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As anger at Grand Forks leaders crests, Fufeng forces normally low-profile EDC into spotlight

For more than three decades, the group has helped bring big business to Grand Forks — including Fufeng Group — to shepherd the community toward a bigger and better economy.

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'A ton of opportunity,' says Kansas native who found second home in Mitchell after buying Mitchell Livestock

“In our industry there aren’t a lot of young people in it. I like the fact that there are a lot of young people in agriculture here,” he said of the Mitchell area.

January 27, 2023 02:00 PM

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Lower Sioux turns to hemp for homes that are better quality and better for the environment

The Lower Sioux will be building a hemp processing facility — and the first hempcrete test home — this spring.

January 21, 2023 05:47 AM

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Alexandria man receives patent to revolutionize ice fishing

After years of appealing to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Grandpa Jimmy's Ice Hole Trap is on the market.

January 07, 2023 12:41 PM

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Hoeven, Cramer worked to oppose Fufeng project behind the scenes, emails show

Grand Forks leaders expressed confusion and frustration over the Republican senators’ decision to oppose the project before the conclusion of a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

November 29, 2022 10:52 AM

By Jeremy Turley

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PHOTOS: Take an up-close look at Harvest 2022 near Mitchell

Bannwarth Ag is in the midst of harvesting its fields

October 06, 2022 11:41 AM

By Adam Thury

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South Dakota

Soybean oil revenues explode to $255M, leading to expansion hopes in Mitchell, South Dakota

Plans arrive as renewable diesel business is expanding quickly

July 08, 2022 04:12 PM

By Marcus Traxler

A man in a red T-shirt, sunglasses and ball cap stands in front of metal grain silos.

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A farmer moved to avoid the F-M Diversion. Now the route changed and his new farmstead is in the way.

Ryan Richard built a new farmstead when the original plan for the Fargo-Moorhead Flood Diversion threatened his original farmstead. But the route of the revised diversion project now runs through his new farmstead, a setback he said will cost him millions of dollars.

May 29, 2022 07:25 AM

By Patrick Springer

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Fagen Inc. in Granite Falls, Minnesota, set the foundation for ethanol industry's growth

Fagen Inc. built more than one-half of the ethanol capacity in the U.S. Its founder said he was inspired by three cousins who began turning the corn they raised on their farms into ethanol in a small-scale operation in the early 1980s.

May 08, 2022 11:32 AM

By Tom Cherveny

The words "Liquid Gold" are superimposed on a photo of a lush, green landscape under a cloudy sky.

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A different kind of oil pipeline links a Greek olive farmer and Minnesota dreamer

In the fifth and final installment of our "Liquid Gold" series, we explore how a friendship between the two became the blueprint for changing the world through food.

April 06, 2022 06:30 AM

By Tracy Briggs

The words "Liquid Gold" are superimposed on a photo of an olive branch dripping with dew.

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How olive oil became the lifeblood of Greece and trickled into American culture

While Thomas Jefferson's mission to bring "liquid gold" to colonial America failed, 250 years later, American foodies are following his lead.

April 03, 2022 06:30 AM

By Tracy Briggs

Community

Grace Phinney combines passions for animals, helping others on path to becoming a vet

Mitchell's Grace Phinney developed a passion for animals at a young age and joining 4-H has helped put her on a path to become a veterinarian.

June 24, 2021 07:42 AM

By Nick Sabato

Business

Supplies are scarce as equipment dealers, producers grapple with spring planting

Across the region, some implement dealers and farmers are navigating a supply shortage of parts, equipment and other materials that has thrown a wrench into producer plans and had dealerships canvassing their own supply sources to get their customers the products they need to get into and stay in the fields.

May 07, 2021 07:17 AM

By Mikkel Pates