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Drought worsens in parts of Red River Valley
The drought intensified in portions of the Red River Valley as areas now are classified in the extreme category.
Friday, September, 28, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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The drought intensified in portions of the Red River Valley as areas now are classified in the extreme category.
Friday, September, 28, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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American Crystal Sugar employees return to work, rainfall soaks counties in North Dakota and Minnesota, and the drought eases in parts of SD.
Monday, June, 03, 2013 - Agweek - News
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American Crystal Sugar employees return to work, rainfall soaks counties in North Dakota and Minnesota, and the drought eases in parts of SD.
Monday, June, 03, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Disaster programs aid farmers
The heavy rain and floods that recently swept through parts of Minnesota created real problems for cities such as Duluth and Moose Lake.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The heavy rain and floods that recently swept through parts of Minnesota created real problems for cities such as Duluth and Moose Lake.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Canada eyes good harvest
A basic truth of agriculture is that farmers in one part of the world benefit when their peers elsewhere suffer.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Agweek - News
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A basic truth of agriculture is that farmers in one part of the world benefit when their peers elsewhere suffer.
Monday, August, 27, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Saying goodbye
A 23-year old farm equipment dealer in Williston, N.D. is closing in May, partly due to the effects of the N.D. oil boom.
Monday, April, 22, 2013 - Agweek - News
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A 23-year old farm equipment dealer in Williston, N.D. is closing in May, partly due to the effects of the N.D. oil boom.
Monday, April, 22, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Hay supplies almost gone
Hay supplies are nearly depleted across much of the region, and some ranchers are facing tough choices that can include selling all or part of their herd.
Monday, May, 20, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Hay supplies are nearly depleted across much of the region, and some ranchers are facing tough choices that can include selling all or part of their herd.
Monday, May, 20, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Meat inspector furloughs several months away
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has acknowledged that it will be “several months” before meat inspectors are furloughed as part of across-the-board spending cuts that took effect March 1.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has acknowledged that it will be “several months” before meat inspectors are furloughed as part of across-the-board spending cuts that took effect March 1.
Wednesday, March, 06, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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October rains a mixed bag
Though October rains helped some parts of the Upper Midwest begin to rebuild badly needed soil moisture, much more precipitation is needed, area weather and agricultural officials say.
Monday, November, 05, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Though October rains helped some parts of the Upper Midwest begin to rebuild badly needed soil moisture, much more precipitation is needed, area weather and agricultural officials say.
Monday, November, 05, 2012 - Agweek - News
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New hearing for Calif. raisin farmers
The Supreme Court opened the door June 10 for California raisin growers to challenge the constitutionality of a Depression-era farming law that requires them to keep part of their annual crop off the market.
Monday, June, 17, 2013 - Tribune Washington Bureau - News
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The Supreme Court opened the door June 10 for California raisin growers to challenge the constitutionality of a Depression-era farming law that requires them to keep part of their annual crop off the market.
Monday, June, 17, 2013 - Tribune Washington Bureau - News
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Upcoming anhydrous ammonia training tours
As part of its nationwide training tour to educate safety officials on how to respond to anhydrous ammonia release incidents, a TRANSCAER® Anhydrous Ammonia Training Tour event is scheduled for July 7 in Dickinson, N.D.
Friday, July, 06, 2012 - TRANSCAER - News
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As part of its nationwide training tour to educate safety officials on how to respond to anhydrous ammonia release incidents, a TRANSCAER® Anhydrous Ammonia Training Tour event is scheduled for July 7 in Dickinson, N.D.
Friday, July, 06, 2012 - TRANSCAER - News
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Recent storms help some areas, hurt others
The drought’s intensity also has lessened in parts of Minnesota. The previous week, 21 percent of the state was in severe drought, the second worst of four drought categories; the rate is 16 percent now.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Agweek - News
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The drought’s intensity also has lessened in parts of Minnesota. The previous week, 21 percent of the state was in severe drought, the second worst of four drought categories; the rate is 16 percent now.
