FOOD
Lazy Baker's Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
I love surprising my family with made-from-scratch cinnamon rolls but the only time I make true cinnamon rolls is on branding day and vaccination day when neighbors help us out. I consider ...
Posted on 3/19/12 at 8:00 PM
Highly caffeinated beverages and kids are not the best mix
By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist NDSU Extension Service "Mom, I need coffee; coffee, I tell you!" my 12-year-old daughter announced dramatically as she wandered around the hous...
Posted on 12/9/10 at 4:00 PM
Russia bans grain exports, markets soar
MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--The death toll from Russia's forest and peat fires hit 50 Thursday, as government efforts failed to stop the blazes from spreading. Continued scorching temperatures have also exten...
Posted on 8/5/10 at 5:02 AM
The County Fair in Five Acts
Act I:With help from Chris Ledoux I love the music of Chris Ledoux. I've never been to a concert and it would only be the most dedicated fan who'd catch his show now as he's been gone for several year...
Posted on 7/22/10 at 8:49 AM
Super weekend
I'm looking foward to a super weekend. As usual, it will be filled with church and sports activities. On Saturday we will be traveling to Hillsboro, N.D., to watch son Brendan ...
Posted on 2/5/10 at 3:51 AM
Drift concerns
WASHINGTON — A group of Midwestern fruit and vegetable producers, canners and food processors recently formed a Save Our Crops Coalition to monitor regulatory actions surrounding Dow AgroScience’s plans to seek deregulation of its genetically engineered corn, soybean and cotton crops that tolerate applications of the 2,4-D herbicide.By Jerry Hagstrom , April 09, 2012
Shaping the future
By Jonathan Knutson , April 02, 2012
Unfairly smeared by 'pink slime'?
Officials with two area cattle producer organizations say recent media attention on so-called “pink slime” in beef has been unbalanced and that consumers need to focus on reliable scientific evidence.By Jonathan Knutson , April 02, 2012
Do you believe the science?
PIERRE, S.D. — It wasn’t that long ago that I read an article about a young man who was circulating a petition to outlaw the chemical DHMO, or dihydrogen monoxide.By Walt Bones , April 02, 2012
SD Lt. Gov. Michels to join other leaders on tour of 'pink slime' plant
The leaders of five states plan a visit to the only place where a beef product known as “pink slime” is still made, an effort aimed to support its embattled manufacturer, a company spokesman said Tuesday.By KRISTI EATON , March 28, 2012
SD Farmers Union donates money to Feeding America
HURON — South Dakota Farmers Union members have contributed more than $11,200 to Feeding America, a nonprofit hunger relief organization.By News release , March 13, 2012
NY company growing mushrooms as packing material
By Michael Hill, Associated Press , March 08, 2012
Food safety funding
WASHINGTON — U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Feb. 29 that if her agency does not get more money to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act, she can already predict an increase in foodborne illness and problems with imported food.By Jerry Hagstrom , March 05, 2012
Celebrate National Agriculture Day March 8
ST. PAUL — March 8 is National Agriculture Day. Much has changed since University of Minnesota grad Don Neth started this day to honor agriculture more than 40 years ago.By Bev Durgan , March 05, 2012
Taxing ag out of business
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama proposed a multi-trillion-dollar-budget Feb. 13. The president said the budget is designed to spur job creation and impose higher taxes on the rich. However, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President J.D. Alexander says the president’s take on the estate tax threatens job creation and punishes the producers of food and fiber.By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association , March 05, 2012
‘Now’s the time’ for new farm bill
By Jonathan Knutson , March 01, 2012
A decade down the field
By Jonathan Knutson , February 27, 2012
Wisconsin agricultural exports up 18 percent to record high
Wisconsin exported a record $2.8 billion in agricultural goods last year.By The Associated Press , February 14, 2012
Calculating costs
WASHINGTON — All farm major programs combined — crop insurance, subsidies and conservation — will cost only about $221 billion over the next 10 years, comprising only 18 percent of Agriculture Department spending, according to statistics released by the Congressional Budget Office as it released its annual budget estimates.By Jerry Hagstrom , February 06, 2012
Prairie Fare: Beans not as ‘musical’ as you might think
As I pushed my cart down the grocery aisle, I heard a child say something softly. I glanced at my daughter, but she wasn’t saying anything. I kept pushing the cart.By Julie Garden-Robinson , February 03, 2012
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