Coming up on AgweekTV, the North Dakota Legislature considers loosening the state's anti-corporate farming laws. Some ag groups are challenging the new Waters of the U.S. rules, set to take effect next month. We'll visit a North Dakota seedstock operation on our Agweek Livestock Tour. Also on our tour, we visit a Minnesota man who has retrofitted half his barn to raise rabbits. And we'll tell you about a Nebraska company that's leading the charge in helping farmers finally be able to use drones to apply chemicals in their fields.
WELCOME TO AGWEEK TV. I'M
EMILY
BEAL.
NORTH DAKOTA LAWMAKERS ARE
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CONSIDERING A CONTROVERSIAL
BILL TO LOOSEN THE STATE'S
CORPORATE FARMING LAW. BUT
OPPONENTS SAY IT COULD BRING
UNWANTED CHANGES TO THE STATE.
SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL TO LOOSEN
RESTRICTIONS SAY IT'S TOO HARD
TO RAISE THE CAPITAL NEEDED TO
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START A LARGE LIVESTOCK
OPERATION, IN A STATE THAT'S
ALREADY WELL BEHIND ITS
NEIGHBORS IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE.
BUT DETRACTORS SAY THE BILL
OPENS UP THE STATE TO
FOREIGN-OWNED CORPORATIONS THAT
DON'T CARE ABOUT FAMILY FARMS
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OR
SMALL TOWNS. THE BILL WOULD MAKE
IT EASIER FOR CORPORATIONS TO
OPERATE DAIRIES AND FEEDLOTS,
BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO
COMPLY WITH THE STATE LAW THAT
LIMITS FARMLAND OWNERSHIP.
GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM TESTIFIED
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IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL, TO THE
HOUSE AG COMMITTEE. HE'S A
PARTNER IN A COW-CALF RANCH IN
SLOPE COUNTY. HE SAYS THE COWS
ARE SENT OUT OF STATE WHEN
THEY'RE WEANED, BECAUSE THERE
AREN'T ENOUGH FEEDLOTS IN
NORTH
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DAKOTA. HE SAYS THE CURRENT LAW
LIMITS FAMILY FARMS' GROWTH.
Doug: I see small towns in South
Dakota and Minnesota that are thriving,
that are growing, that have population,
their schools are growing.
And really the data is so irrefutable
that the difference between
what's going on on our side of the border
and on their side of the border,
you don't have to go
any further than Fairmont, North Dakota.
There are 10,000 head
dairy firms just inside
Minnesota and just inside South Dakota,
not in North Dakota,
because of our archaic laws that we have
that would prevent that opportunity.
DARYL LIES, PRESIDENT OF THE
NORTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU ALSO
TESTIFIED IN FAVOR OF THE BILL.
IN FACT, HE SAYS IT DOESN'T GO
FAR ENOUGH IN SUPPORTING THE
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GROWTH OF AG BUSINESSES.
PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH DAKOTA
FARMERS UNION, MARK WATNE,
TESTIFIED AGAINST THE BILL,
SAYING THE STATE ALREADY HAS
MORE LIVESTOCK THAN IT CAN
PROCESS.
THE NEW WATERS OF THE U.S. RULE
IS SET TO TAKE EFFECT LAST
MONTH, BUT SOME FARM GROUPS ARE
TRYING TO STOP IT. THE AMERICAN
FARM BUREAU FEDERATION AND
SEVERAL AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY
GROUPS ARE SUING THE EPA OVER
ITS LATEST INTERPRETATION OF THE
WATERS OF THE U.S. DEFINITION.
