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PREPARING FOR H1N1: Pandemic flu scare hits pork industry hard

PREPARING FOR H1N1: Pandemic flu scare hits pork industry hard Even if nobody gets sick with H1N1 flu at Jim Gibbens’ Hexagon Farms near Cando, N.D., the virus already has taken a serious toll there. The villain isn’t the virus itself, actually, but the name by which it commonly goes: Swine flu.

By Chuck Haga , September 24, 2009

N.W. Minnesota native to give away 90,000-plus pounds of fresh produce

Don Armstrong and his wife, Vera, will begin the giant charity giveaway of potatoes, pumpkins, squash, cabbage and more at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Pennington County Fairgrounds in Thief River Falls.

By Kevin Bonham , September 17, 2009

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Harvest remains behind schedule


Last week’s rain holds farmers up even more
More of North Dakota’s 2009 spring wheat crop is now in the bin than in the field, but harvest remains two to three weeks behind schedule in this year of a floody, late spring and cool summer.

By Stephen J. Lee , September 14, 2009

Wheat producers face obstacles

It’s one of the unfortunate effects of supply-driven markets: When everybody produces a good crop, prices plummet. That’s the situation this year. And in the Red River Valley, producers also are dealing with low proteins, thanks to heavy spring rains. Many of them say they are going store their wheat and hold out for better prices.

September 11, 2009

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Wheat harvest gets swinging, finally

The harvest of spring wheat got under way finally Sunday for real with the first big blast of combines, grain carts and large trucks lining out across dusty golden fields in the Red River Valley.

By Stephen J. Lee , August 30, 2009

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Bovine TB creates more hassles than losses for cattle ranchers

Nebraska and Texas are investigating positive cases of bovine tuberculosis to determine whether there has been an outbreak of the disease already confirmed in California, Minnesota (where it was found in northwest Minnesota), Michigan and New Mexico. The disease is considered untreatable in cattle, so both infected and uninfected animals in a herd usually are killed when bovine tuberculosis is found.

By Associated Press , August 27, 2009

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Harvesting challenges abound

Harvesting challenges abound Mature crops lag far behind previous years in Red River Valley
Like most crops in the region, dry edible beans look pretty good, which is part of the reason they are having problems right now.

By Stephen J. Lee , August 24, 2009

Pork crisis deepens

Pork crisis deepens Market experts are warning pork producers that they may have to hold on until 2010 before they begin to see a turnaround in what some are calling the worst crisis ever to strike their industry.

August 23, 2009

Officials: Heat should help local crops

GF and Polk County agents say crops are doing fairly well right now
Willie Huot, agricultural extension agent for Grand Forks County, said the high temperatures will mostly help local crops. "By and large, the heat wave here is welcome for agriculture at this time," he said.

By Ryan Johnson , August 13, 2009

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Hay in short supply

David Matejcek is afraid he’ll have to buy hay this fall to feed his 110 head of cattle. Even after taking about 300 acres of land out of the federal Conservation Reserve Program when the contract expired, the farmer from the western Walsh County town of Lawton, N.D., doesn’t think he’ll have enough of a hay crop to feed his herd.

By Kevin Bonham , August 04, 2009

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UMC tests feasibility of running equipment on canola biodiesel

The challenge: Get canola biodiesel from a local crush plant, fill a farm machine and go to work. This scenario is getting closer every day to becoming a reality, and a lot of people are waiting for it. Barry Coleman, executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association, is one of them.

August 04, 2009

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Handbook is guide to country living

Handbook is guide to country living The Grand Forks County Soil Conservation District has recently co-published the North Dakota Rural Living Handbook, Considerations for Country Living. It's a guide to living in the country.

By Kevin Bonham , August 03, 2009

N.D. Wheat Commission continues to build markets around the world

The North Dakota Wheat Commission is celebrating its 50th year of market development and promotion during July.

July 12, 2009

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Ag agent: No major damage from rains

Despite heavy rain across much of Walsh County, crop damage wasn’t as bad as he feared, said Brad Brummond, a Park River, N.D., agriculture extension agent. That’s partly because there wasn’t much for the 3 to 7 inches of rain to hurt; many fields weren’t planted anyway because of spring flooding.

By Stephen J. Lee , June 29, 2009

Pesticide collection sites announced

Project Safe Send, which allows farmers to safely dispose of unusable pesticides, will hold collection sites from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates and locations:

By Herald Staff Report , June 29, 2009

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