FSA disaster assistance sign-up date announced
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2014 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Juan M. Garcia announced today that farmers and ranchers can sign-up for disaster assistance...
View ArticleBNSF reports further delays
FARGO, N.D. - A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway weekly report on late cars released March 28, contains results that it fell further behind for the fourth week in a row for the four-state area. It...
View ArticleMilitia Members, Ultra-Conservatives Rally To Cause Of Nevada Rancher
April 11 (Reuters) - Self-styled militia members and ultra-conservatives rallied on Friday to the cause of a defiant rancher accused by the U.S. government of illegally grazing his cattle for decades...
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Farm leaders, energy producers: Rail delays are fewer, but still causing...
The slow rail service threatening the livelihood of farmers in the upper Midwest have gotten better in recent weeks, but, at the Forest River (N.D.) Bean Co., the rail cars ordered from BNSF or...
View ArticleHoeven: BNSF to dedicate resources to fertilizer delivery
The largest railroad company serving North Dakota will devote unit trains and crews to deliver fertilizer ahead of the spring planting season, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said this morning.
View ArticleHoeven, Cantwell introduce Farm and Small Business Expensing Tax Relief Act
WASHINGTON - Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) have introduced the Farm and Small Business Expensing Tax Relief Act, legislation that aims to ease the burden of new repair...
View ArticleNorthland college's drones to survey farmland in Roseau County
Small unmanned aircraft will soon be taking to the skies over select areas in Roseau County, according to Northland Community & Technical College.
View ArticleFeds broaden insurance fraud case against Northwood potato growers
FARGO -- Federal prosecutors have increased allegations against farming brothers from Northwood, accusing them of adding chemicals to potato seeds to cut production in a crop insurance fraud case...
View ArticleHot land market for agriculture cooling
FARGO -- More than a decade of double-digit increases in cropland prices - in some cases 50 percent or more annually - may be ending in North Dakota.
View ArticleKiller virus spreads unchecked through U.S. hog belt, pushing pork to record
CHICAGO -- John Goihl, a hog nutritionist in Shakopee, Minnesota, knows a farmer in his state who lost 7,500 piglets just after they were born. In Sampson County, North Carolina, 12,000 of Henry...
View ArticleBecker County boy killed in skid steer accident
Becker County, MN (WDAY TV) - A 5 year-old boy in Becker County was killed in a farm accident Thursday evening near Menagha.
View Article'Green' company provides economic opportunities for North Dakota farmers
FARGO - Mack Traynor hopes agricultural byproducts, such as wheat straw, will someday be considered a cash crop.
View ArticleITC rules American producers unfairly hurt by Mexican competition
The U.S. sugar industry's campaign against what it says is unfair Mexican competition won a victory today.
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Wet conditions this spring keep farmers out of fields in the Red River Valley
Larimore, ND (WDAY TV) - So far this spring season has been filled with plenty of rain showers. Wet conditions that have resulted in standing water on many farm fields through the Red River Valley,...
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Spring planting delayed as wet conditions setback farmers in the Red River...
Larimore, ND (WDAY TV) - Steady rainfall throughout the spring has resulted in standing water on many farm fields through the Red River Valley. Those wet conditions have kept farmers out of their...
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