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Farming, pheasants and working together
If you hunt pheasants, Hettinger County (N.D.) is a cross between Nirvana and Valhalla. "Hettinger County has long been recognized for its excellent hunting. We live in the center of what is arguably...
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One Empty Chamber
Its back to the bullet format this week. I give five bullets points that do not warrant a column on their own but together fill the cylinder quite well. Bullet One: Whenever I am in Thief River Fal...
Posted on 7/8/11 at 8:13 AM
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ND Senators promote RLAP

ND Senators promote RLAP BISMARCK, N.D. — Cooperation with southern Republican senators representing peanut, cotton and rice growers will be a key to whether a Revenue Loss Assistance Program can be passed in the Senate, said officials gathered for a roundtable on the 2012 farm bill.

By Mikkel Pates , April 09, 2012

CRP general sign-up deadline extended

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administrator Bruce Nelson today announced that the sign-up deadline for the Conservation Reserve Program has been extended to April 13.

By USDA-FSA , April 04, 2012

Vilsack defends USDA cuts

Vilsack defends USDA cuts WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on March 30 defended the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to close some Farm Service Agency county offices if they were within 20 miles of each other “as the crow flies,” and also the agency’s cuts to certain research programs.

By Jerry Hagstrom , April 02, 2012

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Standing by agriculture

Standing by agriculture OMAHA, Neb. — House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said March 4 that he will run for re-election, partly because he is not sure that Congress will finish a farm bill in 2012 and he wants to be on hand for writing it.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 12, 2012

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SDPUC to hold revocation hearing on Anderson Seed

By Agweek Staff and Wire Reports , March 12, 2012

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Lawmakers override veto on livestock bedding bill

By Agweek Staff and Wire Reports , March 05, 2012

No change in crop insurance delivery

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 17 he has no plans to turn the crop insurance program over to the Farm Service Agency county offices, although the cost of the program and the future of the county offices came up repeatedly at the secretary’s annual appearance before the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 27, 2012

No concensus in sight

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A series of farm group representatives signaled at the recent annual crop insurance industry conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., that they are still sticking to their individual positions on farm bill proposals.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

Crop insurance role in farm bill?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The crop insurance industry should help Congress write a farm bill in 2012, but also should think about its role longer term as crop insurance becomes the “foundation” of the farm program, a former U.S. Department of Agriculture official who is a top aide to Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said at a crop insurance industry convention in Scottsdale, Ariz.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012

Public versus private

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees is contending that the government could save up to $2.5 billion per year by taking the crop insurance program away from insurance companies and agents and turning it over to the county offices, but the American Association of Crop Insurers says the private delivery system works fine and that it will fight the proposal.

By Jerry Hagstrom , February 13, 2012

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Two being inducted into N.D. Agriculture Hall of Fame

By Agweek wire reports , January 23, 2012

USDA announces $308 million for disaster-stricken states

USDA announces $308 million for disaster-stricken states KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The nation’s top agriculture official on Wednesday announced more than $300 million in emergency assistance to 33 states and Puerto Rico to help them recover from an unusually intense year for natural disasters across the U.S.

By Bill Draper , January 18, 2012

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Fed ag officials huddle to look at 'disastrous' N.D. crop losses

It was an emergency meeting because of the record damage that may be hitting the state’s crops, what officials said in a news release “may be a disastrous year for farmers and ranchers in the state.”

By Stephen J. Lee , June 27, 2011

Nominations sought for Farm Service Agency committee

The election of agricultural producers to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee is important to all farmers, whether beginning or long established, with large or small operations.

July 02, 2010

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Settlement talks set in Indian farmers lawsuit

A federal judge has granted two months for settlement talks in a decade-old discrimination lawsuit filed by American Indians against the federal Agriculture Department.

By Associated Press , December 08, 2009

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