THE EPA ANNOUNCED ITS REVISED
WOTUS DEFINITION IN DECEMBER,
AHEAD OF AN EXPECTED SUPREME
COURT RULING. THE RULE, WHICH
DEFINES WHAT WATERS ARE COVERED
BY THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT,
TAKES EFFECT MARCH 20TH. THERE
ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS, INCLUDING
STOCK PONDS, BUT THE LAWSUIT
SAYS THE VAGUENESS OF THE RULE
WILL MEAN COSTLY AND
UNPREDICTABLE CASE-BY-CASE
DETERMINATIONS BY LANDOWNERS,
AND BY THE EPA AND U.S. ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
KALE:THESE ARE ALL NEW TERMS THAT
WEREN'T DISCUSSED IN THE
PROPOSED RULE, HAVEN'T BEEN
USED
BEFORE. SO I THINK THE AGENCIES
REALLY MISSED A CHANCE TO USE
SOME BRIGHT LINE RULES AND
DEFINITIONS, AND HAVE GIVEN US
JUST MORE THINGS THAT ARE
UNDEFINED AND HAVEN'T BEEN
COMMENTED ON OR FULLY VETTED.
FARM BUREAU IS HOPING THE COURT
WILL STOP THE RULE BEFORE IT
TAKES EFFECT.
FOR YEARS, SOME FARMERS HAVE
LOOKED FORWARD TO A DAY WHEN
THEY CAN USE A DRONE TO AERIALLY
APPLY FARM CHEMICALS TO ENTIRE
FIELDS THEMSELVES. AS MIKKEL
PATES REPORTS IN THIS WEEK'S
AGWEEK COVER STORY, THAT DAY HAS
COME.
JOHN DIEBALL: IN THE FUTURE THIS
IS THE WAY IT'S GOING.
JOHN DIEBALL USED A DRONE IN
2022 TO SPRAY PLOTS IN 150 ACRES
ON HIS FARM NEAR HENDERSON,
MINNESOTA. HE APPLIED FUNGICIDE
AND SEEDED COVER-CROPS. HE SAYS
DRONES OFFER MANY ADVANTAGES.
JOHN DIEBALL: WHEN I NEED TO PUT
ON, I CAN DO IT MYSELF WHEN I
WANT, HOW I WANT. I CAN DO TEST
PLOTS FOR MYSELF, TRIAL PLOTS SO
I KNOW IT'S WORKING CORRECTLY.
DIEBALL BOUGHT HIS DRONE FROM
VOLITANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.
CO-OWNER KEVIN KNORR OF DUNBAR,
NEBRASKA SAYS THAT JUST IN THE
PAST 18 MONTHS, VOLITANT HAS
SOLD HUNDREDS OF LARGER PAYLOAD
DRONES TO MIDWEST FARMERS.
KEVIN KNORR: WE REALLY FELT THAT
DRONES WERE GOING TO GROW, AND
WE WANTED TO GROW WITH THEM.
THE NEW, HIGH-CAPACITY DRONES,
MADE BY THE CHINESE COMPANY
DJI, COST BETWEEN 25 THOUSAND
AND 31 THOUSAND DOLLARS --READY
TO FLY. THEY CAN LIFT UP TO
10.5 GALLONS, WITH A TOTAL
TAKE-OFF WEIGHT OF 212 POUNDS.
THEY ARE AUTONOMOUS, AND CAN BE
SENT OUT UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF
A MILE AND BACK, TO SPRAY FIVE
ACRES IN EIGHT MINUTES,
RETURNING FOR A REFILL, AND A
CHANGE-OUT WITH FRESH BATTERIES.
KEVIN KNORR: WE HAVE THE
CAPABILITY OF DELIVERING IN THAT
FUNGICIDE APPLICATION OF ABOUT
TWO GALLONS AN ACRE, FULL FIELD
APPLICATIONS, MORE IN THAT
QUARTER SECTIONS AND HALF
SECTIONS AT A TIME.
THE DRONES FLY EIGHT TO TWELVE
FEET ABOVE THE CROP CANOPY. THE
NOZZLES ARE CENTRIFUGAL,
BASICALLY APPLYING A ROTARY
EFFECT, WHICH ALLOWS THE
CHEMICALS TO PENETRATE THE CROP
FOLIAGE..
KEVIN KNORR: AND THEN IT MOVES
THE CROP CANOPY, SO THAT YOU'RE
GETTING COVERAGE ON ALL SURFACES
OF THE PLANT, THAT'S REALLY
WHAT
WE THINK IS THE VALUE OF THE
DRONE.
