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ARLENE COCO'S PRAIRIE KITCHEN
Autumn Harvest Photo Gallery and Farmer's Market Ratatouille Recipe
I love farmer's markets. The colors, the smells, the bakery and everything else that goes with it. I also like to photograph farmer's markets when I travel. Here are a few pics from our own Harvest Fe...
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LIKE A FISH OUT OF FARGO
Weekend In The Twin Cities & A Torta Quest
The other weekend, I wanted to eat a torta. My torta craving grew to the point where I considered driving three hours for a sandwich. Nothing more. Just a sandwich. Just before we moved to Fargo, I ...
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STAFF BLOG SUE DOEDEN'S ALL ABOUT FOOD
What would Julia do with a load of fresh vegetables?
I think Julia Child would love Bemidji, the community in northern Minnesota I've called home for 11 years. I never had the opportunity to meet the woman who brought French cooking into American home k...
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NDSU EXTENSION SERVICE
How renters can cut energy bills
People renting a home or apartment have some ways to cut their energy bills and increase their comfort. "The key is to identify the biggest energy users in your situation and work to reduce those," N...
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STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND
Today's Ask Your Government
Dear Teri, I am trying to get new legislation introduced for the 2011 legislative secession. I have contacted my district legislators already, and one of them suggested that if I continue to contac...
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S.D. corn harvest remains behind

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Freezing weather is helping South Dakota farmers whose fields have been too wet to harvest.

December 07, 2009

JACC farmer’s banquet features Loos

The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce will present Trent Loos as this year’s entertainment at the 33rd Annual Farmer’s Appreciation Banquet on Nov. 21. The event will be held at the Civic Center, 212 Third St. N.E., Jamestown. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the show will start at 8 p.m.

November 12, 2009

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Program helps farmers who help the environment

MINBURN, Iowa (AP) — Rick Hartmann's organic vegetable farm did not produce a single bushel of corn or soybeans, which account for the bulk of the federal crop subsidies paid to farmers in Iowa and across the Midwest.

November 01, 2009

Potato farmers trying to finish

Potato growers in the Red River Valley say they’ve harvested about 95 percent of their crop but still have 4,400 acres of spuds left in the fields.

October 29, 2009

Farmers waiting for dry weather

Damp, cold weather has slowed the harvest in northeastern North Dakota. Walsh County Extension Agent Brad Brummond said the western third of the county still has wheat, canola and flax to harvest.

October 29, 2009

Farmers arrested trying to plant hemp

A 51-year-old grandfather who grows garbanzo beans and other crops in northwestern North Dakota was among the protesters arrested Tuesday for planting hemp seeds on the lawn of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration offices.

By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , October 14, 2009

Rain slows late wheat and sugar beet harvest

After making progress on a late harvest, some eastern North Dakota wheat and sugar beet farmers have been slowed again by heavy rain — with more is in the forecast. The wheat harvest would normally be about finished and the soybean harvest would be well under way by now.

September 11, 2009

Indian farmers told not to lose hope over lawsuit

American Indian farmers and ranchers involved in a decade-old lawsuit against the federal Agriculture Department were told Thursday not to lose hope. Dozens of them met in Bismarck to discuss their 1999 lawsuit, which alleges discrimination in granting USDA loans. The case has been mired in the courts. “We need your moral and spiritual support,” Joe Sellers, the plaintiffs’ Washington, D.C.-based attorney, told them. “We need you to keep your chin up.”

By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , September 11, 2009

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More N.D. farmers using computers

More North Dakota farmers and ranchers are using computers for farm-related business. The Agriculture Department said 49 percent of producers in a recent survey reported using their computers in their profession, up from 44 percent in 2007.

August 24, 2009

New acreage enrolled in farmers’ program

In 2009 nearly a million new acres were enrolled in the National Farmers Union Carbon Credit Program, bringing the total to 5.5 million acres nationwide, announced North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson on Wednesday. NDFU accepts enrollments from landowners in 48 states and manages the agricultural carbon offset program for all other states in the NFU organization.

August 20, 2009

Future farmers from all works of life

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — They are lawyers, factory workers, insurance adjusters, even an accountant and a dentist. All share the same dream: They want to farm.

August 15, 2009

Future farmers from all works of life

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — They are lawyers, factory workers, insurance adjusters, even an accountant and a dentist. All share the same dream: They want to farm.

August 15, 2009

Farmers see prices tank for carbon credits

Farmers enrolled in a program that rewards them for reducing greenhouse gasses are finding the market for their carbon credits has shrunk amid the recession and uncertainty about climate legislation being crafted by Congress. Carbon dioxide credits are fetching about 60 cents a metric ton, down from a high of about $7 a year ago, according to the National Farmers Union, which runs the program.

By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , July 30, 2009

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Climate bill may help farmers

Farmers stand to make more money than they will lose if Congress enacts legislation to limit the gases blamed for global warming, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Agriculture Department. The study, the first to look specifically at the bill’s toll on the agricultural sector, shows that higher energy prices will cut into farmers’ bottom lines in both the short and long term. But the projected 1 to 7.2 percent loss in income is far outweighed by the tens of billions of dollars farmers are expected to rake in for projects to reduce greenhouse gases.

By By Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press , July 23, 2009

Chickpea program may not help

Garbanzo bean farmers say a federal program that was supposed to provide them with a safety net is largely worthless because the government has underestimated the value of their crop. Garbanzo beans, also known as large chickpeas, are used in salads, stews and hummus, a popular Middle Eastern dip often served with pita bread. They are considered more valuable than the small chickpeas usually ground into flour.

By By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press , July 23, 2009

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