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    August 12, 2018
    Combines for Parsley Farms harvest malting barley near Warroad, Minn. on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    'We could really use a good rain': Warroad, Minn., area needs moisture
    WARROAD, Minn. — One of the worst things in Upper Midwest agriculture is watching once-promising crops deteriorate day by day because they're...
    business/agricultureAugust 12, 2018 - 3:01pm
    August 6, 2018
    Breezee and Ethan Hennings plan to open Wild Terra Cider and Brewing in an old horse stable in Fargo. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Fargo cidery asking North Dakotans for apples to comply with state law
    FARGO — For Ethan and Breezee Hennings, opening a cidery in North Dakota was something they had hoped to do since moving back to the area...
    business/restaurants-and-barsAugust 6, 2018 - 7:22am
    August 2, 2018
    Hard red spring wheat flows from a combine driven by Ben Tinkham to a grain cart driven by Reed Tinkham at Tinkham Farms near Fisher, Minn., Tuesday. Ben and Reed Tinkham farm with Brian Tinkham and were on the second day of wheat harvest. Harvest is early this year in the area and Brian Tinkham said that the yields were down from a year ago as well as test weight. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Early start: Harvest underway, but some worry about dry weather
    Red River Valley farmers are hitting the fields early to get small grains in the bin, but some are worried later crops such as soybeans and corn...
    business/agricultureAugust 2, 2018 - 6:00am
    July 9, 2018
    A long line of rail cars is stationed outside the West Central Ag Services grain terminal Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, in Ulen, Minn. Dave Wallis / Forum News Service File Photo
    No shortages of grain cars expected for N.D. farmers
    FARGO—North Dakota's wheat, barley and soybean growers don't anticipate railroad grain car shortages as the harvest kicks in starting in...
    business/agricultureJuly 9, 2018 - 8:34am
    November 25, 2017
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    AgweekTV: Johnson Cattle Drive
    It's the time of year when ranchers move their cattle out of the pastures and bring them home for the winter. AgweekTV headed to the Johnson...
    newsNovember 25, 2017 - 8:30am
    November 10, 2017
    Cindy Pulskamp, of Hillsboro, N.D., made history when she was elected as one of 15 board members for American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-based cooperative based in Moorhead, Minn. Photo courtesy of American Crystal Sugar Co. (Forum News Service/Agweek)
    American Crystal piles record-high tons
    MOORHEAD, Minn. — American Crystal Sugar Co. is projecting a stronger initial payment for the 2017 crop than they made last year and made...
    business/agricultureNovember 10, 2017 - 3:25pm
    November 6, 2017
    After a record year of soybean production in South Dakota in 2016, many farmers are finding yields below last fall, but still well above expectations during the season. (Michelle Rook / Special to Forum News Service)
    South Dakota farmers harvest surprising soybean yields
    After a challenging growing season, South Dakota farmers are finding some surprisingly good soybean yields as they harvest this fall. Doug Hanson,...
    newsNovember 6, 2017 - 8:05am
    November 5, 2017
    North Dakota State University students, from left, Adam Meister, Jeremy Rhines and Adam Walter keep a busy schedule farming while attending school full time. (David Samson / Forum News Service)
    The real boys of fall: NDSU students juggle coursework and helping with harvest
    FARGO — From August through November along the Minnesota-North Dakota border, semis carrying loads of crops head to elevators en route...
    newsNovember 5, 2017 - 3:34pm
    October 15, 2017
    Sisseton, S.D., farmer Robert Hanson, and a team of Morgan/Percherons stop at the Dakota Connections truck stop on Saturday, Oct. 7. Hanson takes his daughter, Maureen Nelson, and her pals on a moonlit harvest ride. (Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service)
    Moon break: Covered wagon ride a harvest tradition
    SISSETON, S.D.—Farmer Robert Hanson pulled up to the pumps on a moonlit Saturday night at Sisseton, S.D., but the horsepower was provided...
    newsOctober 15, 2017 - 4:54pm
    October 6, 2017
    Emergency responders examine the cab of a beet truck that overturned Friday on County Road 5 just west of Grand Forks. The crash sent the truck's driver to the hospital and scattered beets across the roadway. (Andrew Haffner/Grand Forks Herald)
    Beet truck overturns, injuring driver and spilling haul
    A truck carrying sugar beets overturned late Friday morning just outside Grand Forks, scattering its haul and sending its driver to the hospital....
    newsOctober 6, 2017 - 4:43pm
    October 3, 2017
    Cool, damp weather delays soybean, corn harvests
    Cool, damp weather over the last week and a colder-than-normal growing season has slowed the harvest, particularly for soybean and corn growers...
    newsOctober 3, 2017 - 9:20pm
    October 2, 2017
    Slow harvest pace: Are fall rains good or bad?
    Fall rains can be both a joy and a frustration for Upper Midwest farmers — the former if soil moisture needs recharging, the latter if...
    newsOctober 2, 2017 - 6:11am
    September 25, 2017
    The impact of dicamba drift on fields won't be known until soybean harvest begins. (Michelle Rook/Special to Agweek)
    Yield impact of dicamba injury unknown, label changes possible in SD
    HURON, S.D. — The South Dakota Department of Agriculture fielded dozens of dicamba injury complaints from off-target drift this season,...
    business/agricultureSeptember 25, 2017 - 9:58am
    September 24, 2017
    Jared Storm, of Ethan, S.D., spent the weekend preparing for the harvest season. The expected rain over the weekend did not impact his work he said. Libby Leyden / Forum News Service
    Rain before harvest: Soggy, slow-moving storm over weekend hampers farmers in SD
    ETHAN, S.D.—The rain this weekend was not going to stop Jared Storm from preparing for harvest season. "There is always something to get...
    newsSeptember 24, 2017 - 6:12pm
    Kindred school bus driver Bob Jostad speaks about his wife's death in a bus accident and feels all farm truck drivers should be required to have a commercial drivers license. David Samson / Forum News Service
    'You've got to do something': Kindred man follows dying wife's plea for increased farm truck safety
    KINDRED, N.D.—During the last moments Bob Jostad had with his wife of 45 years, her lower body was pinned by the engine of a school bus....
    newsSeptember 24, 2017 - 7:10am
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