KNORR BELIEVES WITHIN FIVE
YEARS, MOST GROWERS WILL BE
USING DRONES, AS THEY OFFER
MULTIPLE BENEFITS. THEY CAN TAKE
THE PLACE OF SEVERAL PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT, AND LEAVE NO
COMPACTION IN FIELDS. JAMIE
VONEYE, WHO FARMS WITH HIS
FAMILY NEAR COLMAN, SOUTH DAKOTA
IS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HE'S
SEEING- ONE OF THESE
LARGE-CAPACITY DRONES CAN SPRAY
A WHOLE QUARTER IN FOUR HOURS.
JAMIE VONEYE: IT'S INTERESTING
TO SEE THAT YOU COULD OBVIOUSLY
GO AND SPRAY SOME OF YOUR
FIELDS. I NEVER KNEW THEY WERE
QUITE THIS BIG OR COULD DO THIS
MUCH. YOU COULD APPARENTLY SEND
YOUR KIDS OUT TO SPRAY WITH A
DRONE.
JAMIE VONEYE: THE MOON'S THE
LIMIT I GUESS.
IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH
DAKOTA,THIS IS MIKKEL PATES FOR
AGWEEK.
YOU CAN READ MORE IN THE NEXT
AGWEEK MAGAZINE, OR AT
FARMERS LOOKING FOR A
WINTER-HARDY COVER CROP TO PLANT
IN THE FALL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER
RYE FOR SOIL HEALTH.
LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT OF
FARMERS USE WINTER CEREAL CROPS
FOR SOYBEANS AND CORN, BUT
EXPERTS SAY RYE WORKS WELL WITH
THOSE CROPS. IT GROWS VERY FAST
IN THE SPRING, PRODUCING RESIDUE
WHICH IMPROVES THE SOIL AND
PREVENTS EROSION. AGRONOMY
FIELD SPECIALIST DAVID KARKI
SAYS RYE IS ALSO A GOOD CROP FOR
FORAGE, AND HELPS MANAGE SOIL
MOISTURE.
DAVID: PLANTING COVER CROPS WILL
MAKE YOUR SYSTEM MORE DIVERSE,
AND MORE TOLERABLE TO WEATHER
FLUCTUATIONS, ESPECIALLY WEATHER
FLUCTUATIONS THESE DAYS.
KARKI SAYS FARMERS IN SOME PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY PLANT RYE BECAUSE
IT COMPETES WITH DIFFICULT WEEDS
LIKE PALMER AMARANTH.
PERENNIAL FLAX HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO BE GOOD FOR THE HEART, AND
THE SOIL.
IT'S A CLOSE RELATIVE TO THE
ANNUAL FLAX VARIETIES, BUT LIKE
ALFALFA, IT COULD PRODUCE A CROP
FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
LEWIS FLAX IS NATIVE TO THE
WESTERN U.S., INCLUDING THE
WESTERN DAKOTAS. RESEARCHERS AT
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND THE U.S.D.A. ARE WORKING TO
SEE IF A PARTICULAR VARIETY OF
LEWIS FLAX HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
BE A USEFUL CROP, ESPECIALLY ON
MARGINAL ACRES. USDA RESEARCHER
BRENT HUL-KEY SAYS THE CROP'S
DEEP ROOT SYSTEM COULD IMPROVE
SOIL. BUT HE ALSO SAYS IT'S
VERY
GOOD FOR HUMAN HEALTH.
BRENT HULKE: IT'S A VERY
UNIQUE
PRODUCT. IT'S HIGH IN OMEGA
THREE FATS, WHICH ARE CRITICAL
FOR THE HUMAN DIET, AND THEY'RE
VERY HARD TO GET IN MOST OF OUR
CROPS.
OMEGA THREE FAT IS USUALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH FISH OIL. IN
ADDITION TO HEART HEALTH,
BENEFITS INCLUDE LOWERING THE
RISK OF DEMENTIA AND SOME FORMS
OF CANCER.
