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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
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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USDA: Highest corn acreage since 1936 expected
The USDA reports that farmers intend to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year, the most since 1936.
By Associated Press , March 28, 2013
USDA expanding program to fight rural poverty
A federal program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding is expanding to six states, officials said Tuesday.
By Meg Kinnard , March 26, 2013
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Federal budget cuts could impact area programs
Before the end of the year, Congress must agree on a plan to reduce the federal deficit or face drastic, automatic across-the-board cuts to almost all federal programs totaling more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years.
By Christopher Bjorke , October 28, 2012
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USDA: $61 million provided for ND housing projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency says it provided more than $61 million for North Dakota housing projects during the past fiscal year.
By Associated Press , October 17, 2012
Dry, warm weather helping, sometimes hurting, late-season harvest
The extremely dry weather is aiding the harvest of corn, mostly, while hindering combining of some edible beans and the digging of potatoes in Minnesota and North Dakota. Still, harvest continues well ahead of normal, another marker of the warmer, dryer season.
By Herald Staff Report , October 01, 2012
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USDA slightly reduces nation's corn yield forecast
The U.S. Department of Agriculture slightly lowered its forecast for the nation's drought-damaged corn crop in its monthly report released Wednesday, pegging the average yield per acre at its lowest point since 1995.
By David Pitt , September 12, 2012
Mandan, N.D., USDA lab celebrates century of research
The Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory is celebrating its 100th anniversary this summer. In its early days, it focused on research to help homesteaders: raising vegetables for human consumption and planting trees to protect homesteads and livestock. Research has shifted over the years to meet the evolving needs of area agriculture, from “dynamic cropping systems” to “green” jet fuels.
By Jonathan Knutson , July 15, 2012
Walhalla, N.D., among 8 in state to receive USDA grant
The city of Walhalla, N.D. has received a $31,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve energy efficiency at a local retailer.
By Herald Staff Report , July 11, 2012
USDA spends millions to stimulate rural housing
The government has pumped millions into the USDA's loan programs to help stimulate the housing market in rural America. The low-interest loans are making home ownership possible for people who never imagined they could afford to buy.
By Tom Robertson , July 11, 2012
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USDA: ND's winter wheat will be bigger record than earlier thought
The USDA’s agricultural statistics office in Fargo said the crop planted in September will reap 35.3 million bushels next month, up 2 percent from its May forecast and 154 percent above 2011 production. That’s a record by far; the previous record production was 26.2 million bushels in 2009.
By Stephen J. Lee , June 12, 2012
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Minnesota company recalls steakhouse burgers
A Minnesota company is recalling about 450 pounds of steakhouse burgers because of misbranding and because they contain allergens that aren't on the label.
By Associated Press , May 20, 2012
USDA gives loan for ND farm equipment building
The U. S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $740,000 loan to help build a new farm equipment dealership in Ashley, N.D. The loan was given to KEM Electric Cooperative Inc. to help LaMoure Equipment Inc. construct the new building.
By Associated Press , May 14, 2012
Crop planting stays ahead of normal in ND, Minn.
North Dakota farmers have planted two-thirds of the state’s spring wheat crop, far ahead of the normal schedule, while Minnesota farmers already had nearly half the corn crop in the ground by Sunday.
By Herald Staff Report , April 30, 2012
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USDA says ND plantings ahead of last year
The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its weekly crop, livestock and weather report says that barley is 29 percent planted, which is more than a month ahead of last year. And the durum crop advanced 19 percentage points to 35 percent planted, about six weeks ahead of last year.
By Associated Press , April 23, 2012
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