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Category: Agriculture

Beef Industry Picnic at State Fair

Nearly 1,400 servicemen and women served The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, North Dakota Beef Commission and North Dakota Cattle Women joined forces again this year to salute active servicemen and women and their families during the 17th annual Beef Industry Military Appreciation Day July 26 at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot. Nearly 1,400 […]

by The Dakotan

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August 2, 2022

Governor Requests Review of ND Land Purchase

BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum has sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asking that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) conduct an expedited review of Fufeng Group’s recent purchase of land in Grand Forks for a wet corn milling plant. The governor’s […]

by The Dakotan

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July 27, 2022

Raising Chickens, Part Two

Raising chickens, how to save money and have fun doing it!

by Charlene Nelson

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July 25, 2022

Normal Weather for North Dakota, Not U.S.

MINOT – Hot weather of recent days in the Minot region, and across North Dakota, may give way to a more normal range of temperatures in the weeks ahead. Of course, normal weather in this state covers a wide range of possibilities. Nevertheless, in their latest three-month weather outlook, the Climate Prediction Center says North […]

by Kim Fundingsland

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July 21, 2022

Experts in the Field

MINOT – While some may find the topic of agriculture somewhat complicated, touring the very place where a lot of food originates provides hands-on information and education. North Central Research Extension Center hosted its annual Field Day, where people from all over the state came to tour its fields and glean knowledge from several of […]

by Lydia Hoverson

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July 20, 2022

Antler Outlaws

ANTLER -- Way up by the Canadian border, in Bottineau County, is this little town. Fields of crops line the highway, trees are abundant, and rodeo action was alive this past weekend, July 16-17. The Antler Outlaws and Rough Rider Rodeo Association hosted their 3rd Annual rodeo together. The Antler Outlaws sprung into existence in […]

by Tisa Peek

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July 19, 2022

Chickens-Key to Self-Reliance

Even though I've had chickens for eight years, I've never recommended raising chickens as a part of prepping or self-reliance, until now. Today's food prices are increasing at nearly three times the rate of wage increases. Recent avian flu outbreaks have triggered the destruction of millions of chickens. The result is, once moderately priced chicken […]

by Charlene Nelson

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July 18, 2022

If These Grandstands Could Talk

“If these grandstands could talk, 75 years of great competitors and exciting stock have performed at the annual Wing Rodeo. It takes an entire community to put on an event like this. Here we are in the heart of ag country, and it shows,” said Melanie Hertz, 20-year Wing Horse Club member and Wing Rodeo […]

by Tisa Peek

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July 12, 2022

Gates' Land Buy Legal

MINOT – The recently approved sale of 2,100 acres of North Dakota farmland to Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and the fourth richest man in the world, has drawn some ire in the state but no legal opposition. Sen. Joan Heckaman, R-Dis. 23 and Senate Minority Leader, New Rockford, said the sale of land in […]

by Kim Fundingsland

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July 7, 2022

Bill Gates and China Concerns

MINOT – Concerns were raised to North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring over billionaire Bill Gates and a China-based company buying farmland in North Dakota. At the Golden K Kiwanis Club meeting Wednesday, Clayton Guffey, president of the Minot Kiwanis Club and Richard Sabol, club member, raised concerns over Fufeng Group, a China-based company buying […]