Mikkel Pates
Agweek
Fargo, ND, United States
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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission issues cease-and-desist against Banghart Properties
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission hits Banghart Properties LLC, with cease-and-desist on grain trades. → Read More
The love story of the rancher and veterinarian at Dakota Winds Ranch
John and Sharon Leiferman's bale-grazing success at Dakota Winds Ranch Inc. is just the latest development in a life of frugality born in part by the 1980s farm crisis. → Read More
Will farmers catch the goodness of rye as a cover crop?
David Karki of SDSU underlined that planting cover crops like rye is not so much about big yield increases, but it will make the land more tolerant of fluctuations in weather. → Read More
Winter ‘bale-grazing’ offers freedom at Dakota Winds Ranch
A South Dakota cattle rancher and his veterinarian wife figure out a bale grazing plan that allows minimal winter care. → Read More
Agribusiness are taking big hits with rising insurance costs
Insurance rates for grain elevator facilities have gone up substantially in the past year. → Read More
Ag analyst Dave Juday says agriculture faces inflation and export shifts in 2023
Dave Juday, founder of the Juday Group, discusses effects of recent economic changes on the grain and ag business. → Read More
Expert advice smooths out generational transfer of Dombeck bean and dairy farm
Mark Dombeck tells how expert advice has helped him accomplish a smooth, orderly transfer of ownership to three of his adult children and partners. → Read More
Shed collapse from snow in central North Dakota was ‘kind of a disaster,’ but no one was hurt
Mike Clemens, a farmer from Wimbledon, North Dakota, was literally (and figuratively) “blown away,” when his equipment shed collapsed under a snow load. → Read More
800,000 bushels of corn annually grind their way through this S.D. co-op
The Howard (South Dakota) Cooperative Elevator makes a good share of its corn volume into feed for an expanding hog industry in eastern South Dakota. → Read More
Take a look inside the 'brain' of John Deere
Deere & Company has one of its worldwide research technology hubs in Fargo, North Dakota -- a big part of the fabled company’s “brain.” → Read More
Meet five of John Deere’s high-tech stars
Five John Deere engineers in Fargo, North Dakota, have been named elite “Fellows” by the company, honoring their contributions. → Read More
Iowa pig owner helps fill South Dakota barns for contract growers
Nick Fitzgerald represents Windy Oak Farms, an “integrator” or pig owner, that places weanling pigs with contract finishing barn. → Read More
Contract pig production offers ‘something vs. nothing’ for South Dakota county
Wallace “Wally” Knock of Willow Lake, South Dakota, chairman of the Clark County Commission, said his community is welcoming livestock development – despite outside ownership – because livestock is the only thing that offers opportunity in his rural, agricultural economy. → Read More
Year-end sales equipment sales strong, despite inflation
Year-end purchases of farm equipment seem strong, according to partners in Lake County International, founded in 1962 at Madison, South Dakota, and operated as a one-site dealership by the Bloom family. → Read More
American Crystal Sugar looks ahead into 60th year
The Moorhead-based sugar co-op’s record-high $71 per ton crop is tempered by inflation and political shifts. → Read More
Herbicide planning for 2023 looks more ‘normal’
Farmers had a challenging year in 2022 for weed infestations because of a late planting season and dryness, especially in central and southern South Dakota. Kevin Erikson, lead sales representative for Wilbur-Ellis at Salem, South Dakota, discusses recommendations for grappling with weeds, including herbicide resistance, and year-end chemical and fertilizer purchases. → Read More
International Harvester enthusiast stays in the black by using decades-old red iron
LeRoy and Rosemary Helbling of Mandan, North Dakota, farm with International Harvester equipment that is mostly 30 to 40 years old, kept in pristine condition. They raise crops primarily as feed for their Hereford herd of cows. → Read More
American Crystal Sugar projects $71 per ton beet payment
Officials of American Crystal Sugar Co., a Moorhead, Minnesota, a farmer-owned cooperative, in factory district meetings told shareholder-growers that they brought in a record-high 12.1 million tons of beets. The company added 52,000 acres in the spring to offset effects of late planting and… → Read More
Closely split Congress could bode well for farm bill
Two agricultural policy lobbyists – former Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Randy Russell, a long-time Republican staffer and advocate – say the the closely-divided Congress after the midterms may bode well for replacing the federal farm bill in 2023. → Read More
Scientist: North Dakota should go for ‘absolute zero’ on Palmer amaranth
Tom Peters, a North Dakota State University and University of Minnesota Extension service specialist focused on controlling weeds in sugarbeets and rotation crops, thinks North Dakota’s response to Palmer amaranth weeds needs to step up to a “zero tolerance” stance, or farmers will face a tripling of weed chemical control costs. → Read More