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Monsters in the Fields
When we moved back here the first time, in 1986 when the girls were teenagers, I made them accompany me to the potato fields after the equipment was out of the fields, we gleaned enough potatoes..big ...
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Crop Duster Crashed In EGF Field
Yellow crop duster airplane owned by Agrimax Co was spraying fungicide on a muddy sugar beet field 3 miles north of EGF on coun ty road #66 at 9:15 am Sat morning....
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Report: US winter wheat production forecast down

The winter wheat crop is expected to be far smaller this season compared to last, particularly for hard red varieties used in bread, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Friday.

By Associated Press , May 10, 2013

ND sugar beet, soybean harvests wrapping up

The sugar beet and soybean harvests in North Dakota are just about wrapped up, thanks to another week of favorable weather.

October 25, 2011

Farmers expect to harvest less wheat

North Dakota farmers are expected to produce just under 234 million bushels of spring wheat this year, down 16 percent from last year. The Agriculture Department said the expected average yield of 38 bushels per acre is down 6 bushels from 2010, and the area expected to be harvested is down 2 percent over the year to just under 6.2 million acres.

July 13, 2011

USDA to resurvey farmers in 4 states this month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking the unusual step of resurveying corn, soybean and wheat farmers in four states.

July 06, 2011

National Potato Council meeting in Grand Forks

Several hundred potato growers and industry officials from around the country are gathering in Grand Forks for a National Potato Council meeting.

June 21, 2011

Disaster declaration helps others

A federal disaster declaration covering weather-related crop damage in 42 North Dakota counties also will benefit some farmers in South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana.

December 07, 2009

Crop duster crashes near East Grand Forks

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash of a crop-dusting plane near East Grand Forks in northwestern Minnesota.

August 24, 2009

Payments for carbon credits delayed

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Farmers enrolled in a program that rewards them for storing greenhouse gasses have not gotten payments this year due to a depressed carbon credits market.

July 29, 2009

Record payments made to farmers

BISMARCK (AP) — The National Crop Insurance Services group says a record $8.6 billion in crop insurance indemnity payments were made to U.S. farmers in 2008, and a lot of that money went to farmers in the Dakotas.

July 22, 2009

State’s crop estimated at nearly $6.6 billion for 2008

The value of North Dakota crop production last year nearly equaled the record set in 2007, despite tumbling commodity prices toward the end of 2008.

By By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press , February 19, 2009

Part of N.D. corn crop still in the field

About 10 percent of North Dakota’s corn crop is still in the field and probably won’t be harvested this year because of snow, corn growers say.

December 23, 2008

Crop insurance for beekeepers now available

The buzz in the honeybee industry these days is about something beekeepers have never had before — crop insurance. Some beekeepers say the new program is expensive and amounts to betting on the weather. Others say it’s better than having no protection at all. “In general, we think it’s great,” said Troy Fore, executive director of the American Beekeeping Federation. “We’ve been trying to get this for years.”

By By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press , December 22, 2008

Industrial hemp production licenses accepted by N.D. ag department

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for 2009 industrial hemp production licenses. “The applications are due Jan. 1,” said Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson. “Although the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration continues to prevent holders of state licenses from growing industrial hemp, NDDA remains committed to fully implementing state laws authorizing the production, processing and sale of this crop in North Dakota.”

December 08, 2008

USDA cuts estimates for crops

The Agriculture Department on Friday reduced its forecast for this year’s corn and soybean harvests due to drier weather, potentially leading to higher commodity prices. North Dakota’s projections remained high, however.

By By Christopher S. Rugaber, The Associated Press , September 13, 2008

Growing close to harvest time

August 11, 2008

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