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AMY'S RANCH SLANTS Narrowing the Gender Gap
For one of my first guest speaking engagements, the topic I chose to talk about was communication between couples and understanding our partner in order to help narrow the gender gap. Since a lot of...
Posted on 3/24/12 at 8:00 PM
USDA surprises market
Wheat traded lower in most of the session this week, except for March 30. Early selling was tied to improving conditions for the Southern Plains winter wheat crop and from position squaring ahead of the March 30 U.S. Department of Agriculture report while strength March 30 was because of a friendlier-than-expected acreage report from USDA.
By Ray Grabanski , April 02, 2012
Shaping the future
Erik Younggren wants to play a role in shaping his future. In the process, he’ll help to shape the future of other wheat farmers, too. The Hallock, Minn., farmer is the new president of the National Association of Wheat Growers.
By Jonathan Knutson , April 02, 2012
Markets retreat
The wheat markets had losses of 15 to 26 cents last week. The winter wheat markets had the larger losses due to beneficial rains in much of the winter wheat belt and losses in the corn market. Minneapolis wheat had lighter losses due to strong export sales and lingering concerns about dry soil conditions in the Northern Plains. Markets will likely spend this week positioning ahead of the March 30 reports.
By Ray Grabanski , March 26, 2012
What makes you, you
TOWNER, N.D. — It’s funny the things that people notice about you. Whether you’re tall or short, smiling or scowling, overweight or underweight, crisply dressed or sloppily dressed, the color of your skin or your eyes, what you have on top of your head.
By Ryan Taylor , March 26, 2012
Early start
FISHER, Minn. — Mike Bergeron beat the calendar, planting spring wheat in the last days of winter, nearly a month before he usually does such seeding.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 20, 2012
Spud man
KARLSTAD, Minn. — For Justin Dagen, growing potatoes involves more than production. Dagen, a Karlstad, Minn., seed potato farmer, believes that promoting the crop is as essential to the success of his operation as raising it. Earlier this year, Dagen was named Potato Man of the Year at the national Potato Expo in Orlando, Fla.
By Ann Bailey , March 12, 2012
Ag secretary turns up the heat
NASHVILLE — In a wide-ranging speech to the Commodity Classic in Nashville on March 2 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack intensified the pressure on Congress to pass a farm bill this year and also brought up a number of new ideas, including changing tax law to encourage land sales to beginning farmers and ranchers.
By Jerry Hagstrom , March 12, 2012
What's 66 feet wide, worth $350,000
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Adam Sparby and Jim Levos of Titan Machinery’s Lisbon, N.D., dealership, were dealing with tire-kickers on the first day of the North Dakota Winter Show.
By Mikkel Pates , March 12, 2012
Minnesota farmer elected NAWG president
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Minnesota wheat farmer Erik Younggren was elected and installed as the National Association of Wheat Growers’ 50th president at the association’s board of directors meeting held March 3.
By Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers , March 05, 2012
Economic engine
REDFIELD, S.D. — Craig Johnson says he has high hopes that a sunflower processing facility in Redfield, S.D., that was built in 2010 by Anderson Seed Co. Inc., can reopen soon and take its place as an employer in the community of 2,300 people.
By Mikkel Pates , March 05, 2012
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