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FY ’23 Sugar Marketing Allocations Announced
Published September 29, 2022
USDA has announced sugar marketing allotments for Fiscal Year 2023. American Crystal Sugar Company is allocated 2.1 million short tons raw value. That’s an increase of 55,000 short ton from this year. Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op is allocated nearly 402,000 short…Overcoming Hurdles
Published September 29, 2022
North Dakota Soybean Growers Association Executive Director Nancy Johnson says there are barriers to overcome to help pique the interest of hog production in the state. Wednesday's conference in Fargo focused on ways to overcome those hurdles. "There have been…Growth Potential for Hog Production in ND
Published September 29, 2022
North Dakota is not widely known for its hog production, producing anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000 hogs per year. Yet North Dakota Livestock Alliance Executive Director Amber Boeshans says that is a selling point to attract new producers. "You cannot…Senate Ag Committee Advances USDA Nominees
Published September 29, 2022
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the nominations of one Farm Credit Administration Board member and two USDA officials last week, including the USDA Under Secretary of Trade Alexis Taylor. Later last week, the full Senate approved the nomination of Farm…Favorable Forecast for Fieldwork
Published September 29, 2022
As October begins, World Weather Incorporated Senior Ag Meteorologist Drew Lerner says the Dakotas and Minnesota are still in warm mode. "For a large part of central North America, that's going to be the trend for a good part of…National Association of Wheat Growers Responds to ND Grain Growers Decision
Published September 29, 2022
The North Dakota Grain Growers Association told the National Association of Wheat Growers they would not rejoin the association. NAWG CEO Chandler Goule is disappointed. "We've gone through and made a lot of changes North Dakota said they wanted to…A Future Star of Rodeo
Published September 29, 2022
A York, North Dakota student is spending her fall competing on the NDSU collegiate rodeo team. Mika Guty was a finalist in the National High School Rodeo in Wyoming this summer and is one of the top vote-getters as the…New State Veterinarian Ready to Tackle Avian Influenza
Published September 29, 2022
The new Minnesota Board of Animal Health Executive Director and state veterinarian Dr. Marion Garcia is on her second week of the job. Garcia started earlier than expected, right as the fall outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza started picking…A Three-Ring Harvest Circus
Published September 29, 2022
Mitchell, South Dakota farmer Chet Edinger is managing what he calls a three-ring circus. "We wanted to have one crew on sunflowers, another on soybeans and one planting wheat, but the sunflowers were still wet. We swapped that machine over…