UP NEXT ON AGWEEK TV...AS OUR
LIVESTOCK TOUR CONTINUES, A
NORTH DAKOTA WOMAN PREPARES TO
TAKE OVER HER FAMILY'S RANCH.
THE AGWEEK LIVESTOCK TOUR IS
SPONSORED BY FARMERS MUTUAL OF
NEBRASKA, 701X AUTONOMOUS
RANCHER, AND STOCKMAN'S
LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE
THIS WEEK OUR LIVESTOCK TOUR
TAKES US TO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. I VISITED TNT SIMMENTAL
RANCH IN LEHR, WHERE THEY
SPECIALIZE IN SELLING PREMIUM
SEED STOCK GENETICS TO
CATTLEMEN.
SHANON: I HAVE ALWAYS HELPED
THEM WITH THE CATALOG AND THE
BULL PREPS SINCE I WAS LITTLE.
SHANON ERBELE GREW UP ON HER
FAMILY'S RANCH IN ALMONT NORTH
DAKOTA, WORKING ALONG SIDE HER
FATHER KEVIN THOMPSON. SHE HAD A
DEEP PASSION FOR THE CATTLE
INDUSTRY AT AN EARLY AGE AND IT
JUST KEPT GROWING.
SHANON: I GREW UP ON THE RANCH
AND I JUST HAVE AN EXTREME
PASSION FOR CATTLE AND LOVED
HELPING OUT MY DAD. I WAS ALWAYS
THE KID IN HIS BACK POCKET AND
FOLLOWING HIM EVERYWHERE HE WENT
AND SO I COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE CATTLE.
SHANON AND HER HUSBAND, GABRIEL,
HAVE SLOWLY STARTED TAKING OVER
THE REINS OF TNT SIMMENTALS FROM
SHANON'S PARENTS. AT THEIR
OPERATION THEY FOCUS ON OFFERING
PREMIERE SEED STOCK GENETICS TO
THEIR CUSTOMERS, WITH A COMBINED
FIVE-HUNDRED HEAD OF CATTLE
CALVING OUT AT THEIR TWO
LOCATIONS. KEVIN STARTED TNT
SIMMENTALS NEARLY FOUR DECADES
AGO, FROM SCRATCH. THEY'RE
OPERATION WENT THROUGH THE
EIGHTIES FARM CRISIS AND OTHER
HARDSHIPS. BUT HE BELIEVES HE IS
PASSING THE RANCH OVER TO MORE
THAN CAPABLE HANDS.
KEVIN: WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER
THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO
WHAT
THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE DOING
AN
EXCELLENT JOB AND HAVE A REAL
EYE FOR CATTLE. AND ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THINGS IN THIS BUSINESS
IS YOU NEED TO TREAT PEOPLE THE
WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED, AND
I CAN TELL THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE
DOING.
SHANON'S TAKEN HER NEW ROLE IN
STRIDE DURING THE TRANSITION AND
WEARS MANY HATS. SHE DOES THE
VIDEO WORK, PICTURING AND OTHER
IMPORTANT TASKS THAT NEED TO BE
DONE FOR A SUCCESSFUL BULL SALE.
SHANON: I DO ALL THAT BEHIND THE
SCENES WORK AS WELL AS JUST
HAVING THE PASSION FOR CATTLE TO
VISIT WITH THE CUSTOMERS AND TO
HELP THEM FIND WHAT THEY REALLY
REALLY WANT IN A BULL THAT WILL
HELP THEIR PROGRAM.
TNT SIMMENTAL RANCH WILL BE
HOSTING THEIR 38TH ANNUAL SALE
IN LEHR, NORTH DAKOTA ON
FEBRUARY 10TH. THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THE SALE WILL BE HELD ON
SHANON AND HER HUSBAND'S
PROPERTY. THEY'LL BE SELLING
AROUND ONE-HUNDRED BULLS.
THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CATTLE
BEING SLAUGHTERED WAS A BIG
TALKING POINT AT THE RECENT COW
CALF DAYS TOUR ACROSS MINNESOTA.
