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Thune Says Improvements Needed in New CFAP

Published September 5, 2020

South Dakota Senator John Thune says the USDA came up with a reasonably good formula for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, but improvements can be made. "In South Dakota alone, we've gotten more than $450 million for the program," said…

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CFAP Sign-Up Lags with Extended Deadline

Published September 2, 2020

With just days left in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program sign-up period, the Farm Service Agency says they’ve paid out more than $9.4 billion of the $16 billion allocated for the program. So far, Minnesota farmers received more than $583…

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A “Phenomenal Wheat Harvest” in South Dakota

Published September 2, 2020

South Dakota’s wheat harvest is coming to a close ahead of Labor Day. "It's been a phenomenal wheat harvest," said Reid Christopherson, Executive Director, South Dakota Wheat Commission. "We have to move beyond the situation of low acres and current…

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RRFN Crop Tour: Day Two

Published August 25, 2020

The Red River Farm Network Crop Tour, presented by Pioneer, made its way through southeastern North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota Tuesday. RRFN farm broadcasters Carah Hart and Megan Overby started the day at Oakes, North Dakota at Gerner Ag.…

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Support for Selling State-Inspected Meat Outside of State Lines

Published August 22, 2020

South Dakota Interim Secretary of Agriculture Larry Rhoden said there’s a silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic; a wake-up call for consumers. "At least for the time being, consumers understand the fragility of our food system and the need to…

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Select ND and SD Counties Can Hay/Graze Cover Crops Early

Published August 17, 2020

USDA's Risk Management Agency is opening up haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant acres to September 1 for 42 counties in the Dakotas. This response follows letters sent from North Dakota farm groups, noting the backlog in…

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DTN Digital Yield Tour Projects Large U.S. Crops

Published August 17, 2020

In the 2020 digital yield tour with DTN, Gro Intelligence is forecasting a national average U.S. corn yield of 183.9 bushels per acre, more than two bushels per acre above the USDA’s August estimate. However, this estimate doesn’t account for…

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High Prevent Plant Acres May Not Make a Big Dent

Published August 13, 2020

The prevent plant numbers aren’t getting as much attention on a national scale as they did last year. University of Illinois Agricultural Economics Professor Scott Irwin says even though it’s not 19 million acres, a near nine million acres of…

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FSA Confirms Large 2020 Prevent Plant Acres in Dakotas

Published August 13, 2020

In their first prevent plant estimate of 2020, the Farm Service Agency says there are nearly nine million prevent plant acres across the country. North Dakota has the most at more than 2.57 million acres. The majority of those acres…

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Leaf Blight and Bean Leaf Beetle Popping Up in NE SD Fields

Published August 10, 2020

The corn growing in northeastern South Dakota is making good progress, but DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist Jeff Fuls says there’s been some disease pressure. "We're seeing a lot of leaf fungus like northern corn leaf blight and common rusts. The…

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