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Ag Engineer Outlines Strategies for Reducing Spray Drift (06/12/01) Keeping pesticide applications on target is a key to having the maximum impact on weeds, insects and diseases while minimizing costs, notes agricultural engineer Vern Hofman.  MORE



Median Age in North Dakota Increases to 36.2 Years
(06/07/01) Beginning in 1980 the median age has steadily risen, increasing, on average, four years per decade. State Data Center director Richard Rathge explains why.  MORE

Wahpeton Company Gets Help From NDSU Institute for Business and Industry Development (06/07/01) You can turn to NDSU’s Institute for Business and Industry Development if your company needs help.  MORE  AUDIO 1  AUDIO 2  AUDIO 3

June 13 Field Day Set for NDSU Central Grasslands Research Extension Center (06/07/01) The 20th annual field tour begins at 6 p.m. and will highlight livestock and grazing research and conclude with a free roast beef supper.  MORE

Dairy Specialist Offers Instructions for Making Hay at PEAQ Quality (06/04/01) For first-cutting alfalfa, judging the best time to cut involves measuring the plant's height, assessing the stage of maturity and estimating the field's forage quality.  MORE

BeefTalk: Generational Differences Exist, Attention to the Basics Is Lesson Learned (06/07/01) Beef specialist Kris Ringwall gets some timeless advice on the beef business from his dad.  MORE

Prairie Fare: Perfect Picnics (06/07/01) Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden Robinson offers tips for keeping your picnics safe from foodborne dangers. She also offers a recipe for Light and Easy Country Coleslaw.  MORE

Plains Folk: On Labradors and Grasslands (06/07/01) A walk on the prairie with his dog gets Tom Isern thinking about grassland guides published by land-grant universities and the history and philosophy of range and grassland science.  MORE

Hortiscope (06/07/01) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  MORE




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