THE U.S. INVENTORY OF CATTLE WAS
EXPECTED TO DROP BY TWO PERCENT
IN 2022 OR ABOUT 60,000. BUT
ACCORDING TO ERIC MOUSEL
FROM UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
EXTENSION, THE U.S. COW HERD
ACTUALLY DROPPED BY ABOUT FOUR
PERCENT IN LAST YEAR. DROUGHT
MADE MANY BEEF PRODUCERS MAKE
THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO
DECREASE THEIR HERDS OR
LIQUIDATE ENTIRELY. HE SAYS
WHILE LOWERING POPULATION
NUMBERS WOULD NORMALLY HELP THE
CATTLE MARKET, THAT HAS NOT YET
HAPPENED.
MOUSEL: THERE'S A LOT OF COWS
DISAPPEARING FROM THE COUNTRY.
NORMALLY, FROM A MARKET
STANDPOINT, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY
POSITIVE. AND I EXPECT
EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE.
BUT
WE'RE JUST KIND OF AT THE
FRONT
END OF IT.
MOUSEL
ALSO PREDICTS THE FEEDER CATTLE
POPULATION WILL BE DOWN SIX TO
SEVEN PERCENT.
AHEAD ON AGWEEK TV... WHAT DOES
THE 2023 WEATHER OUTLOOK HOLD?
WE'LL TALK WITH AN EXPERT...
AGRIWEATHER OUTLOOK SPONSORED BY
EXCALIA FUNGICIDE FROM VALENT
U.S.A.
COULD WARMER WEATHER BE HEADED
OUR WAY? HERE'S JOHN WITH OUR
AGRI-WEATHER OUTLOOK.
EMILY: JOINING ME NOW IS
METEOROLOGIST JOHN BARANICK TO
TALK ABOUT THE 2023 WEATHER
OUTLOOK. SO, JOHN, WHAT CAN
FARMERS EXPECT TO SEE AS WE HEAD
INTO 2023?
JOHN: YEAH, WELL, ONE OF THE BIG
THINGS HERE IS IS A LA NINA.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT
FOR
YEARS, HONESTLY. WE'RE FINALLY
GOING TO GET RID OF IT. SO WE'RE
HEADED INTO SOME NEUTRAL
CONDITIONS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
RIGHT NOW, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MONTHS. AND THEN WE MAY BE
HEADED TOWARDS AN EL NINO BY THE
TIME WE GET INTO THE LATE
SUMMER. THAT MEANS WE'RE
HEADED
TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, LIGHTNING HAS
A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR WEATHER
CONDITIONS WHEN IT'S IN THE
NEUTRAL PHASE. WE LOSE THAT. SO
A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABILITY
THAT THAT GOES ON. BUT AT LEAST
WE'RE HEADED TOWARDS WHAT
LOOKS
TO BE A NORMAL SUMMER.
EMILY: SO ABOUT A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO, WE EXPERIENCED A
DEVASTATING DROUGHT IN THE
REGION, FOLLOWED BY A LOT OF
RAIN. AS WE HEAD INTO 2023, DO
YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO
ESCAPE
SOME OF THAT HAVE A MORE NEUTRAL
YEAR?
JOHN: WELL, THIS YEAR HASN'T
ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE LIKE
THAT EITHER. I MEAN, WE KIND OF
HAD BOTH. WE HAD A REALLY COLD
DECEMBER, BUT WE ALSO WAS PRETTY
WET. WE HAD A COUPLE OF
BLIZZARDS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE
REGION. WE'VE ALREADY HAD DUE
TO
THOSE EARLIER BLIZZARDS AND
EVERYTHING, SOME PRETTY DECENT
SNOWPACK ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA.
