COVER STORY
ND winery is part of expanding prairie industry
BURLINGTON, N.D. — Here, on the edge of the North Dakota prairie overlooking the Souris River Valley, Jeff Peterson operates a business that he says “started as a hobby and got out of hand.”
By Jonathan Knutson , December 21, 2010
Sisters (in-law) in ag
MENTOR, Minn. — Sisters-in-law Stephanie Anderson and Julie Anderson share a last name. They also share a birth date, March 5. They have at least one more thing in common, too.
By Jonathan Knutson , December 07, 2010
ND farmers’ Colorado, Texas dealings wreak legal havoc
FARGO, N.D. — A Grafton, N.D., farmer who grew two large farming operations in Texas and then Colorado in the past three years is mired in a remarkable blur of lawsuits, counter- and cross-claims, among former partners and lenders.
By Mikkel Pates , November 30, 2010
Graying on the prairie
NIAGARA, N.D. — By Nelson County, N.D., standards, Niagara farmer Mike Kelly is still a young buck.
By Jonathan Knutson , November 09, 2010
Streeter station nearly coming into 30 years
STREETER, N.D. — Next summer, Paul Nyren will have been at the Central Grasslands Research and Extension Center for 30 years — the only director the center has ever had.
By Mikkel Pates , November 02, 2010
Appointee Goehring looks to defend his ag post from challenger Boucher
FARGO, N.D. — The 2010 race for North Dakota agriculture commissioner pits an incumbent Republican appointee against a Democrat challenger — the minority leader in the state House of Representatives.
By Mikkel Pates , October 19, 2010
Good things from Glendive: A garden in Bruce’s valley
GLENDIVE, Mont. — Bruce Smith is a giant of a fellow who wants you to think of the Yellowstone Valley of eastern Montana when you think of vegetables.
By Mikkel Pates , October 05, 2010
Dawson County ag agent is a Montana ‘green’ giant
GLENDIVE, Mont. — Bruce Smith is a big man in big Montana’s agriculture family.
By Mikkel Pates , October 05, 2010
Powers Lake young ranchers child care, preschools vital
POWERS LAKE, N.D. — Jessica Bullinger seems exactly the kind of young woman that policy-makers want to come back to its rural communities. In business with her parents on their farm and ranch, she’s also a community leader, helping to fill a need for child care and preschool options she feels are vital to her hometown’s economic health.
By Mikkel Pates , September 28, 2010
Farmer appeals deer case to ND Supreme Court
DAWSON, N.D. — A deer-shooting case involving Dawson, N.D., rancher Harlan Kleppe, that initially was scheduled for an Aug. 18 jury trial has been canceled for the moment.
By Mikkel Pates , September 07, 2010
ND manufacturer offers ‘100 percent efficient’ biomass drying
BISMARCK, N.D. — Mike Robb can see it all: In the near future, farmers no longer will need to buy expensive propane or natural gas to dry their crops.
By Mikkel Pates , August 17, 2010
At home in two worlds
LANGDON, N.D. — Vernetta Christianson sells houses and manages property.
She drives a combine and keeps farm books, too. In a pinch, she’ll even pull a calf during spring calving.
By Jonathan Knutson , July 27, 2010
Learning the ropes: Young learn the fundamentals at bull riding school
MANDAN, N.D. — Chad Berger’s rodeo bull stock company is at the top of the game and is working to grow new, young talent — both in and out of the ring.
By Mikkel Pates , July 13, 2010
Riding herd: ‘Natural’ bison/beef business sees expanding markets
FARGO, N.D. — Dieter Pape is president and chief executive officer of two North Dakota’s biggest-scale meat businesses — one in bison, the other in beef.
By Mikkel Pates , July 06, 2010
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