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Dry, dry, dry
A swing through northeast North Dakota in late July shows a crop that is hanging in there with great potential, but only if it rains. Farmers Agweek talked with are grateful their crops aren’t firing like they are in the Corn Belt.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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A swing through northeast North Dakota in late July shows a crop that is hanging in there with great potential, but only if it rains. Farmers Agweek talked with are grateful their crops aren’t firing like they are in the Corn Belt.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Rain helpful but spotty
The National Agricultural Statistics Service on July 22 confirmed what most farmers in the region can see up-close — it’s dry. Crop conditions in the last official report didn’t include rains that came to some of the region on July 25.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The National Agricultural Statistics Service on July 22 confirmed what most farmers in the region can see up-close — it’s dry. Crop conditions in the last official report didn’t include rains that came to some of the region on July 25.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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APHIS decision
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service on July 19 announced it determined that Roundup Ready sugar beets would no longer be a regulated article under genetically-engineered organism laws.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service on July 19 announced it determined that Roundup Ready sugar beets would no longer be a regulated article under genetically-engineered organism laws.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Bison mentor
Life is turning out exactly as Kevin Leier hoped. At age 23, he has a new career as a high school teacher in Rugby, N.D. The job is 20 miles from the Heartland Bison Ranch he helped his parents build.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Life is turning out exactly as Kevin Leier hoped. At age 23, he has a new career as a high school teacher in Rugby, N.D. The job is 20 miles from the Heartland Bison Ranch he helped his parents build.
Monday, July, 30, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Sustaining what we have
We’ve got a good thing going in ag: let’s not mess it up
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - Opinion
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We’ve got a good thing going in ag: let’s not mess it up
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - Opinion
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National drought, heat loom large
The national agriculture drought and the specter of hot, dry conditions during corn pollination are looming large for farmers Agweek visited on July 17 and 18, in a swing that went from Fargo, N.D., to Rugby, N.D.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The national agriculture drought and the specter of hot, dry conditions during corn pollination are looming large for farmers Agweek visited on July 17 and 18, in a swing that went from Fargo, N.D., to Rugby, N.D.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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A dry summer, thirsty crops
Many farmers in northeast North Dakota have struggled with excess moisture in fields for years.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Many farmers in northeast North Dakota have struggled with excess moisture in fields for years.
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Tunneling out a role
Use of high tunnels is growing in the Upper Midwest
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Use of high tunnels is growing in the Upper Midwest
Monday, July, 23, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Wearing the white hat of stewardship
Mention the phrases “pollution” and “Environmental Protection Agency” in the same sentence and you will have the attention of most U.S. farmers. But the issue of the role of farming practices in environmental pollution predates the creation of the EPA in 1970 by Richard Nixon.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Mention the phrases “pollution” and “Environmental Protection Agency” in the same sentence and you will have the attention of most U.S. farmers. But the issue of the role of farming practices in environmental pollution predates the creation of the EPA in 1970 by Richard Nixon.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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A Century of Research
There’s a patch of prairie pasture south of Mandan, N.D., on which the native grasses have been undisturbed, except by grazing cattle, since 1916.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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There’s a patch of prairie pasture south of Mandan, N.D., on which the native grasses have been undisturbed, except by grazing cattle, since 1916.
Monday, July, 09, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Weather a driving force
The wheat market traded with strong gains again last week, as dry conditions take center stage. Most of wheat’s strength spilled over from the other grains as drought concerns continued to support corn and soybeans.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The wheat market traded with strong gains again last week, as dry conditions take center stage. Most of wheat’s strength spilled over from the other grains as drought concerns continued to support corn and soybeans.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Conservation key in farm bill
Minnesotans are proud of the natural wealth within the state. Minnesota has beautiful lakes and forests, and the conservation practices on the state’s working lands contribute not only to its agricultural productivity, but also the wildlife and fishing that improve the quality of life.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Minnesotans are proud of the natural wealth within the state. Minnesota has beautiful lakes and forests, and the conservation practices on the state’s working lands contribute not only to its agricultural productivity, but also the wildlife and fishing that improve the quality of life.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Technology improves with more corn acres
Corn: It seems to drive much of the change in agriculture these days. Experts say farmers are tapping into the latest innovations in remote sensing and other precision farming techniques.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Corn: It seems to drive much of the change in agriculture these days. Experts say farmers are tapping into the latest innovations in remote sensing and other precision farming techniques.
