Jenny Schlecht

Content Director at Agweek

Director of ag content for @agweekmagazine. Writing ag news and raising farm kids on a North Dakota farm and feedlot. https://t.co/tsAHR1lomG.

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Articles

With no standalone farm bill in sight, budget reconciliation may be the only path forward

5 days ago | inforum.com | Jenny Schlecht

With no movement on getting a standalone farm bill to replace the existing one that already has faced two extensions, including some important farm bill legislation in a budget reconciliation bill might be the only way forward, according to Collin Peterson.
As planting winds down, growing conditions spur potential for good crops

1 week ago | agweek.com | Ariana Schumacher |Jenny Schlecht |Noah Fish

As planting nears completion across the northern Plains and upper Midwest, crop experts say conditions so far are shaping up for a good year. “Temperatures, I don’t think, are going to be that crazy wild, you know, high or low, and I think it could be a really good year if we continue to get these intermittent rains to tide us along,” Anthony Bly, soils field specialist for South Dakota State University Extension, said. Planting was mostly completed by mid-May in South Dakota, he said.
Things go right more often than it seems

1 week ago | agweek.com | Jenny Schlecht

We planted the garden a touch late, delayed by rain and abnormally cool weather in May, followed by about a week’s wait while we acquired a new tiller. I planted green beans and potatoes Memorial Day weekend, and I’ve been wandering over to look for signs of life ever since. Everything I planted earlier was in old lick tubs, and everything came up nicely — save for a spot where a cat may have played in the soil where I planted carrots. But the beans and potatoes in the ground seemed slow to emerge.
Midwest Agriculture Summit takes on big questions in ag transportation

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Jenny Schlecht

WEST FARGO, N.D. — What farmers do in their fields is just the first step in a long line of actions to get products to market. "You can't feed the world if you can't get to the world," said Daniel Maffei, a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission.
Demand remains strong for U.S. commodities, but market reaction isn't the same across sectors

3 weeks ago | agweek.com | Jenny Schlecht

Demand is the name of the game for markets right now, but how that demand is translating to prices is different for different commodities. Exports have been decent, I mean, you know, whether it be for corn, or whether it be for soybeans, even new crop wheat sales have been decent," said Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management on the Agweek Market Wrap.
May rains led to big improvement in drought conditions

3 weeks ago | inforum.com | Jenny Schlecht

Some North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network stations went a year without getting a daily half-inch of rain, and some went nearly two years without a daily 1-inch rainfall. Heavy rainfall throughout much of the region since the middle of May has changed that and helped improve drought situations in much of the region. Bowman County had several stations that hadn’t received a soaking rainfall in a long time. But the rain didn’t fall evenly everywhere.
Can we stop demonizing ‘chemicals’ or is it too late?

3 weeks ago | agweek.com | Jenny Schlecht

Almost a decade ago, I spent marathon nursing sessions with my second daughter watching reruns of “Parks and Recreation.” The sitcom satirizes local government and the people it serves. But the situations and characters in the show seem less absurd with each passing day. One episode, called “Fluoride,” centers on the effort of main character and city council member Leslie Knope to add fluoride to her town’s drinking water.
Matt Perdue announces run for North Dakota Farmers Union president

4 weeks ago | agweek.com | Jenny Schlecht

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A longtime North Dakota Farmers Union employee has announced he will run for president of the organization. Matt Perdue, currently government relations director for NDFU, will resign from his position at the organization June 27, in accordance with the group's bylaws, to run for the role being vacated by current President Mark Watne, who has announced he will not run for reelection at the NDFU convention in December.
John Deere autonomous tillage system gets tryout in North Dakota fields

1 month ago | inforum.com | Jenny Schlecht

GLEN ULLIN, N.D. — It's disconcerting to watch a tractor with no one inside fire up and drive away. Gooseneck Implement employees testing out a new precision agriculture feature from John Deere watched it happen for about a week in southern Morton County fields. "We've added technology on to an existing 9RX John Deere tractor, and it is capable of running autonomously," said Jim Campbell, equipment specialist lead for Gooseneck Implement.
Most North Dakota farmland buyers are farmers, but outside investment isn’t insignificant

1 month ago | inforum.com | Jenny Schlecht

While famous investors like Bill Gates or Interior Secretary Scott Bessent owning North Dakota farmland get headlines, Bryon Parman, agricultural finance specialist at North Dakota State University Extension, says it’s not the norm. “By far and away, most purchases are (by) farmers,” he said. “I mean, it’s a huge percentage — cautious to give an actual percentage.