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Posted on 2/8/13 at 9:51 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Obama coming to discuss gun violence
By Don Davis Next week is turning into gun week in Minnesota. President Barack Obama kicks the week off with a Monday Minneapolis visit to discuss gun violence and state legislators plan to consider...
Posted on 1/30/13 at 8:04 PM
JUNKFEST Dairy Trough turned Beverage Tub for a Country Wedding
On one of our junk adventures, I was compelled to purchase this twosideddairy trough: I wasn't sure if it was used to water cattle, or if it was used to handle the milk somehow...?? ~I am a...
Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:50 PM
STAFF BLOG EVERYDAY GOURMET Quick Pumpkin Bran Muffins
Tis the season.......for pumpkin! If any of you are members of Pinterest, you have probably seen the pin for muffins with 2 ingredients, just pumpkin and cake mix. Yes.It does work and I love the thou...
Posted on 9/21/12 at 9:36 AM
COURAGE IN THE KITCHEN Broccoli Cheese Soup
Some years ago I was surprised to learn that I grew up eating food from a gourmet kitchen. It was not that my mother was a gourmet cook who carefully undercooked everything from carrots to roast beef....
Posted on 9/17/12 at 11:28 AM
N.D dairy laws guarantee milk prices for farmers, retailers
It only looks like a simple jug of milk. In truth it is a regulated commodity, “vital to the public health and welfare,” in the language of the North Dakota Century Code.
By Christopher Bjorke , January 14, 2013
Dairy farmers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, show strong November 
Dairy farmers in Wisconsin and Minnesota had an especially strong month in November.
By Associated Press , January 04, 2013
Some dairies feel drought's effect most sharply
The dairy cows on Marshall Korn's farm can be an impatient bunch. Korn and his wife are generally in the barn by 4 every morning. If they're behind schedule, they know there's a price to pay.
By Mark Steil , September 09, 2012
Wisconsin still leads nation in cheese production
There's a reason Wisconsin is called the cheese capital of America. The Badger State produced 227 million pounds of cheese in June. That was one-fourth of the nation's cheese production that month, and a 2 percent increase over the state's production in June of last year.
By Associated Press , August 21, 2012
Milk production continues to improve in Wisconsin, Minnesota
Milk production continues to improve in Wisconsin and Minnesota, where dairy farmers had a stronger April this year than they did last year. Wisconsin harvested 2.3 billion pounds last month. That's up 4 percent from the total yield in April 2011.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2012
Kemps to purchase Fargo-based Cass-Clay Creamery
Cass-Clay, begun in 1935, has branch plants across the region, including one in Grand Forks and its products are seen on grocery shelves up and down the Red River Valley.
By Herald Staff / Forum Communications Report , March 12, 2012
Rising demand for organic milk coincides with farmers' high feed, fuel expenses
Because even as more consumers are willing to pay premium prices for organic milk, supermarkets are having trouble keeping it on the shelves as high feed and fuel prices have left some organic dairy farmers unable to keep up with demand.
By Michael Hill , February 16, 2012
N.D. milk production shrinks again
Milk production in the last quarter of 2011 was the lowest on record, says the USDA statistics office. A preliminary tally shows production for the full year may also have been the lowest on record, following an ongoing trend in the state.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 23, 2012
More youth trade the office for a tractor
A Wisconsin factory worker worried about layoffs became a dairy farmer. An employee at a Minnesota nonprofit found an escape from her cubicle by buying a vegetable farm. A nuclear engineer tired of office bureaucracy decided to get into cattle ranching in Texas.
By Dinesh Ramde , December 22, 2011
Milk output holds steady in Minnesota
Milk production has improved modestly in Wisconsin, and Minnesota has reversed a short-term slide by holding about even.
By Associated Press , November 30, 2011
N.D. milk output, dairy cow numbers, keeps shrinking
Amid North Dakota’s booming and blossoming agricultural economy, with most crops and most livestock — sheep are at record prices — doing well, one segment continues to shrink fast.
By Stephen J. Lee , October 19, 2011
U of M among four cooperating universities to receive $700,000 dairy grant
The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, in collaboration with veterinary schools at the University of Illinois, University of Georgia, and Kansas State University, has received a grant for $700,000 to develop and implement a National Center of Excellence in Dairy Production Medicine Education for Veterinarians.
By West Central (Minn.) Tribune / MCT , October 01, 2011
Nation's milk production climb not echoed in Minnesota, Wisconsin
The decline was even steeper in Minnesota than in Wisconsin, thanks to the summer heat.
By Associated Press , August 26, 2011
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