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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Bill mixes paint, bees and farmers ... and includes an island, too
By Don Davis Paint will cost more and be recycled. Bees will be protected. Financially troubled farmers will be able to access state aid. And an island to provide more wildlife habitat could be built...
Posted on 5/19/13 at 5:06 PM
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT Tough times, tough choices
It's been a tough spring for many area ranchers. April was horrible for calving. Now, hay is running short; what remains is expensive. And because it's been so cold, pastures are greening up later tha...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 9:10 AM
PARVENTING Got a farmer in your family? Now's the time to nag.
Days begin at 4:30 a.m. and end after a sullen and nostalgic gaze at our sleeping children. He knows not what day it is, mondaytuesdaysaturday, they all run together. My husband, likely like someone i...
Posted on 5/14/13 at 9:38 AM
EH? PLUS Garden plots available in Duluth
Theres a place for you at the intersection of Arrowhead and Rice Lake roads at least there can be. Arrowhead Community Gardens have several 20-by-40-foot plots and half-plots available for those int...
Posted on 3/26/13 at 12:00 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, Letter to Dave February 2013...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 9:46 AM
Flax prices rise 
An increase in the price of American-produced flax could be caused by a decline in flax stocks and competition with Canada.
By Jonathan Knutson , April 23, 2013
Canadian planting delayed
A wet, cool spring is delaying planting on the Canadian prairie, but farmers and others generally say they aren’t terribly concerned yet.
By Jonathan Knutson , April 23, 2013
Iowa beet ethanol promoter must ‘cease and desist’
An Iowa man who a year ago spoke to Red River Valley farmers about supplying sugar beets to make ethanol in a mothballed Alchem Ltd. corn ethanol plant in Grafton, N.D., has had his Iowa insurance license suspended and Iowa officials have accused him of improper handling of securities sales.
By Mikkel Pates , April 23, 2013
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Iowa suspends license of man who touted investment in Grafton plant
An Iowa man who a year ago spoke to Red River Valley farmers about supplying sugar beets for an ethanol plant here to has been ordered by Iowa officials to cease and desist from soliciting investments for Energae LP, the company that was going to buy the plant.
By Mikkel Pates , April 22, 2013
Cooler temps affecting fieldwork in ND
Cooler temperatures and wet soil have further delayed fieldwork in North Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that on average, producers say they plan to start fieldwork by May 5.
By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
Minnesota soil moisture levels recharge between frosts
Minnesota's farmers got little fieldwork accomplished this past week as winter continues to resist surrendering to spring. But the weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota from the U.S. Department of Agriculture contains some good news for farmers.
By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
Bodine named deputy commissioner at Ag Department
Tom Bodine has been named deputy commissioner in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring made the announcement Monday.
By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
OUR OPINION: Keep CRP at work in new Farm Bill
Back in 1985, America’s duck and other waterfowl populations “were in trouble,” Ducks Unlimited reports. Mallards, pintails and bluewinged teal were seeing “populations at or near their lowest in the 30-year history of the surveys.”
By Tom Dennis , April 21, 2013
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Safety rules limited for small fertilizer plants
There were no sprinklers. No firewalls. No water deluge systems. Safety inspections were rare at the fertilizer company in West, Texas, that exploded and killed at least 14 people this week.
By Jack Gillum and Ramit Plushnick-Masti , April 20, 2013
North Dakota milk production up 2 percent
Milk production in North Dakota during January, February and March was up 2 percent from the first quarter of 2012.
By Associated Press , April 19, 2013
Fees in ag budget worry Minnesota Republicans
Republican lawmakers said an environment and agriculture budget bill the House approved 69-61 Thursday is loaded with too-high fees and wasteful spending.
By Danielle Killey , April 18, 2013
Farm Rescue banquet to feature benefit concert
The Farm Rescue nonprofit's annual banquet this fall will feature a benefit concert by country music singer Jason Brown.
By Associated Press , April 18, 2013
When planting will start up in the air after erratic weather
The start of planting usually varies substantially across the Upper Midwest. The erratic snow cover — deep in some places and almost non-existent in others — means some area farmers most likely will start much earlier than others.
By Jonathan Knutson , April 17, 2013
USDA starts new program to track farm animals
The federal government has launched a new livestock identification program to help agriculture officials to quickly track livestock in cases of disease.
By M.L. Johnson , April 17, 2013
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1 million gallon manure spill fouls SE Minnesota streams
About 1 million gallons of manure spilled from a southeastern Minnesota dairy operation late Sunday night, fouling two trout streams before making its way into the Root River. It happened when a concrete wall of the farm's manure pit fractured.
By Associated Press , April 16, 2013
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