JOHN: YOU KNOW, THERE'S PARTS
OF
MONTANA AND UP IN IN THE
CANADIAN PRAIRIES THAT HAVEN'T
HAD AS MUCH. BUT FOR THE MOST
PART, WE'RE SITTING IN A
PRETTY
GOOD SPOT IN TERMS OF SOIL
MOISTURE AND SNOWPACK. AND ONCE
ONCE WE FINALLY GET OUT OF THIS
AND WE GET INTO THE SPRINGTIME,
WE START SEEING THAT MELT. I
THINK A LOT OF THE AREAS ARE
GOING TO BE PRETTY HAPPY WITH
THEIR SOIL MOISTURE SITUATION.
EMILY: IS THERE ANYTHING
SPECIFIC FARMERS SHOULD LOOK OUT
FOR IN TERMS OF WEATHER THIS
YEAR?
JOHN: YES, REALLY, IT'S GOING
TO
COME DOWN TO HOW QUICKLY WE CAN
MELT OFF THAT SNOWPACK IF WE DO
IT TOO QUICKLY ALL AT ONCE.
THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY.
AND
IF IT'S LIKE LAST YEAR WHERE
IT
WAS REALLY DELAYED AND WE DIDN'T
GET RID OF IT UNTIL MAY AND EVEN
JUNE, WE WERE STILL DEALING WITH
SOME WETNESS ACROSS, ESPECIALLY
THE RED RIVER VALLEY. YOU KNOW,
WE COULD HAVE SOME ISSUES THERE
WITH WITH PLANTING OUTSIDE OF
THAT, THOUGH, I MEAN, THE SOIL
MOISTURE SHOULD BE THERE. SO WE
SHOULD BE SET UP AND A GOOD SPOT
HERE COMING TOWARDS SUMMER.
EMILY: HANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
INSIGHT, METEOROLOGIST JOHN
BARANICK.
UP NEXT ON AGWEEK TV...
WE'LL MEET A RANCHER WITH A
UNIQUE "HOBBY". HE RAISES NEW
ZEALAND RABBITS KNOWN FOR THEIR
MEAT...
IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL
LIVESTOCK
OPERATION, BUT IT KEEPS PERRY
CUPERUS
CUH-PAIR-US
HOPPING.
CUPERUS RAISES RABBITS AT HIS FARM NEAR
SEBEKA, MINNESOTA. HIS FAMILY
RAISED RABBITS IN MICHIGAN WHEN
HE WAS GROWING UP, AND AT THE
PEAK HAD ONE THOUSAND. AFTER A
STINT IN THE NAVY SEABEES THAT
TOOK HIM AROUND THE WORLD,
CUPERUS
DECIDED TO START RAISING
RABBITS AGAIN, ALONG WITH CATTLE
AND CHICKENS. RAISING RABBITS IS
NOT VERY LUCRATIVE, SO HE
CONSIDERS IT MORE OF A HOBBY.
HE'S RETROFITTED HALF HIS BARN
FOR RABBITS, AND HE HAS ABOUT
225 OF THEM. THESE ARE NEW
ZEALAND RABBITS, AND THEY'RE
KNOWN FOR THEIR MEAT.
PERRY: RABBIT MEAT IS TWENTY
POINT TWO OR TWO TWENTY POINT
EIGHT PERCENT PROTEIN. THAT'S
THE HIGHEST OF ALL THE DOMESTIC
MEATS. SO YOU'RE GETTING...AND
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE LOWEST
IN FAT.
ALTHOUGH THEY STILL RAISE
RABBITS AND CHICKENS, THEY RENT
THEIR CATTLE GROUND OUT TO
ANOTHER PRODUCER.
STORIES YOU'LL ONLY SEE ON
AGWEEK.COM AND IN AGWEEK
MAGAZINE THIS WEEK.
AS PART OF THE REQUEST FROM GOV.
TIM WALZ, THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF AG BUDGET IS
SEEKING A FEE INCREASE OF 25
CENTS ON EVERY TON OF FERTILIZER
SOLD.
AND THE AMERICAN SUGARBEET
GROWERS ASSOCIATION HAS HONORED
A NORTH DAKOTA FARMER WHO DIED
IN NOVEMBER AS THE 2022 SUGAR
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR.
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