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Agriculture Week is a weekly publication that focuses on research in agriculture and food science, highlighting the newest advancements in farming and food production. Key areas of coverage include Agribusiness, Crops, Livestock, and Markets. The newspaper is published by Vertical News, a division of NewsRx, LLC.

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Dancing with danger: Meet the bullfighters who stand between cowboys and chaos

6 days ago | agweek.com | Ariana Schumacher

BROOKINGS, S.D. — For most people, looking a mad bull straight in the eyes doesn’t sound like a fun way to spend an evening. However, for professional bull fighters Luke Heninger and Riley Schott it’s just another day on the job, fighting bulls and keeping cowboys safe. This year, they were the bullfighters for the Jackrabbit Stampede Rodeo in Brookings, South Dakota, April 11 and 12.
South Dakota State University Plant Diagnostic Clinic helps farmers tackle plant diseases

1 week ago | agweek.com | Ariana Schumacher

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Understanding your plant’s health is vital to having a successful farming operation. The South Dakota State University Plant Diagnostic Clinic helps producers, gardeners and homeowners assess possible diseases in their plants. They test everything from crops to trees to garden produce. “We look mostly at plant diseases and figuring out what is killing the plants in the field,” said Madalyn Shires, SDSU plant pathology specialist and assistant professor.
9 farmer groups challenge lawsuit seeking to further regulate Minnesota agriculture

1 week ago | agweek.com | Michael Johnson

Nine agriculture groups have filed to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to further regulate both animal and crop agriculture in Minnesota.
Farmers in the region see a dry start to growing season as planting ramps up

1 week ago | agweek.com | Ariana Schumacher |Jenny Schlecht |Michael Johnson

The last big drought at Jorgensen Land and Cattle in Ideal, South Dakota, was in 2012. That spring was fairly normal. This spring is drier than at the same time that year. But Bryan Jorgensen, chief agronomy operations officer, knows that can change quickly in the spring. "This is normally when we get most of our moisture,” he said. South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards said April is the tipping point to see if conditions will get worse, get better or hold steady in the drought conditions.
Rural Health Forum provides sometimes overlooked services and providers

1 week ago | agweek.com | Noah Fish

KASSON, Minn. — Make healthcare a priority. That was the message at the Rural Health Forum & Fair sponsored by Dodge County Public Health in cooperation with Dodge and Olmsted County Farmers Unions. Rodney Peterson, president of the Dodge County Farmers Union, said the event, which featured 14 vendors and two guest speakers, was the first of its kind. "We believe that there's a big need for our rural people to have better health decisions and health outcomes," Peterson said.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar talks tariffs' impacts to ag and small businesses at Moorhead brewery

1 week ago | agweek.com | Emily Beal

MOORHEAD, Minn. — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, spoke at Swing Barrel Brewing Co. in Moorhead, Minnesota, on Friday, April 11, about the current happenings in the U.S. government, particularly tariffs and the uncertainty they bring along with them. “Not all tariffs are bad; however, the way this has been handled across the board has been a complete jolt to our economy, and particularly in rural America,” Klobuchar said.
Grain markets focusing less on tariffs, more on fundamentals, while cattle markets move with stock markets

2 weeks ago | agweek.com | Jenny Schlecht |ranch near Medina

With grain markets finishing the week in pretty good shape despite continued uncertainty and news about tariffs and trade relations, Randy Koenen of the Red River Network speculated on the Agweek Market Wrap that maybe the market is becoming "I don't want to say immune to it, but it just seems like they become numb, maybe, to some of that news."Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management said that thought does seem to have some validity.
Preliminary Life Cycle Assessment data look positive for Northarvest region beans

2 weeks ago | agweek.com | Jenny Schlecht |ranch near Medina

FARGO, N.D. — David Ripplinger, bioenergy and bioproduct economics specialist for North Dakota State University Extension, has completed his preliminary analysis on a Life Cycle Assessment of dry beans grown in North Dakota and Minnesota, and so far, it looks like the region's beans may have a marketable carbon intensity compared to national averages. Life Cycle Assessments involve determining the greenhouse gas emissions involved in producing a given unit of a product.
Luxury and chickens: Two words that need not be used together

2 weeks ago | agweek.com | Michael Johnson

The longer and warmer days have our hens back into regular production, which comes at a great time for us. Eggs are, of course, on the menu almost daily in April. On two separate occasions this winter I had to hide my face as I went into a local grocery store to buy chicken eggs. Can you imagine if someone had recognized me? It would be like a sourdough artist stopping off at a gas station for some white sandwich bread. You’d never live it down.
Research looks at management of rust, soybean cyst nematodes and common bacterial blight in dry beans

2 weeks ago | agweek.com | Jenny Schlecht |ranch near Medina

Support from Northarvest Bean Growers Association and U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grants has allowed researchers at North Dakota State University to look at ways to manage three common diseases in dry edible beans: rust, soybean cyst nematodes and common bacterial blight. Northarvest has supported an ongoing project dealing with the three diseases with a $131,292.60 grant.