March Dairy Meeting Focuses on Using Records to Become More Profitable (2/14/02) Reproduction challenges and high somatic cell counts are two main challenges for dairy producers. Helping producers make advancements in both areas by improving their records and analysis of them is the focus of an educational meeting for dairy producers Tuesday, March 19, in Bismarck.  MORE

Good News for North Dakota Wheat Farmers: Wheat Midge Risk Low (2/14/02) Based on results from the latest wheat midge survey, the overwintering population has decreased significantly in northwestern North Dakota where problems with the insect have persisted for the past three seasons. The populations continue to remain small in most of the eastern counties.  MORE  AUDIO 1  AUDIO 2  AUDIO 3

Internet Access Jumps 83 percent in North Dakota (2/14/02) The share of North Dakota households with Internet access soared by 83 percent, increasing from 20.6 percent in 1998 to 37.7 percent in 2000.  MORE

Increasing Value Captured from Grassland and Forages Boosts Beef Production Profit Margins (2/14/02) Some production costs for the beef industry in the Northern Plains are unnecessarily high because livestock producers tend to rely on traditional pasture-forage management practices that inefficiently capture the nutrients produced on a land base, notes range scientist Lee Manske.  MORE

Second North Dakota Feedlot School Set for March (2/12/02) Demand from producers prompts NDSU organizers to schedule second feedlot school. Register by March 1.  MORE

Beef Specialist Urges Producers to Remember the Power of Crossbreeding (2/12/02) As cattle producers purchase bulls and gear up for another breeding season, they need to remember the power of crossbreeding, beef specialist Greg Lardy says.  MORE  AUDIO 1  AUDIO 2

Prepare now For a Successful Calving Season, Beef Specialist Says (2/12/02) In terms of beef cow profitability, a dead calf is worse than no calf at all, so now is the time to pay attention to calving preparation and management, says beef specialist Greg Lardy.  MORE  AUDIO 1  AUDIO 2

BeefTalk: That Cow Wasn’t Supposed to Calve Today (2/14/02) Beef specialist Kris Ringwall notes that beef cows don’t read gestation tables. A calving date for your cows, he says, is just an estimate.  MORE

Prairie Fare: One From the Heart (2/14/02) Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson talks about cholesterol: what it is, what it does and how to control it. She also offers a recipe for Classic Meatloaf with a heart-healthy twist.  MORE

Plains Folk: The Botany of Desire (2/14/02) Tom Isern reviews a new book which considers whether we’re manipulating plants or plants are manipulating us.  MORE

Hortiscope (2/14/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening.  MORE

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