South Americans visit Mitchell Livestock
The Mitchell Livestock Auction played host Monday to a contingent of South American farmers, ranchers and businesspeople who are touring the Midwest to learn more about America’s cattle industry. The 33 visitors from Argentina and Uruguay arrived Sunday in Omaha, Neb., and stopped at the Mitchell Livestock Auction on Monday morning to tour the advanced cattle handling facility on the premises.
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The coming winter? Not all bad according to spleens
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Serving up smashing spuds
NDSU researchers see great potential in colorful potatoes Among the hundreds of potato varieties that North Dakota State University researchers work with, some are certainly eye-catching.
Saputo says it has contained Listeria contamination by expanding cheese recall
MONTREAL — Saputo believes it has contained possible Listeria bacteria contamination at a Quebec processing plant by expanding a recall of all cheese made on a single line at the unnamed facility.
S. Korea, U.S. strike deal on trade pact: report
SEOUL — South Korea and the United States have reached a deal on a free trade pact pending for more than three years, Yonhap News Agency reported from Washington on Friday.
American Crystal has banner beet year
FARGO — American Crystal Sugar Co. shareholders at their annual meeting were happy but not giddy about a phenomenal crop and price year — their enthusiasm perhaps curbed by concerns about future use of Roundup Ready beets.
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US judge orders removal of GMO seed plants
DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge in California has ordered the removal from the ground of plants grown to produce seeds for genetically modified sugar beets, citing the potential for environmental harm.
RELATED CONTENTIrrigation workshops slated for Bismarck, Williston
The North Dakota State University Extension Service is holding irrigation workshops Dec. 9 in Bismarck and Dec. 15 in Williston.
Day camp to connect military youths, horses
Horses will help youths from military families discover the power of the human-animal connection during a day camp Saturday at the Riding on Angels’ Wings facility near Felton, Minn.
Hortiscope: Weather, fungus could create grass spots
Q: I have a lot of yellow spots on my grass. What causes this problem, and what can or should be done? Thank you in advance for any help that you can provide.
Sensible Home: Woodworking skills may determine project’s path
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Staff Blogs
STORM TRACKERScandinavian Cold
If you are of Scandinavian heritage and happen to still have relatives back home, you may want to ask them how the weather has been lately. The likely answer would be cold, very cold. Much of Europe, ...
12/3/10 at 10:29 PM
PLAIN COUNTRYTaking the weather a day at a time
The forecast for this week, which includes the potential for another storm, is pretty disheartening. Though we had a long, beautiful fall, I'm not mentally ready to face winter. The prospect of deali...
11/22/10 at 4:36 PM
MIKKEL PATES' AG AT LARGEShinn wins another $9,100 and more.
Bryan Shinn, Agweek's indefatigable Fargo-based advertising representate,won a total of$9,100 with "The Deciding Factor" puzzle solvedin the Wheel of Fortune.The big guywon $2,000 in the first few m...
10/22/10 at 5:47 PM
POP CULTURE ON THE PLAINSPhilosophy in everyday life
The Institute for Philosophy in Public Life at UND will sponsor a lecture and discussion Wednesday called When is a Pile a Heap? How to deal with moral vagueness with Richard Gilmore, a professor of...
10/13/10 at 2:12 PM
AGWEEKFarming revolution 'route to water security'
[LONDON] Investing in agricultural infrastructure, from roads to fertilisers, will cut water wastage on a scale greater than any other intervention and is the best way to solve the world's water probl...
9/16/10 at 8:52 AM
Area Voices
NDSU EXTENSION SERVICENDSU helps producers through Dakota Select Seed
Dakota Select Seed is a grower group organized by the North Dakota Crop Improvement and Seed Association (NDCISA) in 2007. The objective of this group is to produce, market and promote seed of certain...
12/3/10 at 4:58 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONSChristmas on my mind
The biceps brachii muscle is given the name biceps because it has two heads and brachii is the Latin word for arm. The juncture of these two heads meet is where the pain begins and our story starts. ...
12/3/10 at 8:44 AM
AMY'S RANCH SLANTSMan's Best Soap
My most recent column is about Lava soap. I give a humorous perspective on Lava, or man soap as I refer to it in my column. I had originally planned to do a blog post about Lava soap but came up wit...
11/29/10 at 7:00 PM
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