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Helping farmers in need

Farm Rescue continues to step up for farmers and ranchers in the region. This month volunteers and equipment zeroed in on two farm operations in the Washburn area where they saved the day by getting crops in the ground. Injuries in handling livestock had put planting at risk on farms belonging to Glenda Scholl and Chad Berg.

By Bismarck Tribune , May 24, 2013

Goehring seeks more produce

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is asking North Dakota gardeners and produce growers to grow an extra half-million pounds of vegetables and fruit for donation to charitable organizations, such as food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters, through the 2013 Hunger Free ND Garden Project.

May 22, 2013

Corn growers making up

U.S. farmers who could only watch helplessly this spring as storm after storm left their fields a muddy mess took to their tractors en masse last week and planted a record amount of corn acreage, even in areas where conditions are still far from perfect.

By By Jim Suhr, Associated Press , May 22, 2013

Growers making up for lost time in planting corn

Corn growers across the Midwest have made up for lost time in a big way from a slow start to planting season after a waterlogged spring.

May 21, 2013

Rewards grow in N.D. cattle-killing cases

Donations from the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association have boosted reward funds for information leading to convictions in two high-profile cattle-killing cases on opposite sides of the state. The reward in a Richland County case in May 2012 in which 13 cows and a calf were shot and killed in a pasture near Hankinson is now up to $15,100. Officials say it is the largest cattle shooting in the state in recent memory.

By By Blake Nicholson, Associated Press , May 17, 2013

NDFU praises farm bill action

The recent passage of farm bills in both the U.S. Senate and House Ag Committees, literally within hours of each other on Tuesday and Wednesday, receives praise from North Dakota Farmers Union.

May 17, 2013

Utilities warn farmers to watch out for poles

Just halfway into the month, nine accidents involving farm equipment and utility poles have already been reported to the Dakota Valley and Northern Plains Electric Cooperatives in May.

May 15, 2013

Warmer weather helps North Dakota farmers

Warmer weather conditions across North Dakota helped farmers make significant progress on their fieldwork. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its weekly crop report that producers had 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork.

May 14, 2013

Why we need a farm bill

This week, I am working with other members of the Senate Agriculture Committee to draft a five-year farm bill. This marks the next act in a play that began too long ago. Unfortunately, the previous Congress was unable to pass a long-term bill, and rural North Dakotans were forced to settle with a one-year extension.

By Sen. Heidi Heitkamp , May 11, 2013

ND winter wheat to be down 56 percent from 2012

North Dakota's winter wheat crop is forecast at 17.7 million bushels, down 56 percent from last year's record crop.

May 10, 2013

USDA: Despite late start, record corn crop likely

The wet start to the corn planting season may reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much corn they're still likely to bring in a record crop.

May 10, 2013

Take care as work begins in the fields

Spring weather finally seems to be headed in the direction we’ve been waiting for so long. That in turn means farmers around the region dealing with delays will push to get their crops in the field at the most advantageous times. Safety needs to be on their minds and the minds of the traveling public.

May 10, 2013

NDSU seeks payment after dogs kill 12 of its sheep

North Dakota State University plans to seek compensation from the owner of two dogs that attacked a flock of sheep in a campus research barn, killing several of them.

May 08, 2013

Wet spring brings troubling start to corn planting

Wet spring brings troubling start to corn planting John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he’ll get to plant.

By By Jim Suhr, Associated Press , May 08, 2013

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