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Did Diane Sawyer smear "pink slime"?

Did Diane Sawyer smear Today, Beef Products Inc.'s revenues have plummeted from more than $650 million to about $130 million a year, and three of its plants are shuttered. Company officials blame the abrupt falloff on a series of ABC News broadcasts that began last March - stories that repeatedly called its product "pink slime."

By P.J. Huffstutter and Martha Graybow , March 07, 2013

Locked-out Crystal workers 'overjoyed' after N.D. Supreme Court says state owes them benefits

Locked-out Crystal workers 'overjoyed' after N.D. Supreme Court says state owes them benefits In a reversal, the workers stand to get $4 million in unemployment benefits, which the state denied them after Crystal management locked them out in August 2011.

By Patrick Springer and Emily Welker , February 26, 2013

In wake of cheating allegations, 4-H to require animal DNA tests

South Dakota 4-H has announced it will begin collecting a DNA sample from all market animals intended for division competitions at the South Dakota State Fair for the 2012-2013 program year.

By Chris Mueller , December 04, 2012

BPI sues ABC News for 'pink slime' defamation

BPI sues ABC News for 'pink slime' defamation Beef Products Inc. sued ABC News, Inc. for defamation Thursday over its coverage of a meat product that critics dub "pink slime," claiming the network misled consumers into believing it is unhealthy and unsafe.

By Grant Schulte, Associated Press , September 13, 2012

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High court overturns California slaughterhouse law

The Supreme Court has blocked a California law that would require euthanizing downed livestock at federally inspected slaughterhouses to keep the meat out of the nation's food system.

By Associated Press , January 23, 2012

Fed settlement reached in grain elevator fraud case

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Wednesday that it had obtained a consent order and permanent injunction against Mark Vanderploeg, formerly of Glendale, Ariz., and three of his companies, including DVC Farms of Minneapolis.

By Mike Hughlett , December 15, 2011

Minnesota ethanol cooperative fined $450,000 in federal court

An ethanol cooperative in southern Minnesota has pleaded guilty to making false statements under the Clean Air Act. Corn Plus of Winnebago was fined $450,000 and placed on three years probation today in federal court. Conditions of probation include internal compliance monitoring systems and company-wide training requirements.

By Associated Press , November 23, 2011

Grabanski case to come together in April hearings

Bankruptcy cases and lawsuits connected to the many complicated farm business arrangements of Tom and Mari Grabanski, of Grafton, N.D., are going before the courts in April.

By Mikkel Pates , February 18, 2011

American Crystal Sugar, Polk County resolve tax battle

A long-fought tax battle between Polk County, Minn., and American Crystal Sugar Co. over the value of the beet-processing plants in East Grand Forks and Crookston has been resolved, and both sides say they are glad.

By By Stephen J. Lee, Forum Communications Co. , April 22, 2010

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Minnesota woman sues Cargill for $100 million in E. coli case

St. Paul — Cargill is being sued for $100 million for selling E. coli-tainted hamburger in 2007, which left a 22-year-old dance instructor from Cold Spring, Minn., paralyzed.

By Tom Webb , December 05, 2009

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Court reinstates $5 million award in Minong beef jerky dispute

A Wisconsin appeals court is reinstating a $5 million damage award against Jack Link in the family feud involving one of the world’s largest beef jerky companies.

November 17, 2009

North Dakota farmer arrested in hemp protest

BISMARCK – A 51-year-old grandfather who grows garbanzo beans and other crops in northwestern North Dakota was among the protesters arrested Tuesday for planting hemp seeds on the lawn of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration offices.

By James MacPherson, Associated Press Writer , October 14, 2009

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Beet truck driver charged with negligent homicide

WAHPETON, N.D. – Cathleen Dean, 52, of Barney faces charges of negligent homicide in connection with a late September accident that killed an 18-year-old Wahpeton woman, WDAY TV News reported Tuesday.

By Forum staff reports , October 14, 2009

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