The Farm Forum is a weekly agricultural newspaper based in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Aberdeen, SD
Joined August 2012
For two years, bird baggers traveling to pheasant fields have had to rely on anecdotes to get a sense of the pheasant season's game numbers. Are there accurate pheasant numbers since the brood survey ended? farmforum.net/story/news/202…
SDSU's "The Grass is Greener on the Other Side" project is one of 70 the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing into as part of its Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative. It’s the largest grant ever received by the university. argusleader.com/story/news/e…
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“I’ve been farming for about 36 years, and I don’t remember fuel ever being this expensive,” said Scott VanderWal, president of the South Dakota Farm Bureau. farmforum.net/story/news/bus…
South Dakota Field Crops Report: Corn condition rated 0% very poor, 2% poor, 23% fair, 62% good, and 13% excellent. Soybean condition rated 0% very poor, 2% poor, 25% fair, 65% good, and 8% excellent. farmforum.net/story/news/202…
South Dakota: For the week ending May 1, 2022, there were 3.5 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. farmforum.net/story/news/202…
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The plant's proposal is to pump water out of a lagoon from July through September using a pipe that runs to the creek, Bader said. "They want to lower the lagoon to make repairs. This is the same lagoon they requested to irrigate on a farmer’s land." farmforum.net/story/news/loc…
Some farms have had to kill more than 5 million chickens at a single site with a goal of destroying the birds within 24 hours to limit the spread of the disease and prevent animals from suffering. farmforum.net/story/news/202…
"We have an opportunity to do a world-class project" that "gives biofuels a future that's desperately needed in a world demanding more sustainability," Rastetter recently told investors in an event at a North Dakota ethanol plant. farmforum.net/story/money/ag…
America’s farm families are stewards of the land, water and air. Today is National Ag Day — a great time to thank farmers for all they do! #AgDay22