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    April 21, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Sczepanski Farm Insolvency
    A large scale farmer in the Stephen, Minnesota area, has gone out of business, leaving lots of debt behind. Watch the full episode of AgweekTV...
    newsApril 21, 2018 - 8:30am
    April 9, 2018
    John, Carol and Brian Kuipers have about 270 lambs on the ground. Calving season is just getting going on their place south of Tappen, N.D. Photo taken March 30, 2018. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Tough calving season brings up considerations for change
    TAPPEN, N.D. — One could be excused for thinking the central North Dakota weather on March 30 was an early April Fools' Day joke —...
    business/agricultureApril 9, 2018 - 8:38am
    April 2, 2018
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    Commentary: Calving season is far from 'easy money'
    I've heard people say raising cattle is "easy money." That's laughable to me, as someone who has been connected to the cattle industry my entire...
    business/agricultureApril 2, 2018 - 6:00am
    March 29, 2018
    Young calves stay close to their mother cow shortly after being born. Due to this year's snowmelt, mud and wind, the disease and mortality risk for calves is higher than the previous years between now and their September weaning. Forum News Service file photo
    Muddy calving season increases mortality risk
    MITCHELL, S.D.—Thousands of newborn calves face a more perilous spring and summer because calving season hit its stride as snowmelt pooled...
    business/agricultureMarch 29, 2018 - 12:56pm
    March 19, 2018
    Sanborn Central juniors Austin Schmit and Alex Wormstadt designed a portable portable calf box that would make it possible to bring the calf box out to the calves in the field attached to the back of an ATV style vehicle that would have a heater inside of it powered by a 12-volt battery to keep calves warm in the box. Matt Gade / Forum News Service
    High school project for warming calves turns into business plan
    FORESTBURG, S.D. — Two Sanborn Central High School students are working to improve a cold-weather problem for cattle ranchers, including...
    business/agricultureMarch 19, 2018 - 2:47pm
    March 12, 2018
    The Steve Daly ranch heifers await their first calf in their own separate lot on the farmstead west of Midland, S.D., on March 2, 2018. Mikkel Pates / Forum News Service
    Busy SD farm twins 7 out of 22 heifers as snow, wind take toll
    MIDLAND, S.D. — The Steve Daly family missed the big snow at the farm and ranch west of Midland on March 5. Heavy, wet snow this time of...
    business/agricultureMarch 12, 2018 - 7:01am
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    USDA: Farm profits to fall in 2018
    U.S. agriculturalists on balance will make less money in 2018 than they did in 2017, a new government report projects. Farm-sector profits will...
    business/agricultureFebruary 12, 2018 - 6:11am
    February 10, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Minnesota millennial farmer
    Zach Johnson, from the small town of Lowry, Minnesota, has connected with farmers from all over the world, thanks to his informative, and often...
    newsFebruary 10, 2018 - 9:42am
    January 13, 2018
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    Dilly dilly! How barley is turned into beer
    We'll take a look inside the Anheuser-Busch Malting Plant in Moorhead to see how local barley is made into malt, a key ingredient in Budweiser...
    newsJanuary 13, 2018 - 8:30am
    December 18, 2017
    J. K. Shearer, a professor and Extension veterinarian at Iowa State University, presents about humane euthanasia at a training session in Steele, N.D., on Dec. 13, 2017. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Training teaches about making a plan for crashes involving livestock
    STEELE, N.D. — When the Steele Volunteer Fire Department had to respond to a crash involving a truck pulling a livestock trailer a few...
    newsDecember 18, 2017 - 6:01am
    December 7, 2017
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    Two Park Rapids, Minn. men accused of cattle theft
    BECKER COUNTY, Minn. - Two Park Rapids, Minn. men have been charged with felonies after allegedly selling cattle they did not own. Bret Ricardo...
    newsDecember 7, 2017 - 8:15pm
    November 25, 2017
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    AgweekTV: Johnson Cattle Drive
    It's the time of year when ranchers move their cattle out of the pastures and bring them home for the winter. AgweekTV headed to the Johnson...
    newsNovember 25, 2017 - 8:30am
    November 11, 2017
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    ND has one of the best weather monitoring systems in the US. Here's how it works.
    NDAWN or North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network is a popular tool with farmers and ranchers. North Dakota is known to have one of the best...
    newsNovember 11, 2017 - 8:30am
    November 4, 2017
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    AgweekTV: Beer and Barley
    Montana is a big barley producing state and a growing number of craft breweries are putting it to use in beer. The Beaver Creek Brewery at Wibeaux...
    newsNovember 4, 2017 - 8:30am
    September 18, 2017
    Fruit project manager Kathy Wiederholt speaks about the different types of fruit grown at the Carrington Research Extension Center on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    Wide range of ag research conducted at Carrington Extension center
    CARRINGTON, N.D. — North Dakota's soil, crops and climate vary greatly from south to north and east to west. But Carrington, roughly in...
    newsSeptember 18, 2017 - 6:54am
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