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Bullitt Occasionally I write a column which consists of unrelated topics which I call bullets, as in bullet points. If you read this week's title aloud it sounds appropriate however it's spelling is ...
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This is National Ag Day. To me, the designation doesn't mean much. To me, just about every day is ag day. But the Agriculture Council of America uses this day to draw special attention to ag, and tha...
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  My dad wanted to name me Buck if I wouldve been a boy. When I waited tables in high school I beat the fry cook in an arm wrestling match. My biggest vice is that I like salt way too much. I st...
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CFTC may decide to restrict trades

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are “seriously considering” restrictions in the wheat futures market being urged by lawmakers concerned over speculation they say has artificially inflated prices, hampering risk management by farmers and grain processors.

By By Marcy Gordon, The Associated Press , July 22, 2009

Letter: Keep park decision in hands of public

July 14, 2009

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Meat packer demands money

Tyson Fresh Meats is seeking to collect nearly $16,000 in court costs from a South Dakota man who helped bring a price-fixing lawsuit against the nation’s largest meatpackers.

June 26, 2009

NC plant workers to 911: 'ConAgra just blew up'

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Emergency tapes released Monday show workers dialed 911 in a frenzy after escaping an explosion that killed three workers at a Slim Jim processing plant, with one panicked woman telling dispatchers: "ConAgra just blew up!"

By Mike Baker , June 15, 2009

Momentum builds for broad debate on legalizing pot

NEW YORK (AP) — The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, "Yes — I inhaled."

By David Crary , June 15, 2009

Crop supplies may alter food prices

Crop prices could rise this year because of dwindling supplies of U.S. corn and soybeans, raising fears of grain shortages and higher food costs for consumers.

By By Christopher Leonard, The Associated Press , June 11, 2009

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Suicide rates show more Colo. farmers losing hope

The phone calls usually come in the evening after the machinery goes silent on farms across the country. The callers speak of dwindling cash flows, crumbling marriages. Some admit they’re holding a loaded gun. Across a wide swath of rural America, increasing numbers of farmers are considering taking their lives.

By By Miles Moffeit, The Denver Post , June 08, 2009

Wind power industry looking for a bit of government help

When it comes to new sources of electricity, few things have moved faster over the past decade than wind. But the wind-power industry is looking for a bit of stability: a commitment from the federal government that could help pull it out of the doldrums of the past six months by guaranteeing it a place in the country’s long-term energy mix. And industry officials are cautiously optimistic that they’ll get their wish.

By By David Mercer, The Associated Press , May 25, 2009

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Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies

Survey finds slower decline of honeybee colonies The decline of honeybee colonies has slowed slightly since last fall, but a mysterious combination of ailments is still decimating the insect’s population, federal researchers say. U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers found that honeybee colonies declined by 29 percent between September 2008 and early April. That’s an improvement over the last two years, when researchers found that 32 percent and 36 percent of all beekeepers surveyed lost hives.

By By Garance Burke, The Associated Press , May 20, 2009

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Crow Creek Sioux Tribe announces wind farm project

The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe has created a new company called Sioux Wind to generate electricity from wind turbines that would be built on or near the tribe’s reservation in central South Dakota. The tribe will own 80 percent of the new company. The other 20 percent will be owned by Dalton Creations of Houston, which will lead the effort to raise $15 million from investors to launch the wind farm.

By By Chet Brokaw, The Associated Press , May 19, 2009

EPA bans pesticide carbofuran for food crops

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule Monday banning the use of the pesticide carbofuran on food crops, saying it poses an unacceptable health risk, especially to children. The insecticide, sold under the brand name Furadan, has been under EPA review for years. Its granular form was banned in the mid-1990s because it was blamed for killing millions of migratory birds. The agency began its effort to remove the pesticide completely from the market in 2006.

By By H. Josef Hebert, The Associated Press , May 12, 2009

Ag commissioner seeking national post

BISMARCK — Roger Johnson, North Dakota’s agriculture commissioner since 1996, could be elected president of the National Farmers Union next week and if he is successful would resign his state post.

March 03, 2009

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North Dakota might need a new agriculture commissioner

BISMARCK — Roger Johnson, North Dakota’s agriculture commissioner since 1996, said today he’s a candidate for National Farmers Union president and, if elected next Tuesday, will resign his state office.

By Janell Cole , March 03, 2009

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