NEWS for North Dakotans
Agriculture Communication, North Dakota State University
7 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5665


April 23, 1998

Table of Contents

To Farm or Not To Farm: A Question
In Northeast North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

One Farming Strategy:
Shoot for $10 Per Acre Return on Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

New Guide Helps Determine
Herbicide Injury to Small Grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Certified Crop Adviser Exam Set For Aug. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dakota Data #214: Per-Pupil Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Prairie Fare: If That's Charcoal I Smell,
It Must Be Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Plains Folk: Fox Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Parent Line: Tickets to Fun and Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hortiscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The Market Advisor:
Large World Durum Crop Possible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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