OPINION
Yokel foods
FARGO, N.D. — While attending the recent “Local Foods” conference with Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., in Marshall, Minn, someone made a statement about how today’s people need remedial training in value and craft of gardening.March 08, 2010
What we think: Raw-milk decisions belong to consumers
Legislators are considering changing laws this year relating to the sale of raw milk — and we agree they should modify them.March 05, 2010
Forum editorial: Sugar seed injunction real threat
A court ruling today in San Francisco regarding genetically modified sugar beet seed could have a devastating impact on the Red River Valley’s beet growers and negative fallout for the region’s economy.March 05, 2010
Letter - Farmers are proud to feed the world
In response to the letter from Alan Roebke about “elite farmers,” [February 10] the hair stands up on the back of my neck when individuals write and don’t have the facts.March 03, 2010
Warranty woes: The lost attribute of lasting
TOWNER, N.D. — They just don’t make ’em like they used to. It seems like I’m becoming more of an old codger making grumpy quotes like that everyday, especially every day that something just a few years old quits working.March 01, 2010
Column: Reap the rewards of FFA involvement
WORTHINGTON — The National FFA Organization is the largest youth organization in the world. There are 506,199 members in the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
By Deb Martin, District 518 , February 27, 2010
Bovine TB outlook improves for NW Minnesota
The outlook for bovine tuberculosis in northwest Minnesota is improving, according to Dr. Bill Hartmann, state veterinarian who with Board of Animal Health representatives spoke to the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee this month.By Rod Skoe , February 26, 2010
State Sen. Terry Wanzek, R-Jamestown, letter -- Biotech’s next miracle: Cold-tolerant crops
I suspect that in the right regulatory environment, we could be planting cold-tolerant corn within a few years.February 23, 2010
Letter: Milk sure tastes different nowadays
Tell me why milk is starting to taste more like medicine than milk.By Earl Halverson, Fulda , February 23, 2010
Wind energy future showing promise
MCCOOK, Neb. — Don’t expect alternative energy to be a cash cow any time soon, but a Nebraska bill that would tap in to wind power, generated on school lands, has merit.By McCook (Neb.) Daily Gazette , February 22, 2010
Export promise could make trade troubles worse
NEW YORK — President Obama pledged during his State of the Union address to double America’s exports in the next five years. Just don’t mention that to chicken farmers, who now are bumping up against an unintended consequence of Obama’s trade policy.By Wall Street Journal , February 22, 2010
Study criticizes ethanol
KEARNEY, Neb. — Yet another study recently decried ethanol, this time because growing the corn that’s used to brew the alternative fuel is displacing wildlife in four states of the Upper Midwest.By Kearney (Neb.) Hub , February 22, 2010
Attention on antibiotics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Katie Couric’s recent investigative story on “CBS Evening News” shined a light the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in medicine, a critical public health issue that is unknown to most Americans.By Emily Robinson , February 22, 2010
ND bursting with energy
BISMARCK, N.D. — We’ve got energy to spare. North Dakota has climbed to 10th among the states for wind production. A project is being developed to refine a renewable jet fuel at the Tesoro Oil Refinery in Mandan, N.D.By Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune , February 22, 2010
Rep. Bachmann is right about Social Security and farm bill
A Forum editorial (Feb. 12) maintains that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s, R-Minn., views on Social Security and on our farm program make her unfit to be an invited speaker in North Dakota.By Delbert Moore , February 22, 2010
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