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STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT Crop insurance deadline nears
A few years ago, I phoned area crop insurance agents just prior to the annual March 15 deadline forpurchasing or modifying crop insurance for spring-planted crops. I was curious about the trends and p...
Posted on 3/4/13 at 4:35 PM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND adds another patent to its SUNRISE Renewable Fuels and Chemicals portfolio
The U.S. Patent Office recently published the University of North Dakotas approved patent No. 8,333,949: Method for Creating High Carbon Content Products from Crop Oils, which allows a marketable by-p...
Posted on 1/11/13 at 10:58 AM
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
RURAL REFLECTIONS Letter to Dave
Dear Dave, We got our rain after your fields took what they needed, plus a little extra. It seems whatever rain crosses Carrington, North Dakota ends up here, Dave. We've had a about two and a quarte...
Posted on 6/17/12 at 6:40 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER State suggests crop insurance during drought
Minnesotans learned in recent days that while floods are less likely than most recent years a drought could expand, prompting state officials to urge farmers to consider buying crop insurance. Agricu...
Posted on 2/19/12 at 4:51 PM
Crop sprayers tested in Park Rapids 
As farmers prepare to plant crops, pilots from across Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin gathered in Park Rapids on Wednesday for annual testing of their crop sprayers before the growing season begins.
By Anna Erickson , May 10, 2013
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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Warm, dry weather speeds Minnesota corn harvest
In its weekly crop weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that all of last week was suitable for fieldwork, given the lack of measurable rain. It was the first time this year that all seven days were suitable for fieldwork statewide.
By Associated Press , October 18, 2010
AROUND NORTH DAKOTA: Deadline for DL smoking ban ... Public fossil digs set ... Interviews for NDSU president ... more
The Devils Lake City Commission has set a timeline for a decision on whether to extend the current smoking ban to bars. Outgoing Mayor Fred Bott said the controversial issue needs to be resolved.
April 26, 2010
AROUND THE REGION: Beauty pageant for men ... Commercial fisherman sues Michigan ... more
Organizers of a fundraiser in Wadena are looking for a few good men manly enough to participate in a beauty pageant. And, yes, facial hair is OK. “What we need are a few men who are strong enough to compete like a woman,” said Bonnie Kingsley who is organizing the “Miss Tootsie” pageant in January as a fundraiser for the Miss Wadena Scholarship Pageant.
By Associated Press/Forum Communications , November 28, 2009
Demand for crop dusting soars with new pesticides
The Federal Aviation Administration says the number of hours flown by crop dusters climbed 29 percent between 2003 and 2007 to more than 1.4 million. The surge in demand is mainly in the Midwest and tied closely to the region's hallmark crops — corn and soybeans.
By Michael J. Crumb , September 21, 2009
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2nd-largest corn, record soybean crop predicted
U.S. farmers weathered soggy summer conditions to produce what is expected to be the second-largest corn crop on record and the biggest soybean crop in history, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today.
By Blake Nicholson , August 12, 2009
North Dakota crop values hold
States’ 2008 crop estimated at nearly $6.6 billion
By Blake Nicholson , February 18, 2009
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2008 N.D. crop production values at a glance
Sugar beet values are not yet available for 2008.
February 18, 2009
N.D. LEGISLATURE: Crop checkoffs may rise
North Dakota lawmakers are considering bills to increase the “checkoff” farmers pay on barley, sunflower and flax production and continue a portion of the checkoff on wheat that was put in place four years ago to pay for a trade complaint against Canada. Together, the bills would generate an estimated $2.8 million over the next two years.
Farmers say it’s needed for crop research.
By Blake Nicholson , February 08, 2009
Mysterious crop circles materialize near northwestern Minnesota town
FOSSTON, Minn. — The first reports of something amiss in the wheat fields east of here came early Sunday from barking dogs and bawling cows, but no livestock is missing — no people, either — so locals seem inclined to doubt that alien spaceships made a stop at Dean Sorgaard’s place.
Still, after a UPS driver passing through the area relayed sightings of mysterious “crop circles” to Fosston Mayor Jim Offerdahl, the mayor drove out to check for himself.
By Chuck Haga , July 29, 2008
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