Executive Vice President Grand Forks What is agriculture’s most significant change in the last decade? “Technology has certainly been a big key player. It’s been the adaption of different practices and systems that are now being utilized in agriculture. Cropping systems and grazing systems.. no-till and minimum-till … mapping of the genomes of plant species,… [More…]
Doug Goehring, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
Bismarck What is agriculture’s most significant change in the last decade? In the last ten years we have seen a significant rise in the values of agriculture products. The rise of the values of what we sell and the values of what we have to put into the crop has greatly increased the risk associated with… [More…]
Les Paulson, Paulson Premium Seed & Conditioning
President Bowman What is agriculture’s most significant change in the last decade? Roundup. It has completely changed farming techniques since its introduction. What is the best tool ever developed for agriculture? The internet has done amazing things for the agriculture industry. We can get research information, up to the minute markets, and basically any new… [More…]
Land Issues: Developing the Amber Waves of Grain
It was Will Rogers who famously recommended that people invest in land because “they ain’t makin’ any more.” Well, they ain’t makin’ any more in North Dakota, either, which is why legislators and residents are grappling with a variety of issues relating to its limited supply of what is, in many cases, highly profitable land.… [More…]