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THE NEW FORTY The Year of the Farmer...
I don't know exactly when the interest in the Super Bowl advertisements eclipsed the actual football game, but for a good decade or so Super Bowl ads have become a much fiercer competition than the bi...
Posted on 2/4/13 at 9:40 PM
FATHER KNOWS LAST North Dakota Wheat Harvest
Fall is always a time of excitement when you live on a farm. Each year becomes a race against time to get the crop harvested before winter arrives. There is also a sense of urgency involved, as the ...
Posted on 9/3/12 at 10:29 AM
NEW PLATEAUS Problem Solved? #2 Meat-eating
I like meat; you like meat. Most everyone likes meat.But there are problems with being carnivores: scarcity, price, and (scoff if you must) there's that whole moral issue. Back in May, I introduced a...
Posted on 8/23/12 at 8:58 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Going back to Gully
My daytrips usually involve exotic locales such as Carrington, North Dakota to visit my brother or even so far-flung a location as Austin, Minnesota to pick-up something I purchased on eBay. This week...
Posted on 5/27/11 at 2:45 PM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES Bergen, Minnesota
After a brief hiatus due to non-column related commitments, we are now back on track to start you on the tour of the German-named villages in Minnesota. We'll start off with the first town on the li...
Posted on 1/23/11 at 5:26 AM
ND spring wheat prices down 34 cents in January 
The U.S. Agriculture Department says spring wheat prices for January are averaging $8.05 per bushel, a decrease of 34 cents from the previous month.
By Associated Press , January 31, 2013
North Dakota ag program targets budding farmers
Several North Dakota small farmers will teach their trade to those without a farm of their own. An education-focused agricultural nonprofit organization called Foundation for Agricultural and Rural Resource Management is taking applications for its new farm internship program.
By Associated Press , January 28, 2013
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Corn's popularity growing fast in North Dakota and Minnesota
Howard Person remembers a time when raising corn wasn’t a good option in northwest Minnesota’s Pennington County. The growing season was too short and receiving adequate precipitation was a concern.
By Jonathan Knutson , January 27, 2013
Experts say ag research is getting shortchanged
Too little money is being invested globally in agricultural research, experts say. Serious questions have been raised about whether the world can increase food production sufficiently to meet burgeoning demand.
By Jonathan Knutson , January 23, 2013
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This fertilizer makes its way from toilet to table
Every time someone flushes a toilet in the Twin Cities, chances are the contents will end up on a farmer's field. In that way, the sewage system operated by the Metropolitan Council performs the ultimate in green alchemy -- transforming poop to payola, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
By Bob Shaw , January 20, 2013
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High land prices squeeze young farmers
Farm fields in southwest Minnesota are frozen now, but Josh DeGreeff has a vision of a warm spring day. The sun is shining and he's on a tractor, planting his first crop.
By Mark Steil , January 20, 2013
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ND beef company restarts payments to producers
North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says he’ll hold off an effort to penalize North American Bison Cooperative LLC because it appears the company has resumed paying off the $324,000 its associated, but now defunct, company still owes beef producers.
By Mikkel Pates , January 11, 2013
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Feds investigate at Litchfield, Minn., egg farm
Dozens of federal homeland security agents descended on Sparboe Farms in Litchfield on Tuesday as part of what authorities called a "larger criminal investigation," but details about the nature of the operation were not disclosed.
By Amy Forliti , January 08, 2013
Pioneer cemeteries fall under plow's threat
A small grove of trees at the Boerner family cemetery is gone. When investigators got a search warrant they found evidence of what Minnesota's state archeologist says is a growing concern, the destruction after years of abandonment of one of the state's thousands of small cemeteries.
By Dan Gunderson , January 06, 2013
FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rules
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens.
By MARY CLARE JALONICK , January 05, 2013
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The year in agriculture
Going into 2012, many area farmers were weary of the region’s long wet cycle. But by the summer of 2012, lack of moisture was the problem. Following is a look back at some of the notable issues and events in the past year.
By Jonathan Knutson , January 02, 2013
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Fertilize tank locks program being repealed in ND
State officials are set to scrap a pilot program in a handful of North Dakota counties that aimed to combat methamphetamine labs by requiring farmers to lock up their fertilizer tanks, in large part because they have found a more effective way to crack down on the illegal drug labs.
By Blake Nicholson , December 31, 2012
North Dakota hog, pig inventory drops to 135,000 head
North Dakota's hog and pig inventory has dropped by about 16,000 head. The United States Department of Agriculture reports that the Dec. 1 year-end inventory was at 135,000 head, a 12 percent decrease compared with the same time frame last year.
By Associated Press , December 31, 2012
Milk prices could double without new farm bill
A “dairy cliff” looms that has farmers across the Midwest anxious. Because Congress failed to pass a new farm bill, price levels for milk are set to expire at the end of the year. If that happens, the price of milk will nearly double.
By Elizabeth Baier , December 28, 2012
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North Dakota farmer extends operations to Africa
Wallie Hardie's family has been farming successfully in the Red River Valley since his great grandfather settled here. His operation has done well growing corn, soybeans and grains, and now he wants to extend that success.
By Dan Gunderson , December 28, 2012
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