in some places in eastern North Dakota and South Dakota, and almost too dry in others.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-crop-conditions-vary-widely-across-eastern-dakotas-3242Mon, 14 May 2012 01:00:00 GMTComing to Red River Valley farms this fall -- a driverless tractor called "Spirit."http://farmprogress.com/blogs-driverless-tractor-may-debut-valley-3213Tue, 01 May 2012 01:00:00 GMTTroy and Bobbi Uglem farm near Northwood, N.D., and were recently named one of four National Oustanding Young Farmers.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farm-awards-meet-best-brightesst-3191Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMTAbusing animals is bad, but a petition will make the crime a Class C felony in North Dakota -- same as negligent homicide.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-animal-cruelty-november-ballot-3146Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMTWasting time on pink slime: Did meat packers and USDA figure farmers wouldn't mind trying to explain the product?http://farmprogress.com/blogs-wasting-time-pink-slime-3145Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMTPork and beans ... sure, but pork and ice cream? I've never had the two together until tonight.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-hog-heaven-south-dakota-3123Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMTHebda Family Produce is planting cole crops in a new hoop house on their farm. Dale and Rena hope to push the season and be the first to market.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-race-plant-farm-winner-3085Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMTThis farmer says he’s getting so much of a crop insurance subsidy that it’s almost embarrassing.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-crop-insurance-too-good-3056Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:00:00 GMTNominate a farmer or rancher you know to be recognized as a Master Farmer. It's the longest running award program for farmers in the United States.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-recognize-master-farmer-life-3027Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMTA new packing plant, cheese plant and canola crushing plant will give Dakota agriculture a welcome "shot in the arm."http://farmprogress.com/blogs-great-news-new-ag-processing-plants-3026Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMTThe staff at North Central Research Center Extension Center in Minot are honored for their work to save and shelter pets during the Minot flood.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-kudos-ags-pet-rescuers-3025Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMTWhat's driving climate change? A North Dakota aurora watcher says he sees a link between the frequency of northern lights and global warming.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-signs-night-sky-2997Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMTConsumers might really be scared of their food if they read the thriller “Hotwire.”http://farmprogress.com/blogs-holy-hamburger-2971Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTWhat the South Dakota legislature may do this session might have you thinking like Doug Sombke. He says he approaches it like an optimstic pessimist.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-shooting-muskrats-raising-tax-caps-2957Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:50:00 GMT297 bushels per acre is the top all-time corn yield in South Dakota Corn Yield Contest. Check out your district winners, too.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-wow-look-corn-yields-2935Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTSDCGA published a yield contest results booklet and included a couple pages on the Top 10 all-time yields in each contest category.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-wow-look-corn-yields-2936Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTTips on controlling the Dakota's worst weeds, pushing soybean yields even higher and drafting a win-win flexible cash rent.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-rest-best-lake-region-extension-round-2923Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTNDSU specialists talk about a new corn growing strategy, the spread of glyphosate resistant kochia in wheat and tricky specialty crop contracts.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-hot-farm-topics-extension-roundup-2912Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMTYour service makes our communities, states and nation better places to live.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-thanks-2891Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:01:00 GMTThe new NRCS state conservationist in North Dakota hopes to improve customer service on the farm.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-farm-wetlands-new-spirit-cooperation-2877Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMTCurrent high prices for corn and soybeans may not last forever, says a CHS senior vp of marketing.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-end-gold-rush-grain-2859Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:05:00 GMTNorth Dakota Farmers Union and North Dakota Farmer Bureau both elected new presidents in November. The groups will be well served.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-impressed-new-ag-leaders-nd-2841Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:54:00 GMTThe rise of no-till, CRP and corn turn the Dakotas into a tinder box in a dry fall. http://farmprogress.com/blogs-return-prairie-wildfire-2808Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:49:00 GMTLavern and Sue Koch are more than 70 years old and are still trying to learn how to improve their ranch.