News Releases and Other Information -- October 10, 2002

News

Base and Yield Options Under the 2002 Farm Bill Explained (10/16/02) Farm management specialist Dwight Aakre outlines the five options for updating base acres under the new farm bill. MORE

Confusion about Base and Yield Options for Determining Decoupled Payments (10/14/02) Farm management specialist Andrew Swenson spells out basics of determining base acres and yields for decoupled payments under the new farm bill. MORE

NDSU Celebrates Harvest Bowl (10/10/02) Outstanding agriculturists, student athletes and Myron Johnsrud will be honored during Harvest Bowl week at NDSU. MORE

2002 N.D. Kids Count! Fact Book Profiles Child Well-Being (10/10/02) Indicators of North Dakota child well-being highlighted in the October Population Bulletin released from the North Dakota State Data Center. The bulletin presents selected indicators from the "2002 North Dakota KIDS COUNT! Fact Book." MORE

4-H celebrates 100 years! This Video takes a look at North Dakota 4-H Programming as it heads into the next 100 years. (10/8/02) It’s after school at Jefferson Elementary in Fargo. These 4-H kids are learning about the parts of a rocket. 4-H is developing programs to meet the needs of today’s youth, as it heads into the next 100 years. VIDEO SCRIPT

Columns

Column Archive

BeefTalk: Grid Marketing Demands Knowledge of Markets and Your Cattle (10/10/02) Beef specialist Kris Ringwall notes that grid marketing does not assure profit, especially if you don’t understand the markets and if the steers you market vary widely in yield and quality grades. MORE

Prairie Fare: Would You Like to Super-size That? (10/10/02) Food and nutrition specialist Julie Garden-Robinson suggests strategies for dealing with super-sized portions. She also offers a recipe for Stuffed Cabbage Rolls. MORE

Plains Folk: Windmills (10/10/02) Old home-made wooden windmills ought to be noticed and documented as a remembrance of past generations. MORE

Hortiscope (10/10/02) Ron Smith answers readers' questions about the world of plants and gardening. MORE

Market Advisor: USDA Says Less Wheat Available (10/3/02) Crops economist George Flaskerud talks about implications for prices. MORE