AGRICULTURE
CHEF JEFF: Sausage-Stuffed Squash
Herald Food Editor Jeff Tiedeman takes baked winter squash to another level by stuffing it with homemade sausage at Chef Jeff, the Red River Valley's newest food blog of fun, at Chef Jeff.
By Herald Staff Report , November 19, 2009
Part of South Dakota town evacuated after chemical leak
Residents of Big Stone City, S.D. have returned home after being evacuated after an anhydrous ammonia leak Wednesday night.By Associated Press , November 19, 2009
CHEF JEFF — ONE BYTE AT A TIME: Citrus Harvest Muffins
Don’t wait until Thanksgiving to give this cranberry recipe from Ocean Spray a try.
By Herald Staff Report , November 19, 2009
CHEF JEFF: Chili-Stuffed Potato Skins
Chili and baked potatoes are two of Herald Food Editor Jeff Tiedeman's favorite foods. Combined, they're even better, as he points out at Chef Jeff, the Red River Valley's newest food blog of fun, at Chef Jeff.
By Herald Staff Report , November 18, 2009
CHEF JEFF — ONE BYTE AT A TIME: Guacamole
Avocados seem to be plentiful in the supermarket these days. And if you watch closely, they might be on sale.
By Herald Staff Report , November 18, 2009
Authorities ID man who died from ammonia leak
Police have identified two Oklahoma men, one of whom died and the other who was critically injured, after an anhydrous ammonia accident at an industrial plant here.By Emily Zimmer , November 17, 2009
Corn fungus fears ease in N.D., S.D.
A fungus problem with the potential to create widespread damage to corn crops in the Dakotas for perhaps the first time in memory might not be as ominous as first feared.By Blake Nicholson , November 17, 2009
CHEF JEFF: Vegetable Soups
Root vegetable soups that contain parsnips, turnips, carrots and rutabagas capture the essence of fall. Grab a bowl of what Herald Food Editor Jeff Tiedeman is serving at Chef Jeff, the Red River Valley's newest food blog of fun, at Chef Jeff.
By Herald Staff Reports , November 17, 2009
CHEF JEFF — ONE BYTE AT A TIME: Potatoes Au Gratin
When prepared properly, nothing beats these potatoes au gratin.
By Herald Staff Report , November 17, 2009
Volunteers are secrets to success
Tom Olson was the North Dakota State University Extension Service agent for Stutsman County in 2005 or 2006 when he first met Bill Gross, founder and president of what would become Farm Rescue.
By Mikkel Pates , November 16, 2009
Farm Rescue hits milestone with Ypsilanti family
“The tractor suddenly went into gear and it came forward. The back tire caught me and rolled me along the pickup, like rolling a pencil between your palms. It left an impression, where I rolled, that was pretty much the depth of me,” Dustin Lien said.
By Mikkel Pates , November 16, 2009
Warmer weather helps harvest
North Dakota farmers made good progress the past week harvesting what may end up being a record-yielding sunflower crop. But the corn crop remains barely combined and way behind normal harvesting schedules.By Stephen J. Lee , November 16, 2009
Dakotas might see record sunflower yields
Sunflower crops could set records in the nation's top two producing states this year, helping to blunt a drop in nationwide production and ensure a healthy supply for processors in the United States and Canada.
By Blake Nicholson , November 16, 2009
CHEF JEFF — ONE BYTE AT A TIME: Tangy Tomato Salad Dressing
Outback Steakhouses are known for the tangy tomato salad dressing that they serve. Outback doesn’t give out its recipes, but here’s one that’s a good substitute.
By Herald Staff Report , November 16, 2009
UN and Islamic bank make $1 billion farming deal
Funding from an Islamic bank will help develop agriculture in poor countries, a U.N. food agency said today ahead of a summit to discuss the so-far elusive goal of reducing the number of hungry people in the world.By Associated Press , November 15, 2009
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OUR VOICES Quickies: UND researchers and what they're researching
The City Beat is finally starting that project to interview UND researchers about their fields. Did you know there's a list of published articles by UND faculty at the Chester Fritz library Web site? The person in special collections that I talked to said that his department surveys all the ac
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Oct 12, 2009 at 5:15 PM | The City BeatFarm innovation grants available
Minnesotans with ideas to help farming can ask the state Agriculture Department for money. The department will award up to $90,000 next year for projects in areas like fruit and vegetable production, livestock production systems, conservation tillage and weed management, organic farming and alterna
Posted by: Don Davis on Sep 16, 2009 at 10:08 AM | Capitol ChatterPawlenty seeks farmer aid
Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants the federal government to provide low-interest loans to farmers in six northern Minnesota counties affected by wet weather in 2008 and 2009. Pawlenty sent a letter asking U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to declare Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Rose
Posted by: Don Davis on Sep 15, 2009 at 3:56 PM | Capitol ChatterPawlenty seeks pork help
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has asked federal authorities to help the pork industry, mostly encouraging them to work out better international trade deals. The Minnesota Republican stopped short of what nine of his colleagues, including those from Iowa and Wisconsin, asked: increasing spending on pork for fed
Posted by: Don Davis on Aug 14, 2009 at 4:58 PM | Capitol ChatterFlu just one cause of pork problems
"Swine flu" made an already-sick pork industry even sicker.
And while the rest of the world awaits a new, and predicted much harsher, round of what officially is known as H1
Dairy aid OK'd
A plan to increase dairy support prices in a time of historically low milk prices gained U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson's support. The Detroit Lakes Democrat, who is U.S. House agriculture chairman, said his committee has heard from dairy farmers that the industry needs help. "Increasing the price
Posted by: Don Davis on Jul 31, 2009 at 3:50 PM | Capitol ChatterAg exports up
Minnesota’s agriculture exports are on the rise. The state Agriculture Department today announced they were up 50 percent in 2008. The state is the seventh largest ag exporting state, selling $5.5 billion worth of items such as soybeans, corn, livestock, wheat and dairy products. “Agri
Posted by: Don Davis on Jul 13, 2009 at 9:33 AM | Capitol ChatterOUR VOICES UAV tech test tomorrow
Florent Martel, the fellow I talked to in May about the sense-and-avoid technology his company is developing for UAVs, sent an e-mail Tuesday afternoon reminding me about the live flight test he'll be conducting today with UND. I didn't see it for a few hours and, by then, it was too late to set up
Posted by: Tu-Uyen on Jul 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM | The City Beat
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