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RURAL REFLECTIONS The harvest in four acts
I am writing specifically about the sugar beet harvest today however it could certainly pertain to any harvest. Act I Common Courtesy Everything means more at harvest time. People are cold, short on...
Posted on 10/20/12 at 6:08 AM
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT 'Super-busy' harvest
Early October has brought beautiful weather (so far) to the Upper Midwest, and area farmers are taking advantage. The harvest of remaining crops -- mainly soybeans, corn, sugar beets, potatoes and sun...
Posted on 10/2/12 at 10:12 AM
2012: Drought makes its ugly return
Going into 2012, many area farmers were weary of the region’s long wet cycle. But by the summer of 2012, lack of moisture was the problem.
By Jonathan Knutson , December 31, 2012
A harvest to remember
Early, orderly harvest features better-than-expected yields, strong prices
By Jonathan Knutson , October 01, 2012
Halfway through harvest
Earlier-than-usual planting this spring and the hot, dry summer have accelerated normal crop maturity and harvest. The region's small grains harvest is wrapped up already, two weeks ahead of schedule. Many other crops across the Upper Midwest also could be harvested as much as two weeks early.
By Jonathan Knutson , August 20, 2012
American Crystal starting "pre-pile" harvest on Tuesday
American Crystal Sugar Co. shareholders will start their so-called “pre-pile” harvest on Tuesday, the earliest in company history, according to a company spokesman.
By Mikkel Pates , August 12, 2012
No magic
Barley was a commodity, but now is a specialty crop
By Mikkel Pates , July 23, 2012
Sunflowers spring up in Belfield
Barely an inch tall, all green sunflowers in Byron Richard’s more than 1,200-acre field south of Belfield are just beginning to make their debut this season.
By Betsy Simon , June 22, 2012
Durum decline
Keith Deutsch knows that part of his job is promoting his crop. He knows he needs to be realistic, too. “It just doesn’t look too good for this spring,” says Deutsch. a Plaza, N.D., farmer and president of the U.S. Durum Growers Association. “It may sound strange for someone from the association to be saying that.” But Deutsch and other area durum boosters say they have to acknowledge the obvious.
By Jonathan Knutson , March 12, 2012
How to make a family farm fail
FARGO, N.D. — Imagine your farm with a “code of conduct,” spelling out that family members will “honor the demands for peak work time frames” such as harvest and calving.
By Mikkel Pates , February 13, 2012
If you were an urban congressman ...
Planting, harvesting and marketing a crop isn’t easy. But it’s child’s play compared with writing a new farm bill.
By Jonathan Knutson , February 06, 2012
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