HURON, S.D. - South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says he does not support the May 18 announcement made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposing a 5 billion-gallon cut to its 2014 Renewable Fuels Standard renewable volum...
MADISON, S.D. -- Charlie Johnson of Madison, S.D., a former president of the Northern Plains Sustainable Agricultural Society, sees a strong future for organics, and that's because of the rise of organic meat demand in America.Charlie and his bro...
The North Dakota State University Extension Service is looking for a sheep specialist -- at a time the long-declining U.S. sheep industry is enjoying a much-needed resurgence.
BUXTON, N.D. -- Ultimate Ag Services LLC, of Buxton, N.D., this year became the Red River Valley's first dealer of self-propelled sugar beet harvesting machines.
This week, the North Dakota House Agriculture Committee will take the bull by the horns in the contentious proposed changes to the state's anti-corporate farming law.
During the past half-century, atrazine has become one of the most widely used herbicides in Minnesota and the rest of the Midwest. Unfortunately, it is also top of the list in another category: It is the most commonly detected pesticide in our st...
South Dakota Sen. John Thune thinks a recent government declaration about carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is a step toward the creation of a "cow tax," but South Dakota's other senator, Tim Johnson, disagrees.
BISMARCK -- Roger Johnson, North Dakota's agriculture commissioner since 1996, could be elected president of the National Farmers Union next week and if he is successful would resign his state post.
BISMARCK -- Roger Johnson, North Dakota's agriculture commissioner since 1996, said today he's a candidate for National Farmers Union president and, if elected next Tuesday, will resign his state office.
Starting May 27, farmers and ranchers in North Dakota will hear from the National Agriculture Statistics Service in regards to their operations in an effort to better form agricultural policy.
BISMARCK -- North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson's trade trip to Cuba this week has intersected with history. Johnson was touring Cuban farms Tuesday morning when he learned, as others in Cuba and the world did, that President Fide...
