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MIDDLE AGED PLAGUE Let Freedom Ring -- Start with School Lunch
Well, so the election is coming up, or sort of happening, the excitement of an actual election day long watered down by a two or three or four-week voting "process." Somehow, it's just not the same th...
Posted on 10/24/12 at 3:05 PM
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT Meatless Mondays
No, despite some rumors going around, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is not encouraging Meatless Mondays. USDA just released this succinct press release "USDA does not endorse Meatless Monday. T...
Posted on 7/25/12 at 4:25 PM
TIME AT THE TABLE Volunteers Needed
This summer Time at the Table with the help of a USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant will be working with the Mitchell YWCA and the Salvation Army teaching our Kitchen Kids program. Classes occur on Tues...
Posted on 7/1/12 at 8:44 AM
FATHER KNOWS LAST Potato Wars
Is the potato a major contributor to the American obesity epidemic? The United States Department of Agriculture seems to think it is, and is taking steps to almost completely eliminate it from the na...
Posted on 9/27/11 at 8:35 PM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Goehring announces age/source beef verification program
BISMARCKA new, voluntary program to help market North Dakota beef domestically and abroad was unveiled Tuesday. North Dakota Verified Livestock allows livestock producers and feeding operations to ve...
Posted on 8/31/10 at 11:04 AM
N.D. farmers, on average, intend to begin fieldwork by April 2 
The Agriculture Department says the anticipated start date is more than a month earlier than last year's average start date of May 7.
By Associated Press , March 27, 2012
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New CRP initiative targets sensitive lands
The initiative will allow landowners to enroll only the most sensitive areas within a piece of land into the Conservation Reserve Program. For example, a landowner with a 100-acre field could enroll acres deemed to have the best habitat while continuing to farm the rest.
By Brad Dokken , March 11, 2012
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Broadband projects creating jobs, connecting rural N.D. to global network
"Investments in broadband technology create jobs and expand economic opportunities in rural America,” explains Jasper Schneider, USDA Rural Development State Director in North Dakota. “Broadband provides the capability for improved educational services, health care, public safety and spurs economic development.”
By Alan Van Ormer , February 09, 2012
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New U.S. planting map for gardeners revised to reflect global warming
It's the first time since 1990 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has revised the official guide for the nation's 80 million gardeners, and much has changed. Nearly entire states, such as Ohio, Nebraska and Texas, are in warmer zones.
By Seth Borenstein , January 25, 2012
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St. Paul firm files complaint against USDA on food stamp issue
Lakeland Fine Foods of St. Paul has filed a complaint in federal court against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a dispute over a food stamp program. Lakeland says the USDA wrongly accused the company of improperly using benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 22, 2012
USDA announces $308 million in disaster aid for 33 states, Puerto Rico
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is adding more than $300 million to the massive amount of financial assistance federal agencies have doled out in response to an unusually intense year of natural disasters, officials announced Wednesday.
By Bill Draper , January 18, 2012
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North Dakota farmers plant most winter wheat in quarter century
North Dakota farmers planted 700,000 acres of winter wheat in September, a 75 percent increase from a year earlier and the most ever, except for a brief spike in 1984 and 1985 when acres ballooned to 750,000.
Still, the acres reported Thursday were a little less than crop watchers expected because of the late spring last year.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 12, 2012
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USDA to conduct N.D. 2.0 community tour
Devils Lake and Grafton are among 12 North Dakota cities that will host community meetings focusing on building rural North Dakota. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development, the tour is designed to build on the ND 2.0 Summit in October in Bismarck.
“Engaging and listening to communities is pivotal to building a better North Dakota,” said Rural Development’s State Director Jasper Schneider.
By Herald Staff Report , January 04, 2012
U.S. survey helps shed light on forest-damaging bug
The 61,500 traps installed in 48 states are part of a survey led and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to track the emerald ash borer, a species native to China and eastern Asia that was first detected in the U.S. in 2002. The invasive pest likely arrived inside wood packing material from Asia and has since been detected in 15 states through the national survey using the purple traps that has been done annually since 2008.
By Michael Felberbaum , December 23, 2011
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North Dakota hay prices rise, but still lag rest of nation
The Agriculture Department said hay prices are up in North Dakota, but the state has the lowest prices in the country.
By Associated Press , December 12, 2011
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N.D.'s Dickey, Sargent counties among 9 in Dakotas newly eligible for fed disaster aids
Farmers in those counties are eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the federal government, as well as help through other programs.
By Associated Press , November 25, 2011
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Boom time for U.S. farm exports
U.S. agricultural exports are projected to reach a record $137 billion this year and hit that same mark next year. The U.S. agricultural trade surplus is expected to top $42 billion. And new free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are expected to boost farm exports by another $2.3 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By Steve Karnowski , November 16, 2011
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