Monday, July, 02, 2012 - Agweek - News
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'For my sins'
CARLISLE, Cumbria — The fellow assigned to pick us up at the rail depot at Carlisle, Cumbria, acknowledges that — yes, he’s a farmer. “For my sins,” Eric Kitching adds for effect. It’s meant as a half-joke, and an expression we’d hear from others during our stay. Besides picking us up at the station, he volunteered his time to release the sheep for the dog trial competition.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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CARLISLE, Cumbria — The fellow assigned to pick us up at the rail depot at Carlisle, Cumbria, acknowledges that — yes, he’s a farmer. “For my sins,” Eric Kitching adds for effect. It’s meant as a half-joke, and an expression we’d hear from others during our stay. Besides picking us up at the station, he volunteered his time to release the sheep for the dog trial competition.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Preaching what he practices
WILLOW CITY, N.D. — Kevin Larson stood in a field of lush barley on a cool mid-June morning. He’s been told the field potentially could yield 100 bushels or more of malting barley per acre.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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WILLOW CITY, N.D. — Kevin Larson stood in a field of lush barley on a cool mid-June morning. He’s been told the field potentially could yield 100 bushels or more of malting barley per acre.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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N.D. further eases Minn. cattle import requirements
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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N.D. further eases Minn. cattle import requirements
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Dry bean border snag
The Mexican government is stepping up enforcement of a so-called “zero-soil tolerance law,” and that could cut into demand for U.S. pinto and black beans, a U.S. dry bean trader tells Agweek.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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The Mexican government is stepping up enforcement of a so-called “zero-soil tolerance law,” and that could cut into demand for U.S. pinto and black beans, a U.S. dry bean trader tells Agweek.
Monday, June, 25, 2012 - Agweek - News
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Senate weighs farm bill overhauling ag programs
WASHINGTON - The farm bill under debate in the Senate would be the nation’s first major overhaul of federal agriculture programs in decades, including an end to the policy of paying farmers whether they grow crops or not.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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WASHINGTON - The farm bill under debate in the Senate would be the nation’s first major overhaul of federal agriculture programs in decades, including an end to the policy of paying farmers whether they grow crops or not.
Thursday, June, 21, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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150th anniversary of the Morrill Act
FARGO, N.D. — Happy anniversary, land grants. North Dakota State University hosted a Great Plains Land-Grant Summit June 12 and 13 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of federal legislation that made possible state college and universities such as NDSU, the University of Minnesota, South Dakota State University and Montana State University. More than a century later, those universities remain vital for teaching, research and extension of agricultural and other information to the masses.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News
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FARGO, N.D. — Happy anniversary, land grants. North Dakota State University hosted a Great Plains Land-Grant Summit June 12 and 13 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of federal legislation that made possible state college and universities such as NDSU, the University of Minnesota, South Dakota State University and Montana State University. More than a century later, those universities remain vital for teaching, research and extension of agricultural and other information to the masses.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News
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'Tatty' talk
EAST LOTHIAN, Scotland — Luffness Mains farm has been growing “tatties” — the United Kingdom word for potatoes — since 1914. Owner Allan Stevenson, chairman of the Potato Council of the United Kingdom, hosted a farm tour as part of the commercial/consumer tours associated with the World Potato Congress, May 27 to 30 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News
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EAST LOTHIAN, Scotland — Luffness Mains farm has been growing “tatties” — the United Kingdom word for potatoes — since 1914. Owner Allan Stevenson, chairman of the Potato Council of the United Kingdom, hosted a farm tour as part of the commercial/consumer tours associated with the World Potato Congress, May 27 to 30 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Monday, June, 18, 2012 - Agweek - News
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