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PHOTO GALLERY, VIDEO INSIDE: Romney holds up ND as a shining example during Fargo campaign stop

PHOTO GALLERY, VIDEO INSIDE: Romney holds up ND as a shining example during Fargo campaign stop FARGO - In a brief campaign stop here Thursday morning, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney railed on the policies of Democratic President Barack Obama, while emphasizing North Dakota’s prosperous Oil Patch as a shining example of what the rest of the nation could be like under Republican leadership.

March 01, 2012

New bill that sets U.S. road standards for ag machinery passes Senate committee

The Agricultural Machinery Illumination Safety Act would implement a national standard for lighting and marking devices for new agricultural machinery.

By Austin (Minn.) Daily Herald / MCT , December 15, 2011

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Hoeven: Sugar program must be in farm bill

Hoeven: Sugar program must be in farm bill Senator discusses 2012 Farm Bill talks, Keystone pipeline legislation
The U.S. sugar program seems to be on track to be continued in the 2012 Farm Bill, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Friday. “We need to continue the no-cost sugar program and it needs to be part of the farm bill, and I believe it will be,” he said.

December 09, 2011

Dayton to American Crystal: Time for 'fair agreement' with locked-out workers

Dayton to American Crystal: Time for 'fair agreement' with locked-out workers Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton issued a statement Wednesday urging both sides in the American Crystal Sugar lockout to get back to the negotiation table, putting the most pressure on company officials.

By Stephen J. Lee , November 24, 2011

MINNESOTA: Rural popularity of voting by mail improves

More than 500 mostly rural townships and small cities use the mail for elections. Minnesota is one of 17 states that allow mailed ballots for certain elections.

By Associated Press , November 07, 2011

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Farm-state lawmakers moving to create unprecedented fed subsidy program

The subsidy, free insurance that would cover farmers' "shallow crop losses" before their paid insurance kicks in, has been pushed by corn and soybean farmers who could benefit the most from the program. It would replace for the most part several other subsidy programs, including direct payments preferred by Southern rice and cotton farmers.

By Mary Clare Jalonick , November 07, 2011

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Bachmann says food industry overregulated

DES MOINES, Iowa — A week after the Agriculture Department announced wider testing for potentially deadly E. coli in meat, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that regulations were overburdening food producers.

By Thomas Beaumont , September 22, 2011

Washington lawyer establishing ag committee for re-election campaign

SAN ANTONIO — Marshall Matz, a Washington attorney with South Dakota ties, has begun setting up a private sector agriculture committee to support President Obama’s re-election campaign.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 29, 2011

Gingrich proposal would replace EPA

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Tuesday for the elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency, which he wants to replace with a new organization that would work more closely with businesses and be more aggressive in using science and technology.

By MIke Glover , January 25, 2011

Miller leaving USDA post

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Jim Miller, a key aide to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., will leave his post to return to Conrad’s office to work on the 2012 farm bill.

By Jerry Hagstrom , January 25, 2011

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Conrad calls it a career

WASHINGTON — Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said Jan. 18 that he will not run for re-election in 2012 but said he will make agriculture one of his priorities in his remaining time in office and listed five Democrats he thinks can win his seat.

By Jerry Hagstrom , January 25, 2011

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Senate map shrinks for Democrats in 2012

WASHINGTON — North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad's retirement plans underscore a big problem for Democrats in 2012 and beyond. Farm Belt and Southern voters who prefer a Republican president but have often backed moderate Democrats for Congress seem increasingly inclined to vote GOP in all federal races.

By Charles Babington , January 20, 2011

Former ag department chief of staff tapped to lead office

California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, said Jan. 13 he will appoint Karen Ross, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s chief of staff, as secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

By Jerry Hagstrom , January 18, 2011

Stabenow pledges to hold farm bill hearings, tackle environmental issues

In her first major speech on agriculture, incoming Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told a Michigan agribusiness audience Jan. 11 she is planning a series of farm bill hearings and pledged to be a centrist force in resolving environmental issues facing agriculture. Speaking to the Michigan Agri-Business Association’s annual winter

By Jerry Hagstrom , January 18, 2011

Chambliss plans other board spot

ATLANTA — Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., signaled Jan. 9 he will leave his leadership post to become the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, but said he still will be a member of the Agriculture Committee and involved in agriculture issues.

By Jerry Hagstrom , January 18, 2011

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