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Before I start today’s column, I have a request. Will whoever is giving my sister, Deb, clever suggestions for our family Christmas get-together such as “ugly sweater contest” and &l...
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By Jonathan Knutson , April 29, 2013

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CRP faces challenges

CRP faces challenges The longstanding Conservation Reserve Program is one of America's most important farm programs. But CRP - in which area farmers soon will have another chance to enroll - is losing acres in the Upper Midwest because of attractive crop prices. Federal budget problems also cloud the program's future.

By Jonathan Knutson , April 29, 2013

North Dakota ag program targets budding farmers

North Dakota ag program targets budding farmers Several North Dakota small farmers will teach their trade to those without a farm of their own. An education-focused agricultural nonprofit organization called Foundation for Agricultural and Rural Resource Management is taking applications for its new farm internship program.

By Associated Press , January 28, 2013

U.S.-Mexico sugar markets

U.S.-Mexico sugar markets Barbara Fecso, the U.S. Department of Agriculture economist who helps manage the country’s sugar program, is also a runner who uses her daily trips around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to observe other people.

By Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek , August 20, 2012

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Senators’ letter critical of ‘Know Your Farmer’ program

WASHINGTON — Reacting to a letter from three key Republican senators to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack questioning USDA’s use of rural development money for its “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” program, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan May 10 said she would hold briefings on the program on Capitol Hill within the next two weeks.

By Jerry Hagstrom , May 17, 2010

Minnesota West Ag program to go online during fall harvest

Minnesota West Ag program to go online during fall harvest WORTHINGTON — Minnesota West Community and Technical College agriculture instructors Jeff Rogers and Rolf Mahlberg are gearing up for a new fall schedule for students — to continue their education online during the busy harvest season.

By Julie Buntjer , May 10, 2010

Vilsack: USDA needs to take chances

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a White House clean energy forum May 6 that USDA may have to take bigger chances with its business loan guarantees if it is going to finance energy plants that make a real difference in rural America.

By Jerry Hagstrom , May 10, 2010

Cooperation needed for conservation

WASHINGTON — An Illinois farmer at President Obama’s White House Conference on the Great Outdoors on April 16 suggested that farmers who get money from the government for conservation purposes should be given incentives to invite nonfarmers, especially children, onto that land.

By Jerry Hagstrom , April 26, 2010

Program funds states to help farmers deal with credit disputes

WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee approved by unanimous voice vote March 3 an extension through 2015 of the agricultural mediation programs authorized under Title V of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987.

By Jerry Hagstrom , March 08, 2010

SFY Mission showed producers how their soybean checkoff dollars are spent

SFY Mission showed producers how their soybean checkoff dollars are spent NEW ORLEANS, La. — With 55 percent of U.S.-grown soybeans making their way into the export market in 2008-2009, the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council has developed a program to show producers statewide just how their checkoff dollars are helping to fund international marketing programs.

By Julie Buntjer , February 02, 2010

Livestock Investment Grant Program revived

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is bringing back one of its most popular recent offerings - the Livestock Investment Grant Program.

By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , September 10, 2009

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Going green got easier

As the nation celebrates the earth this week, city and county officials are making “being green” a little easier.

By Shelley Nelson , April 23, 2009

Signup time is running out, CSP program application period ends May 16

Ag producers in southwestern North Dakota have two weeks left to signup for the Natural Resource Conservation Service’s Conservation Security Program. The initial signup began on April 16 and has been slow. But because of recent rainfall in the region, producers had a little time apply for the program late this week.

May 03, 2008

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