by burkecounty | May 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Farm Stress Farming is well known to be a stressful occupation and it’s looking like the spring planting season of 2023 may be another extremely stressful season. While the rain last weekend might have been perfect for pastures and hay land it is pushing an...
by burkecounty | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Annual Forages May Be Popular Again This Year Last year the drought conditions of 2021 left a major hay shortage across most of North Dakota and Montana. That situation followed by a late, wet spring led to many more acres of annual forages being planted in...
by burkecounty | Apr 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Youth Farm Safety Camps Set Three dates and locations are available for North Dakota youth. Youth will be able to learn about safe farm and ranch practices during three statewide Farm Safety Camps that North Dakota State University Extension is hosting this year....
by burkecounty | Apr 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Check Your Sump Pumps: Take 2 Last week I wrote about the problems which I found with my sump pumps. My black plastic pipes on the ground outside are still frozen under the snow and ice but the east side of my house has drain tile which terminates in a sump inside a...
by burkecounty | Mar 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Check Your Sump Pumps This news release from NDSU Extension about checking your sump pumps is very timely and a great reminder for us. We may not have as much snow as some parts of the state but the cool temperatures we have been having are slowing the...