Monday, April, 29, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps
The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill.
Tuesday, May, 21, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut — or roughly a half of 1 percent — to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill.
Tuesday, May, 21, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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Area farmers raise crop insurance coverage levels
Area crop insurance agents are breathing a little easier this week. Many area farmers, for their part, are paying a little more for crop insurance than they did in 2012, while other producers are paying a little less.
Monday, March, 18, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Area crop insurance agents are breathing a little easier this week. Many area farmers, for their part, are paying a little more for crop insurance than they did in 2012, while other producers are paying a little less.
Monday, March, 18, 2013 - Agweek - News
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South African group visits Minn. agricultural businesses
Nine individuals from South Africa are touring ag businesses and farms in southwest Minnesota this week as part of an ongoing exchange of ideas with members of the Shetek Conference of the Southwest Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
Tuesday, June, 11, 2013 - Forum News Service - News
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Nine individuals from South Africa are touring ag businesses and farms in southwest Minnesota this week as part of an ongoing exchange of ideas with members of the Shetek Conference of the Southwest Minnesota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
Tuesday, June, 11, 2013 - Forum News Service - News
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Senate approves farm bill
Now comes the hard part: House passage.
Tuesday, June, 11, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Now comes the hard part: House passage.
Tuesday, June, 11, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Drought holds steady, clouding winter crop outlook
The nation’s worst drought in decades showed no signs of improvement last week in parts of the Midwest and Plains where the corn harvest is about two-thirds complete, clouding the prospects for the winter wheat crop, according to a drought report released Thursday.
Thursday, October, 11, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The nation’s worst drought in decades showed no signs of improvement last week in parts of the Midwest and Plains where the corn harvest is about two-thirds complete, clouding the prospects for the winter wheat crop, according to a drought report released Thursday.
Thursday, October, 11, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Lax food-safety attitudes by staff, CFIA to blame for XL beef recall
A lax approach to safety procedures by both plant staff and federal inspectors was partly to blame for an E. coli outbreak last fall that sickened 18 people and led to the largest beef recall in Canadian history, an independent review said Wednesday.
Wednesday, June, 05, 2013 - - News
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A lax approach to safety procedures by both plant staff and federal inspectors was partly to blame for an E. coli outbreak last fall that sickened 18 people and led to the largest beef recall in Canadian history, an independent review said Wednesday.
Wednesday, June, 05, 2013 - - News
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Cattle ranching moves north, west, amid drought
The severe drought that scorched pastures across the Southern Plains last summer helped shrink the nation’s herd to its smallest size in more than six decades and encouraged the movement of animals to lusher fields in the northern and western parts of the U.S., a new report shows.
Wednesday, February, 06, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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The severe drought that scorched pastures across the Southern Plains last summer helped shrink the nation’s herd to its smallest size in more than six decades and encouraged the movement of animals to lusher fields in the northern and western parts of the U.S., a new report shows.
Wednesday, February, 06, 2013 - Associated Press - News
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Tackling state ag issues
In a two-part series, Agweek gives legislative updates for its four-state coverage area, starting with South Dakota and Minnesota. Check the March 4 issue for updates from North Dakota and Montana.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Agweek - News
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In a two-part series, Agweek gives legislative updates for its four-state coverage area, starting with South Dakota and Minnesota. Check the March 4 issue for updates from North Dakota and Montana.
Monday, February, 25, 2013 - Agweek - News
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Stocks report bearish
Wheat traded with small gains for the first part of last week, but sold off hard on March 28 from influence from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective acreage report and quarterly grain stocks estimate.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Agweek - Markets
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Wheat traded with small gains for the first part of last week, but sold off hard on March 28 from influence from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s prospective acreage report and quarterly grain stocks estimate.
Monday, April, 01, 2013 - Agweek - Markets
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