FARM
American Crystal resumes sugar beet harvest 
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The sugar beet harvest in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota has resumed, after a four-day stoppage due to cold weather and rain.
By AP wire report , October 19, 2009
Livestock Investment Grants to continue for another year
ST. PAUL — For those livestock producers reading this, here is some good news! Minnesota agriculture was fortunate again this year to be allotted $1 million dollars for the continuation of the Livestock Investment Grant Program as part of the newly created Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation program. The Livestock Investment Grant Program provides grants to a person or entity raising livestock for the purposes of improving or expanding livestock production in Minnesota. Applications can include one large project or several small ones lumped into one application.
By Jim Ostlie, Minnesota Department of Agriculture , October 17, 2009
Final 2009 payments being issued
WILLMAR — During October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will issue approximately $4 billion in final 2009 direct payments under the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program.
By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , October 17, 2009
Pigs in Minnesota may have tested positive for H1N1
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pigs in Minnesota may have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in a preliminary test, the first potential U.S. cases in swine.By AP wire report , October 16, 2009
Iowa meatpacker manager going on trial Tuesday in SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A former manager at a kosher slaughterhouse in northeast Iowa is going on trial in South Dakota.
By AP wire report , October 12, 2009
Senate sends agriculture spending bill to Obama
WASHINGTON - Dairy farmers suffering from low milk prices would benefit from $350 million in emergency funding approved by the Senate on Thursday as it cleared a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for President Barack Obama's signature.
By AP wire report , October 10, 2009
Briefs
October 10, 2009
FSA to issue $1.7B in CRP annual rental payments
WILLMAR — During October, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will issue $1.7 billion in annual rental payments for 33.6 million acres of farmland enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program.
By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , October 10, 2009
Record corn, bean crops forecast
DES MOINES, Iowa - Record harvests are being forecast for corn and soybean farmers despite earlier concerns over a cool growing season.
By AP wire report , October 09, 2009
Fire damages pork plant in northwest Iowa
HOSPERS, Iowa - Officials say a fire at a pork processing plant in Hospers in northwest Iowa was apparently caused by an electrical problem.
By AP wire report , October 06, 2009
USDA accepting applications for $18M in value-added grants
WILLMAR — Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are encouraging farmers and business owners to apply for $18 million in grants to help them add value to the commodities they produce. The application period for USDA’s Rural Development Value-Added Producer Grants closes Nov. 30.
By Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , October 03, 2009
A Noah’s Ark for the prairie
Our quest to protect endangered animals can take us to some very wild places. In this case it leads to a place very tame: A small farm in Lac qui Parle County.
By Tom Cherveny , October 03, 2009
Another Agriprocessors executive pleads guilty
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The former chief financial officer at Agriprocessors Inc. has pleaded guilty to a charge that he conspired to make false statements to a bank.
By AP wire report , September 29, 2009
Mood upbeat for World Dairy Expo
MADISON - Being involved in agriculture requires a certain amount of optimism.
By AP wire report , September 29, 2009
N.J. bull escapes slaughterhouse, leads cops on chase
PATERSON, N.J. - Police say a 1,400-pound bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a street and ran 10 blocks before being captured and sedated. Chief John DeCando, spokesman for Paterson Police's animal control division, says the bull was being unloaded at ENA Meat Packing Inc. when it broke loose just before 8:30 a.m. Monday.
By AP wire report , September 29, 2009
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