This Weeks Spring Fever Garden Forum
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Dry conditions in 2023 keep wheat midge forecast low for 2024 The majority of soil samples had zero wheat midge cocoons in the soil for the past four years, due to continued dry conditions in northern North Dakota. “Soil samples in North Dakota...
NDSU Releases Crop Budget Projections For 2024
NDSU Releases Crop Budget Projections For 2024 Generally, most crop budgets in all regions project a profit for the year. The North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension projected crop budgets for 2024 are available for the state’s farmers, says Ron Haugen, NDSU...
Zoom and In-Person Events
Burke County Ag Improvement Meeting is set for February 22nd in Lignite. Topics will include: Interseeding Cover Crops, Regenerative Ag from a Farmer’s Perspective, Stop The Bleed: The life you save could be your own!, Herbicide Carry Over and Herbicide Injury. Watch...
Design Your Succession Plan for Farm and Ranch Families
Design Your Succession Plan for Farm and Ranch Families We still have a few openings for the farm and Ranch Succession Planning series to be held in Wildrose, ND, on February 13th, 20th, and 27th. Succession Planning professionals tell us...
Best of the Best in Wheat Production
Design Your Succession Plan for Farm and Ranch Families We still have a few openings for the farm and Ranch Succession Planning series to be held in Wildrose, ND, on February 13th, 20th, and 27th. Succession Planning professionals tell us...
Design Your Succession Plan for Farm and Ranch Families
Design Your Succession Plan for Farm and Ranch Families Wildrose Firehall: February 13, 20, 27 NDSU Extension Agents from Burke, Divide, and Williams counties are working together to provide farm and ranch families in northwester North Dakota the...
Fake News, Acronyms, and Evaluating Online Information
Fake News, Acronyms, and Evaluating Online Information A couple of days ago the morning coffee group in Bowbells were arguing about whether Dolly Parton had died or not. Someone had seen an online news article about it. I can’t even count the times my wife...
Combination Fruit Trees
Combination Fruit Trees I was recently reading a news release by NDSU Extension forester, Joe Zeleznik, relating to trees holding their leaves into the winter. (https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/news/columns/dakota-gardener/dakota-gardener-still-holding-on). He wrote...
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This Weeks Spring Fever Garden Forum
North Dakota State University is offering a series of workshops for gardeners. The Spring Fever Garden Forums will run on Monday evenings, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. CT, from March 25 to April 15.
Session 4, April 15th Special Topics
- Bees and Bee Mimics in Gardens
- Crabgrass Management in Lawns
- Mike Who? Fungi That Help Gardens
In person attendees at the Burke County Courthouse Community Room in Bowbells will receive a special gift.
All sessions are free and recorded for future viewing but registration is requested. Please register at https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension/spring-fever-garden-forums/
Avian Influenza Found in Cattle! Update!
Confirmed cases of HPAI continue to spread in dairy herds in the US. HPAI is now confirmed in ten herds in six states. The good news is that it appears that most, if not all, confirmed cases beyond the original one in Texas purchased heifers from the dairy in Texas where the first case was confirmed.
This highlights the importance of good biosecurity procedures such as quarantining of newly purchased livestock of any species. While no confirmed cases have been reported in beef cattle it is possible or maybe even probable that beef cattle have been infected.
Decreased herd level milk production; acute sudden drop in production with some severely impacted cows experiencing thicker, concentrated, colostrum-like milk; decrease in feed consumption with a simultaneous drop in rumen motility; abnormal tacky or loose feces, lethargy, dehydration, and fever. Based on these symptoms, beef cattle with mild symptoms may not even be noticed in many beef cattle herds. These symptoms may also be caused by a variety of other viral and/ or bacterial diseases. Initial cases indicated older cows in mid-lactation may be more likely to be severely impacted than younger cows and fresh cows or heifers. Additional data indicates younger cattle have been affected; more data and reporting from impacted producers will help to clarify the range of animals affected.
Livestock producers need to practice good biosecurity including quarantine of newly purchased animals. While it is not possible to completely protect all feed sources from contact with wild birds, keeping feed storage bins and buildings closed and sealed against sparrows, pigeons, and other species of wild birds can lessen the possibility of HPAI transmission and other infectious disease transmission through feed sources.