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-forever-young-2768Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:47:00 GMTThis booming market grows by another S.D. each month; soybean demand ebbs and flows around the New Year and other fun facts.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-what-south-dakota-soybean-leaders-learned-in-china-2733Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:01:00 GMTI may be overreacting to Eric Schlosser's lecture at South Dakota State University. The "Fast Food Nation" author pulled no punches.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-set-the-cows-free-and-burn-down-the-corn-2711Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:34:00 GMTHarvest is going so well that it’s hardly recognizable. Where’s the water, mud and snow?http://farmprogress.com/blogs-from-white-caps-to-dust-ups-2705Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:57:00 GMTGadgets can be found in the most surprising places on Dakota farms.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-high-tech-or-low-tech-2680Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:01:00 GMTChristine Wevik has created her a hidden garden in their farm’s shelterbelthttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-prettiest-place-in-the-dakotas-2639Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:01:00 GMTYou don’t want to see this one in fields this year. It could mean you 1-2 years away from big trouble and big dollars for weed control.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-what-that-weed-2638Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:01:00 GMTNew Holland’s new track system for its big 4WD tractors attracted a lot of attentionhttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-big-draw-at-big-iron-2637Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:09:00 GMTFrom 8,000 feet up, I thought I was seen different soils. It turned out to be corn burning up in Illinois' drought.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-9-corn-2581Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:25:00 GMTWheat was a disappointment, but corn and soybeans are looking good.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-high-times-in-central-dakota-2550Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:43:00 GMTUSPS plans to close thousands of post offices to cut costs. It's looking a list of more more than 100 offices in South Dakota and North Dakota.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-is-your-post-office-closing-2534Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:41:00 GMTGrandkids ought to come with GPS locator chipshttp://farmprogress.com/blogs-honey-ive-lost-a-twin-2475Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTThe Hoenhauses are trying no-till and cover crops in Eastern North Dakota that we've long thought was too wet to no-till.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-this-farms-worth-watching-2474Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:49:00 GMTWhat's the next big thing for South Dakota agriculture? http://farmprogress.com/blogs-sitting-in-on-the-summit-2442Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:55:00 GMTIt was a perfect day for a feedlot tour -- cold, windy and raining heavily.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-not-belly-deep-in-mud-2405Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:15:00 GMTTwo NASCAR fans teach me a lesson about promoting ethanol.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-getting-passed-at-the-kansas-speedway-2367Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:40:00 GMTCheer for No. 33 in the NASCAR race in Kansas City Sunday. It’s running for everybody who produces ethanol and grows corn.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-raising-the-green-flag-2353Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:52:00 GMTHow many tractors does it take to plant corn in the Dakotas? If you answered one, you'd be wrong this year.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-its-a-twotractor-planting-year-2336Fri, 27 May 2011 14:16:00 GMTThese farmers say there's an easy way to protect township roads -- if USDA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would get out the way.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-on-the-road-maybe-in-flood-country-2296Thu, 12 May 2011 09:32:00 GMTBy working hard and long, two South Dakota cattle producer limit losses during cool, wet, muddy calving season.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-calving-season-success-2248Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:58:00 GMTMost of South Dakota agriculture is expereincing the best of times. Why is it the worst of times for South Dakota ag research and extension?http://farmprogress.com/blogs-best-of-times-worst-of-times-2215Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:01:00 GMTWhat's hot when it's cold? A visit to a couple farm shops shows that it's new bulk fill planters with variable rate and auto row shutoff technology.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-whats-hot-when-its-cold-2166Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:28:00 GMTThe beet goes on -- or does will it for Roundup Ready sugarbeets? Farmers don't like the prospect of taking a step backward this year.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-roundup-ready-beets-2145Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMTBe thankful to be living in the Dakotas. The capacity to produce energy and food is a good combination in this day and age.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-good-place-in-a-crisis-2144Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:50:00 GMTThe smell of freshly plowed fields used to be one great things about spring on a farm. But now it makes Dan Forgey sick.http://farmprogress.com/blogs-scent-of-spring-2103Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:37:00 GMT