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    May 26, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Got Grains?
    NDSU’s cattle are getting some of their feed from an unusual source. They’re using brewing byproduct from a Fargo brewery in feed rations....
    newsMay 26, 2018 - 8:30am
    May 21, 2018
    Darrick Frank plants a field near Shields, N.D., on May 15, 2018. Planting is a little behind in southwestern North Dakota after a slow warm up, but some mid-May rain has producers hoping for recovery from the 2017 drought. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Drought effects improve in southwest ND
    SHIELDS, N.D. — The grass shines deep green in southwestern North Dakota. Some fields of small grains have begun to push out of the ground....
    business/agricultureMay 21, 2018 - 6:45am
    May 19, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Biotech Labeling
    USDA releases biotech labeling draft and hopes to implement rule by late summer. Watch the full episode of AgweekTV on Agweek.com Get the latest...
    newsMay 19, 2018 - 8:30am
    March 12, 2018
    Frayne Olson and Tim Petry, crop and livestock economists, respectively, talked about price outlooks at the Farming and Ranching for the Bottom Line Conference at Bismarck State College on Feb. 27. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Trade, weather will have big consequences for prices
    BISMARCK — Tim Petry is tired of the word "record," because when it comes to livestock markets and production, "we are constantly setting...
    business/agricultureMarch 12, 2018 - 7:04am
    September 7, 2017
    Monsanto seeks to end Arkansas ban on herbicide linked to crop damage
    CHICAGO - Monsanto Co pushed Arkansas on Thursday to allow farmers to spray crops with the company's dicamba herbicide, linked to damage on plants...
    newsSeptember 7, 2017 - 3:56pm
    June 22, 2017
    Cattle graze in Morton County, N.D., on June 20, 2017. Pastures in western North Dakota are showing the effects of a spreading and worsening drought. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Parts of the Dakotas and Montana are now in extreme drought, the only such spots in the US
    BISMARCK, N.D. — Parts of North Dakota, Montana and South Dakota now are considered in extreme drought. Extreme drought is the second-worst...
    newsJune 22, 2017 - 1:26pm
    June 13, 2017
    Briana Sanchez / Tribune An informational meeting in regards to storm-damaged crops will be held Thursday afternoon in Pennock. A number of fields across the region received hail damage as storms moved across the area Sunday morning.
    Meeting Thursday in Pennock to provide answers about storm-damaged crops
    WILLMAR — Farmers who had crops damaged by wind and hail over the weekend can get free advice on replanting, crop recovery and crop insurance...
    newsJune 13, 2017 - 3:34pm
    April 6, 2017
    Minnesota finds source of invasive weed on conservation land
    CHICAGO - Minnesota's agriculture department said on Thursday that one company, Green Valley Seed, sold the seed planted on all the land in a...
    newsApril 6, 2017 - 3:25pm
    Future of trade in question under Trump
    CRESTWOOD, Ky. — With President Donald Trump removing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and seeking to renegotiate and potentially leave the North American Free Trade Agreement, the outlook for trade relationships with the U.S. and its neighbors is unclear. While the...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 10:00am
    Carmen Fernholz, an organic grain producer from Madison, Minn., speaks at the Northern Plains Sustainable Agricultural Society Winter Conference in Aberdeen, S.D., on Jan. 27, 2017. MIkkel Pates/ Forum News Service
    Fraudulent imports weigh on U.S. organic producers
    ABERDEEN, S.D. — U.S. organic producers are increasingly competing with world producers who import products under the organic name, but...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 2:00am
    Carolyn Olson
    5 questions for: Carolyn Olson, organic farmer in Cottonwood, Minn.
    Q: What's your role in agriculture today? A: I farm with my husband, Jonathan, on land settled by his ancestors in 1913. Q: How long have you...
    newsFebruary 6, 2017 - 12:30am
    November 22, 2016
    Face-to-face surveys with 65 active farmers are planned this winter to gauge the current health of agriculture in Kandiyohi County and provide a glimpse of future growth. Briana Sanchez / Tribune file photo
    Gauging the health of agriculture
    WILLMAR — A survey that will gauge the current health and provide a glimpse of the future growth of agriculture in Kandiyohi County will...
    newsNovember 22, 2016 - 6:07am
    August 1, 2016
    Bryan DeGroot, owner of DeGroot Farmland Sales in Prinsburg, says farmland values in west central Minnesota have softened, but he remains hopeful. He thinks corn prices will rebound, and fields in the region seem to promise strong yields this fall. (Tom Cherveny / Tribune)
    Specialist in farmland values: West central Minnesota values have softened
    PRINSBURG—Farmland values in west central Minnesota have softened, still sliding from the peak reached in 2013-14 when commodity prices...
    newsAugust 1, 2016 - 11:40pm
    July 20, 2016
    It’s not just the heat: Crops increase humidity
    ST. PAUL -- It's not the heat, it's the corn. Well, it's the humidity, but that is increased by corn and other crops. Americans throughout the...
    newsJuly 20, 2016 - 11:45pm
    June 28, 2016
    Richard Peterson is seen June 21 near a roughly 20-acre pond on what should be a soybean field on his farm nine miles south of Mountain Lake in southwest Minnesota. He estimates he's had about 20 inches of rain since May 1, about three times normal. (MPR NEWS)
    Excessive moisture taking a toll on some Minnesota crops
    Crop progress on the Richard Peterson farm near Mountain Lake in southwest Minnesota so far this year has been mixed. He has a corn field that's...
    newsJune 28, 2016 - 12:00am
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